"Security forces in Egypt have tortured children as young as 12, including with waterboarding and electric shocks to their tongues and genitals." That's what John Kerry calls: "The restoration of democracy" after the people overthrew their last dictatorship and voted...
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The Money-Printing Gods Have Failed
by David Stockman | Mar 18, 2020 | Economics, Events, Featured Articles
Hooray! Finally even the robo-machines and day traders are puking, not BTFDing. Today’s 3,000 Dow Point Dump says even they have had enough of the craven dolts who occupy the Eccles Building. You do not need a PhD in economics—or even a night school survey course—to...
The New Cold War With Russia Is All America’s Fault
by Scott Horton | Mar 4, 2020 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Scott Horton
The following is the text of a speech Scott gave to the King County, Washington Libertarian Party, February 29, 2020. According to Rep. Jason Crow, Russian President “Vladimir Putin wakes up every morning and goes to bed every night trying to figure out how to...
U.S. Foreign-Policy Perpetual Perfidy
by Jim Bovard | Feb 25, 2020 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
The Washington establishment was aghast in October when Donald Trump appeared to approve a Turkish invasion of northern Syria. The United States was seen as abandoning the Kurds, some of whom had assisted the United States in the fight against ISIS and other terrorist...
U.S. Foreign-Policy Perpetual Perfidy
by Jim Bovard | Feb 24, 2020 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
The Washington establishment was aghast in October when Donald Trump appeared to approve a Turkish invasion of northern Syria. The United States was seen as abandoning the Kurds, some of whom had assisted the United States in the fight against ISIS and other terrorist...
Beyond the Frontiers
by Kym Robinson | Feb 24, 2020 | Featured Articles
The darkness was permanent, even during the daylight hours it was grim. Smoke, fire, drones, death all blocked the sun. The smiles were brave but behind them lay hungry mouths and empty stomachs. Parents watched their children with a distance that only a loving...
2/21/20 Daniel Lazare on Erdogan’s Military Adventure in Syria
by Scott Horton | Feb 21, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Daniel Lazare discusses the problems facing Turkish President Recep Erdogan, who is dealing with a troubled economy, declining political popularity at home, and failing military excursions abroad. Lazare and Scott also talk about the failure of President Trump to...
Short-sighted state governments rack up $1 Trillion in liabilities
by Bradley Thomas | Feb 18, 2020 | Economics, Featured Articles, Libertarianism, Politics
As if the national debt and federal entitlement liabilities weren’t enough. Now we get word that state governments have racked up more than a trillion dollars in unfunded healthcare benefits for state government workers. That’s trillion – with a ‘T’. In a report...
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Fat Amy Follies Break the Bank
The F35 continues to disappoint. Socialism for the rich, capitalism for everyone else. Incentives matter. You want to see over-promise/under-deliver fixed? Limit total compensation for the top 10 executives in any year they miss their own promises. It's really that...
Mass Production Equals Mass Consumption
[R]elative shares in national income have remained substantially constant over the last hundred years. This, however, is true only if we measure them in money. Measured in real terms, relative shares have substantially changed in favor of the lower income groups. This...
Murder
Why would anyone think that condemning a murder must imply any particular judgment about the victim?
Crossing the Rubicon
I am saddened by Charlie Kirk's passing and the method by which he left this life. Whether you agree with him or not, there is never a good reason for this kind of speech cancellation to take place. Kirk took the fight to Ground Zero for American government...
Charlie Kirk’s Assassin Caught
My thoughts on the news that they caught Charlie Kirk's murderer.
Charlie, Iryna, and MMA
My boy Kym is back to discuss the news and MMA.
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