Sheldon Richman talks about the latest with the migrant caravan and President Trump's reaction to it. He points out how odd it is for Trump supporters to justify all the bad things he does by saying "Obama did it too". Wouldn't that mean they should either love Obama...
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News Roundup 10/5/18
by Kyle Anzalone | Oct 5, 2018 | News Roundup
Trump is expected to sign the FAA Reauthorization bill on Friday. [Link] In a letter to Senator Kaine, the Pentagon claims to have the authority to conduct near limitless military actions. [Link] The US pulls out of international agreements to avoid being subject to...
10/3/18 Daniel Lazare on America’s Drug War
by Scott Horton | Oct 3, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show
Daniel Lazare joins Scott to talk about his recent article in for the American Conservative Magazine about the war on drugs. He explains many of the practical reasons to end the war, demonstrated by America's own history. For instance, alcohol prohibition tended to...
New Jersey Moves Toward Marijuana Legalization
by Patrick McKnight | Sep 12, 2018 | Featured Articles, Politics
The state of New Jersey could soon become the tenth state to legalize marijuana for recreational use, further nullifying federal cannabis prohibition in effect. New Jersey cannabis reform advocates began 2018 with high hopes. Newly elected Governor Murphy pledged to...
Legalize Drugs — All Drugs
by Jacob Hornberger | Aug 30, 2018 | Featured Articles, Politics
In 1972, Newsweek published what must have been considered by many readers to be a shocking commentary on the drug war by libertarian Nobel Prize–winning economist Milton Friedman. Entitled “Prohibition and Drugs,” Friedman’s article called for the legalization of...
Brian Saady on the Drug War, Bad Forensic Evidence, and the “School to Prison Pipeline” Ep. 91
by Patrick Macfarlane | Aug 29, 2018 | Justice, Libertarianism, Politics, Vital Dissent
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNUisEIAEuM Brian Saady is a freelance journalist and author of four books, including a three-book series, entitled “Rackets,” which discusses the legalization of drugs, gambling, and prostitution, respectively. His writing has appeared...
The Law of Unintended Consequences Strikes Again
by Jeffrey A. Singer | Aug 27, 2018 | Featured Articles, Politics
Late last week UPI news ran a report by E.J. Mundell with the headline, “Government efforts to curb opioid prescriptions might have backfired.” It cites two separate studies published online in JAMA Surgery on August 22 that examined two different restrictive opioid...
FPF #234 – Trump’s Afghan War guest Scott Horton
by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 17, 2018 | Conflicts of Interest
Scott Horton returns to FPF to discuss the first year of Trump's policy for the Afghan War. Scott explains how the drug war in Afghanistan has been a failure. He looks at the US goal of securing the capital Kabul and how the additional US troops have been unable to...
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The Kyle Anzalone Show guest Scott Horton: Did the US OVERREACT to 9/11
Bush says America didn’t overreact after 9/11. We don’t let that pass. Kyle Anzalone sits down with Scott Horton to walk through what Washington knew before the attacks, what it chose to ignore, and how a moment that demanded focused justice became an open-ended...
The Kyle Anzalone Show guest DAVE SMITH: Trump’s Failures Are Bringing the Woke Left BACK
Dave Smith joins Kyle Anzalone for a wide-ranging conversation about Trump’s failures, the changing American political landscape, and what Dave sees as the rise of “Woke 2.0.” After years of backlash against progressive politics, is the pendulum beginning to swing...
The Saudi Facade
Stay tuned. I’m not sure there has been a more incompetent regional military power as the Saudis since Italy in WWII. They have the 8th largest military budget in the world. The Saudis pour billions into their military for the very best state-of-the-art equipment...
The Kyle Anzalone Show guest Matt Hoh: JD Vance and Ben Shapiro Attempt to Sell Israel’s War to the American People
The loudest voices keep insisting the U.S. is “winning” against Iran, but winning should be measurable and explainable, not just repeated until it feels true. We sit down with Matt Hoh to test the claims against what’s happening in the Persian Gulf, where the Strait...
“You Have Nothing To Hide” – short story
Kay opened the door after a series of heavy knocks. It was getting late, her husband was away for work and she just assumed it was the next door neighbours. Two police men stood outside her door, behind them flashing lights and several other police officers carrying...
The Kyle Anzalone Show: America’s Iran War Is Unraveling — Is Ukraine the Next Domino?
Netanyahu doesn’t just hint at confrontation with Iran, he says the quiet part out loud: the aim is to bring the regime down. We play the clip, then pull apart what that means in practice, especially when U.S. leaders keep selling the war as a narrower fight about...
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