When President Donald Trump took office, his aides promised there would always be adults in the room. Especially when it came to foreign policy, learned, stable professionals would ensure responsible and intelligent actions. Except the adults turned out to be idiots....
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11/13/20 Mike Maharrey: Saving the Republic by Abandoning the Empire
Scott talks to Mike Maharrey of the Tenth Amendment Center about the shameful state of U.S. foreign policy. In particular, Maharrey explains the way that congress has completely abdicated its role of declaring wars—instead, they have ceded that power fully to the...
The Longest Hoax Ever Perpetrated. Michael Huemer & Peter R. Quiñones
https://youtu.be/O1D3NJwZnxQ Why should 535 people in Washington be entitled to issue commands to 300 million others? And why should the others obey? - Michael Huemer The Problem of Political Authority, Pg. xxvii Michael Huemer is a professor of Philosophy at the...
We Need To Talk About the National Defense Strategy, Part I: Syria
Who remembers voting for all this brinksmanship with China and Russia? It’s time we had one of those “national conversations,” we’re incessantly admonished to have by teachers, feds and talking heads. Only this conversation should be about the National Defense...
Cultural Superiority Isn’t Racism: Why Western Values Underpin the World’s Best Countries
A view of Western culture as being uniquely valuable is radically different from racism.
Who’s Racist? The Continuing Tragedy of American Exceptionalism
Many young liberals truly believe that by voting for Joe Biden they’re somehow helping evict racism and fascism from the Oval Office. If only it were that easy. This columnist is thinking, in particular, of an illustrative, albeit anecdotal example. A recent...
Will Russiagate Origins Be Revealed in Election Chaos? guest Joanne Leon
On Conflicts of Interest #25, Will and Kyle welcome Joanne Leon as the first-ever guest of COI. Joanne hosts the Around the Empire podcast, which Kyle and Will have appeared on several times. Joanne breaks down the foreign influence accusations traded by Biden and...
Military Honor, the Virtue and the Curse
Honor is a powerful idea. Those who live by it take it seriously. It is not will, courage, or even valor, though it does demand such things. It is the code that exists within, demanding one to do what is right, regardless of risk or reward. Honor for is paramount to...
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