Scott talks to David Stockman about the economic fallout from the coronavirus lockdowns. Stockman points out all the devastation that has already been wrought by the government so far—relating to both the lockdowns and to the rampant stimulus measures meant to address...
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News Roundup 8/25/20
by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 25, 2020 | News Roundup
US News A judge rejected a police officer’s bid for qualified immunity. The police officer strip-searched a four-year-old while investigating a mother for leaving her kids in the car for a few minutes. [Link] A judge grants qualified immunity to a police officer who...
Will the New Title IX Be Sabotaged?
by Wendy McElroy | Aug 25, 2020 | Featured Articles
On August 14, a change of kind occurred in how educational institutions address accusations of sexual misconduct if they wish to receive federal funding. A controversial new Title IX regulation went into effect. Or did it? In today’s extraordinarily partisan times,...
News Roundup 8/24/20
by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 24, 2020 | News Roundup
US News Arizona police stole a $15,000 Jeep over an alleged $25 pot sale. [Link] A police officer who kneed a man in the face 20 to 30 times gets qualified immunity. [Link] John Durham’s investigation questioned John Brennan for eight hours. The investigation said...
Will Trump Bring US Troops Home From Iraq?
by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 24, 2020 | Conflicts of Interest
On FPF #536, Will Porter returns to the show to discuss Trump's Iraq policy. Trump ran for president on ending endless wars. However, he has failed to get the US out of a single conflict. He is again saying he would like to bring US troops home from Iraq. His own...
COVID-19 and Collateral Damage: Killing vs. Letting Die
by Laurie Calhoun | Aug 21, 2020 | Featured Articles
The question of killing versus letting die has long been a source of puzzlement to me, particularly as it arises in rallies for so-called “humanitarian” wars abroad. Wealthy nations regularly “allow” people to die all over the world—of disease and starvation, as a...
Ron Paul: The Untold Story of the Man Who Helped Inspire a New Generation of Liberty Lovers
by Sam Jacobs | Aug 21, 2020 | Featured Articles
Ron Paul is more than a presidential candidate or veteran Congressman. Learn how he became the inspiration for the pro-liberty movement across America.
News Roundup 8/20/20
by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 20, 2020 | News Roundup
US News Facebook banned over 900 pages that tied to the Q-Anon theory. Facebook also restricted over 10,000 Instagram accounts and 2,000 Facebook groups for supporting Q. [Link] A Texas police department arrested a man who created a parody account of the police...
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Ruminations on War in the 21st Century
Agreed, Armchair Warlord nails the paper tiger posing as the US military. My additions: There is no Auftragstaktik in the modern western militaries despite their "embrace" of Mission Command. Carriers are the crossbow and chariot of the 21st century. A tremendous...
USS Liberty Incident Rises from the Ash Heap of Inconvenient History
Medal of Honor citation for Commander William L. McGonagle, USN, Commanding Officer, USS Liberty (AGTR-5) Thanks to Candace Owens for lifting this incident from the dead. One receives the Medal of Honor for engaging in a fight in enemy action. "For conspicuous...
Natural Economic Law Can’t Be Repealed
If the government restricts supply and subsidizes demand, out-of-control prices, resource shortages, and unpleasant ad hoc coping restrictions will follow. That is the natural (economic) law. The government cannot repeal it. But it can stop its attempt to plan.
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...
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