The European Union is close to reaching an agreement on banning the import of Russian oil. Some Eastern-European member states, particularly Hungary, are trying to obtain exemptions or delays on the implementation of the ban. All in all, however, it seems likely that...
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The Lab Leak Hypothesis, Evolution, Innovation, & Rational Optimism. Matt Ridley & Keith Knight
by Keith Knight | May 16, 2022 | Don't Tread on Anyone
https://youtu.be/DPEP1TGyqqQ The cumulative acceleration of knowledge by specialists that allows us each to consume more and more different things by each producing fewer and fewer, is I submit, the central story of humanity. - Matt Ridley, The Rational Optimist, p....
5/2/22 Douglas Macgregor on New Russia and “Hatred in the Plural”
by Scott Horton | May 3, 2022 | The Scott Horton Show
Download Episode. Scott interviews Retired Colonel Douglas Macgregor about the war in Ukraine. Scott recently interviewed William Arkin who believes the Russians are actually losing this war. Macgregor has a very different take, and Scott gives him the opportunity to...
No, Disney World Isn’t the First of ‘One Thousand Liechtensteins’
by Ryan McMaken | May 3, 2022 | Featured Articles
One of the stranger narratives coming out of the controversy over Disney's "special district" in Florida is the notion that Disney's Florida property is some sort of truly independent self-governing entity operating without government oversight. Most claims in this...
Elon Musk, Twitter, and the ‘Ministry of Truth’
by Bas Spliet | May 2, 2022 | Featured Articles
Just last week, I finally got around with starting to read Crime and Punishment, Fyodr Dostoevsky’s famous novel about a Saint-Peterburg student’s murder of an old lady pawnbroker. The murderer and book’s main character, Rodion Raskolnikov, got the idea from a fellow...
4/22/22 Mitchell Plitnick on Israel, Iran and a Cold War in the Middle East
by Scott Horton | Apr 29, 2022 | The Scott Horton Show
Download Episode. Scott interviews Mitchel Plitnick about Israeli politics and the Iran Nuclear Deal. Plitnick begins by filling us in on the political situation in Israel, where a new coalition government is working to agree upon a budget by the Fall of 2023. If...
North Korea Plans Future Nuclear Weapons Development
by Kyle Anzalone and Will Porter | Apr 26, 2022 | News Roundup
North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un has announced that his country will further develop its nuclear capabilities, vowing to build up its arsenal following a flurry of weapons tests in recent months.
COI #259: War in Ukraine Could End Too Soon for Some NATO Members
by Kyle Anzalone | Apr 7, 2022 | Conflicts of Interest
On COI #259, Kyle Anzalone and Connor Freeman cover the NATO hawks’ desire for a protracted war in Ukraine, the American people’s support for war with Russia, and the latest news on the Iran deal talks. Kyle discusses new revelations in the Washington Post that some...
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US Navy Can’t Weld
Fire all uniformed flag officers in the chain. Releive all SES and naval civilians leaders in the chain. Immediately. And this is peacetime. And keep this in mind, find this many faulty welds and ALL welds on the ship have to be inspected and certified. That is very...
Watch This Antiwar Message from The Libertarian Institute!
The Libertarian Institute has produced this urgent plea for humanity to choose peace over war.
Richman Interviewed on “Ideas Having Sex”
Chris Kaufman interviewed me about my book What Social Animals Owe to Each Other on his podcast Ideas Having Sex. Listen here or on your podcast platform.
US Navy Follies: The Other Ghost Fleet
The US Navy and Marines have not conducted an amphibious assault on contested beach since Inchon in Korea (10-19 September 1950 although arguably the last major contested amphibious campaign in May of 1945 of Okinawa) and have practically abandoned surface maritime...
Anti-War Blog – Be Proud
Proud mother come and see what your soldier sons are doing, see them search crying children who no longer can walk the streets to go from home to school. They kidnap little boys, to torture or imprison. Maybe they shatter their arms and send them on their way. Cry for...
The Culture of Lying and Deceit in the US Army
It's not just the Army and all the services practice this level of institutional cravenness and dishonesty. Deceit and covering up errors is a long time practice in the US uniformed armed forces. The article is older but more true over time. The gravest peril of the...
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