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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What Full Liberalism Is Not About
"Liberalism is a doctrine directed entirely towards the conduct of men in this world. In the last analysis, it has nothing else in view than the advancement of their outward, material welfare and does not concern itself directly with their inner, spiritual and...
Greeks Refuse to Purchase Fifty Million Dollar Floating Dumpsters From the US Navy
These floating dumpsters cost the American taxpayer 500-600 million per ship. The US Navy is trying to garage sell these malfunctioning ships to Greece and they are onto the scam. The Greek Defense Minister is smarter than the average bear. Glad to see that even...
Aesthetics and Frequencies w/Mano Elia
Mano is back to discuss the image of God in the world.
The Welfare-State Paradox
"Whether ... a system of social security is a good or a bad policy is essentially a political problem. One may try to justify it by declaring that the wage earners lack the insight and the moral strength to provide spontaneously for their own future. But then it is...
The Ford Follies: Yes, It Can Get Worse
Brent Eastwood does a splendid job elucidating so many of the problems of the fatally flawed Ford super-carrier. I suspect he had to say "promising" but there is nothing here for the 21st century; this is the chariot and crossbow of the next generation. This is the...
The Steady Rise in Living Standards
"The history of capitalism as it has operated in the last two hundred years in the realm of Western civilization is the record of a steady rise in the wage earners’ standard of living. The inherent mark of capitalism is that it is mass production for mass consumption...
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