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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Free Trade Facts Don’t Matter to Democrats or Republicans
Both parties tend to ignore facts about the benefits of free trade because both parties oppose free trade.
The Government Had to Bankrupt Spirit Airlines to Save It
The US government is very good at destroying things on the pretense that its actions are required to save the things destroyed.
Paul Krugman: The Dollar Can’t Collapse! Unless…
The scenarios under which Krugman says the dollar could collapse are not hypothetical. They are already here.
Taking It for Granted
"Capitalism, says Marx, unthinkingly repeating the fables of the eulogists of the Middle Ages, has an inevitable tendency to impoverish the workers more and more. The truth is that capitalism has poured a horn of plenty upon the masses of wage earners who frequently...
Taliban is Still on the Western Dole
However, the Taliban is the group handing out NGO licenses in Afghanistan. If a Taliban sympathizer asks for an NGO license, they get it. So, many of these groups send money directly to the Taliban or to support the families of suicide bombers. Legend also said...
The Miracle of Mass Production
"The fact that my fellow man wants to acquire shoes as I do, does not make it harder for me to get shoes, but easier." —Ludwig von Mises, Human Action
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