The Texas Highway Patrol gives ICE lists of people who receive traffic violations. [Link] A Calfornia judge allows a free speech lawsuit against Twitter for banning a user to move forward. [Link] Aaron Mate explains how there is still no proof of Russian collusion in...
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06/12/18 Peter van Buren on the Singapore Summit
by Scott Horton | Jun 17, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show
Peter van Buren, former Foreign Service officer and Iraq War 2 whistleblower and author of "We Meant Well", is interviewed on the Singapore Summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jung-un.
TGIF: Trump, North Korea, and Iran
by Sheldon Richman | Jun 15, 2018 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Libertarianism, Politics, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
As one of the original settlers of the sparsely populated territory situated between the deranged and warring states of Antitrumplandia and Philotrumplandia, I'm breathing easier today. Anyone who longs for peace and an end to the big-power nuclear threat can only...
Is Today Going To Be The Day That Jerome Powell Brings A Dovish Surprise? – Mike Swanson
by Mike Swanson | Jun 13, 2018 | Economics, Featured Articles
Most Federal Reserve meetings are not surprises. We know and have known for months that the Fed is going to raise interest rates today and will likely do so again in September. There is talk that the Fed may do another rate hike in December or it may not. That...
Are Conservatives Dumber Than Liberals?
by Craig Cantoni | Jun 12, 2018 | Featured Articles
Hillary Clinton referred to conservatives who supported Donald Trump as “deplorables.” In referring to working-class conservatives harmed by de-industrialization, Barack Obama said: "They get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't...
News Roundup 6/12/18
by Kyle Anzalone | Jun 12, 2018 | News Roundup
New Jersey legalizes sports betting. [Link] Domino's Pizza begins a promotion to fill in potholes in some cities. [Link] Attorney General Jeff Sessions issues new immigration dictate limiting asylum for people fleeing "private crimes." [Link] Burn Pit victims get a...
What Does Litter Say About Us?
by Craig Cantoni | Jun 1, 2018 | Featured Articles
With all the serious problems facing the nation and the world, the problem of littering seems insignificant. But it is not. Litter says a lot about us. It says something about class, race, ethnicity, and even political ideology. It speaks volumes about our sense of...
Thoughts on Palestine
by Sheldon Richman | May 19, 2018 | Blog, Justice, Libertarianism, Politics
For the record, the children of Abraham didn't exactly acquire Canaan through Lockean homesteading. Joshua (assuming the fable is true) was a genocidal conqueror. Revs. Robert Jeffress and John Hagee opened and closed the U.S. embassy dedication in Jerusalem. What's...
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Dumpsters Afloat: The Zumwalt Chronicles Continues
The weapons system removed from the Zumwalt They were going to build 30 and ended up building three of these dysfunctional monstrosities. Commissioned in 2016, it has only taken them eight years to retrofit the weapons system. The Navy's priorities have changed since...
Lawrence Premieres in London
On this day, 62 years ago, David Lean's "Lawrence of Arabia" (1962) premiered in London, UK. My favorite movie of all time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULsFcSpaVO0
The Health-Care Nirvana Fallacy
Someone explain how coercive centralized bureaucratic control of medical decision-making and the purse can beat the decentralized free market with its undistorted price system. The government has many things besides medical care it wants to spend tax money on, and...
DEI Kills: Boeing Bumbling on Parade Part CXXVII
Editor's Note: Just returned from business travel so my blogging frequency should bump up again. Boeing continues o provide legions of future business historians the fodder for hundreds of books and cautionary tales on how engineering can fall of a cliff once...
What’s Behind HTS Rebranding and the Rise of Geopolitical Tensions? New Episode of the Kyle Anzalone Show
Al-Qaeda's Takeover in Syria: Truth Behind the Headlines! Al-Qaeda's recent control over Syria marks a significant shift in the region, and we need to unpack its implications. While mainstream media may portray this as a victory for freedom and justice, the reality is...
Time to Separate Medicine and State
The "progressive" coverage of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson's murder has an unspoken premise: namely, that we could have had a system in which medical care was instantly superabundant and free for everyone. There is no such system. We live in a world of...
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