The dominant narrative on domestic violence (DV) during COVID-19 hurts survivors, like me. Decades ago, I was blinded in my left eye by a man who said he loved me even as his fist hit my face. I’ve tried to make sense of that insanity ever since. Why did he do it? Why...
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Prepare For The Israeli Media Campaign In U.S. To Support Annexation
by Steven Woskow | May 17, 2020 | Blog
The new Israeli ambassador to the U.N. and U.S. Gilad Erdan is ready to defend annexation of parts of the West Bank to the world. “We promised it to our voters,” Erdan said of annexation. “I believe in it with all my heart that we have a biblical and legal right to...
Matt Taibbi: Democrats Have Abandoned Civil Liberties
by Scott Horton | May 16, 2020 | Blog
I know. It's hard to believe the guys who hired the Delta Force to burn the Branch Davidians to death, banned AR-15s, voted for the PATRIOT Act, colluded with Bush on spying and torture and war, let Obama get away with deliberately murdering American citizens and...
Florida Officer Fired For Hiding During Parkland Shooting Gets Job Back, With Back-pay!
by Scott Horton | May 14, 2020 | Blog
NY Post: A sheriff’s sergeant fired for hiding behind his car during the Parkland school massacre has gotten his job back — along with at least $125,000 in back pay, according to reports. Sgt. Brian Miller was one of four deputies terminated for “neglect of duty”...
No Evidence That Domestic Violence Is Rising Due To COVID-19
by Wendy McElroy | May 12, 2020 | Featured Articles
A media blitz declares domestic violence (DV) is soaring during COVID-19 because stay-at-home orders have trapped women and children in close proximity to abusive men. Flawed evidence and assumptions underlie this claim but, with the panic of the crisis, it could be...
News Roundup 5/12/20
by Kyle Anzalone | May 12, 2020 | News Roundup
US News Meet the Press issued an apology to Attorney General Barr for deceptively editing an interview of him. [Link] The FDA reports that nearly 200 meat inspectors have tested positive for Covid. [Link] Mexico is requesting the US to turn over all information...
Glynn County District Attorney Jackie Johnson is a Guilty Accessory to Murder
by Scott Horton | May 9, 2020 | Blog
The ex-cop whose son murdered that black jogger? The cops were ready to arrest them both for murder right there on the spot, but then the perp's "blue privilege" kicked in: The police at the scene went to her, saying they were ready to arrest both of them. These were...
News Roundup 5/7/20
by Kyle Anzalone | May 7, 2020 | News Roundup
US News The TSA ignored federal guidelines that required turning over N-95 masks to hospitals. The TSA has hoarded 1.3 million N-95s. [Link] Trump vetoed a war powers bill that would have constrained his ability to start a war with Iran. [Link] The US is looking to...
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Chris Rock’s New Special Exposes His Political Ignorance
A common claim among Democrats is that, "It's not that people don't want to be educated, they just haven't been given the opportunity, thus government spending on education needs to increase." If there were ever a group of people capable of "educating" themselves it...
War and Delusion: A Critical Examination
In this episode of the Protestant Libertarian Podcast, Alex Bernardo sits down once again with Laurie Calhoun. Laurie is a philosopher, a cultural critic and an author. She is a senior fellow at the Libertarian Institute, where she regularly writes articles analyzing...
Crime and Poverty
“The theory that crime is caused by poverty is not supported by the known facts. The very poor, in fact, tend to be just as law-abiding as the rich, and perhaps more so. To argue otherwise is to libel multitudes of people who keep to decency under severe difficulties,...
Don’t Be Silent
We should reject the fashionable idea that one should never write or post anything that possibly could be used by bad people for bad purposes. That admonition brings two things to mind. First, it fails its own test. If good people avoid a topic because even...
Can There Be Only One Race?
I'm old enough to remember this 1960s Lay's Potato Chips commercial. (Hell, I'm almost old enough to remember when plays were in black and white!) In the commercial a man (Bert Lahr, the cowardly lion in The Wizard of Oz) faces a challenge from the devil, who has a...
How Not to Defend “Capitalism” Against” Socialism”
I challenge you to show me a lamer "debate" over "capitalism" and "socialism." (Don't worry; it's not about Bill Maher.)
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