Donald Trump delivered a depraved address to the UN General Assembly this week. It might not have been a new low for Trump, but that's only because he went into the UN at an appallingly low level. The address had some obviously egregious parts, most especially Trump's...
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China Just Slammed the US Over Charlottesville After Report on Religious Freedom Released
by James Holbrooks | Aug 17, 2017 | Blog
This article originally appeared at Anti-Media. On Tuesday, the State Department released a report on international religious freedom that was highly critical of a number of countries, one of which was China. CNN, which detailed the report in an article titled...
President Xi stresses Party loyalty in historic speech in Beijing
by James Holbrooks | Aug 2, 2017 | Blog
This article originally appeared at Anti-Media. Beijing — As tensions continue to rise — and accelerate— over North Korea and its missile program, China’s President Xi Jinping gave his highly anticipated speech at the 90th anniversary celebration of the...
Trump wants to install military-industrial complex lobbyist as Army chief at the Pentagon
by James Holbrooks | Jul 26, 2017 | Blog
This article originally appeared at Anti-Media. Last Wednesday, it was reported that Donald Trump was moving to nominate Raytheon lobbyist Mark Esper for secretary of the Army. Raytheon is one of the “big five” defense contractors, and the president’s decision...
America Is NOT A Product Of The Enlightenment
by Zack Sorenson | Jun 20, 2017 | Blog
America is a product of the Christian Enlightenment. The Age of Reason led to many awful things such as the French Revolution and (eventually) the modernist thinking behind Marxism, Progressivism and Fascism. The central premise of the Age of Reason is that there is...
Massive Corporate Consolidation of Local Media Underway
by James Holbrooks | May 13, 2017 | Blog
In a deal that will allow one broadcasting company to reach 72 percent of U.S. households, it was reported this week that Sinclair Broadcast Group is buying Tribune Media for nearly $4 billion. Such a move wouldn’t have been possible a few weeks back, but...
A Dago’s Perspective on Diversity and White Privilege
by Craig Cantoni | Apr 4, 2017 | Blog
If you are a member of the campus thought police and offended by the word “dago,” too bad. Here are some other offensive synonyms for “Italian:” wop, greaseball, greaser, goombah, mobster, and garlic eater. I grew up being called all of those slurs. But until recent...
U.S. Citizen Jailed 3 Weeks for Being Suspected Undocumented Immigrant
by James Holbrooks | Apr 3, 2017 | Blog
A story this week highlighted the fact that people in America illegally aren’t the only ones affected by Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. On Friday, The Daily Beast reported that a U.S. citizen is suing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after being...
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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...
DEI Kills: Boeing Bumbling on Parade Part CXXVII
Editor's Note: Just returned from business travel so my blogging frequency should bump up again. Boeing continues o provide legions of future business historians the fodder for hundreds of books and cautionary tales on how engineering can fall of a cliff once...
What’s Behind HTS Rebranding and the Rise of Geopolitical Tensions? New Episode of the Kyle Anzalone Show
Al-Qaeda's Takeover in Syria: Truth Behind the Headlines! Al-Qaeda's recent control over Syria marks a significant shift in the region, and we need to unpack its implications. While mainstream media may portray this as a victory for freedom and justice, the reality is...
Time to Separate Medicine and State
The "progressive" coverage of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson's murder has an unspoken premise: namely, that we could have had a system in which medical care was instantly superabundant and free for everyone. There is no such system. We live in a world of...
No Need for DOGE
We don't need a Department (sic) of Government Efficiency. (It's a nongovernment thing.) We need a "Department" of What the Hell Should the Government Be Doing in the First Place? Efficiency implies that you know the objective of a course of action and want to avoid...
Anti-War Blog – Osama Bin Laden won
Bin Laden Won He won and the US warmasters are celebrating. Imagine rejoicing after a government falls to the descendants of Al-Qaeda. We don’t have to because the Washington gang are doing just that. The Islamo-Fascist Jihadis who terrorised the minds of the West for...