As Eisenhower predicted, there is no balance left, as U.S. policy is reduced to who we threaten, bomb, or occupy next. January 17 marks the 59th anniversary of President Dwight Eisenhower’s farewell speech to the nation. After eight years in the White House, just...
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Ending Wars with ‘Defend the Guard’ guest Mike Maharrey
by Kyle Anzalone | Dec 18, 2019 | Conflicts of Interest
Mike Maharrey returns to FPF to discuss the Defend the Guard Act. Defend the Guard is a bill introduced at the state level that prevents the federal government from using National Guard troops in undeclared forever wars. The movement is growing as more states will...
How Excessive Federal Spending Sparked a Liquidity Crisis
by Craig Eyermann | Dec 17, 2019 | Economics, Featured Articles
Since mid-September 2019, the U.S. Federal Reserve has been fighting to contain a liquidity crisis in the nation’s money markets that was caused in large part by excessive spending by the U.S. government. That surge in spending was prompted by “the worst budget deal...
Americans Dropping Dead
by Scott Horton | Nov 27, 2019 | Blog
The excess death rate in the U.S.A. has increased dramatically since the great crash of 2008. This is all because of the federal government. And the next one is coming.
The Fake Whistleblower
by Steven Woskow | Oct 7, 2019 | Blog
Matt Tiabbi sets the record straight. Who are the real whistleblowers? They are people sitting in prison. People that have had their lives destroyed. What they are not is people that are protected by the so-called intelligence community. The unnamed person at the...
Austin Independent School District: Stop Feeding Your Children Breakfast
by Scott Horton | Sep 4, 2019 | Blog
This morning on the 590 AM KLBJ radio news I heard them read a press release from the AISD asking parents to stop packing lunches for their kids, and -- I swear I'm not making this up -- asking them also to stop feeding their children breakfast, and to leave that up...
Cop Nation
by Steven Woskow | Aug 8, 2019 | Blog
The government plan to turn us all into snitches. Whistleblowers help government collect billions in unpaid taxes WASHINGTON — Whistleblowers who helped the federal government collect $1.4 billion in unpaid taxes last year reaped a record $312 million in reward money...
The Libertarian Presidential Candidate We Need
by Steven Woskow | Jun 21, 2019 | Blog
Keith Preston at Attack The System wants a candidate that might actually be a libertarian. He argues they need to run on a platform of ending the federal government for real. Not “enforcing the Tenth Amendment, ” not “going back to the Constitution,” not “reducing...
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My Latest Interviews
Michael Liebowitz, the host of The Rational Egoist, interviewed me about my life in the libertarian movement. Enjoy! Also have a look at my interview covering my libertarian experience and the Israel-Palestine conflict on the Bob Murphy Show.
Professors, W. Post Call Out NYT for Oct 7 Mass-Rape Hoax
Another disgrace for the Charlie Savage Times.
Israel’s Amazing Feat
Israel has accomplished quite a feat: its crimes against the people of Gaza are of such a large scale that they make Hamas's Oct. 7 crimes look small.
Pentagon Follies: Accounting for DEI Expenditures
Inclusion, Equity and Diversity (IED) is communism in blackface. This viral contagion has raced to the top of government bureaucracies and, of course, facilitates a race to the bottom in quality and competence. The wizards at the Pentagon who have yet to account for...
A Soho Forum discussion of COVID with Tom Woods
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKzl5CngE5Q Check out Tom's great book, Diary of a Psychosis.
US Abrams Tanks Withdrawn from Fighting in Ukraine
Five four million dollar tanks up in smoke. They'll make every excuse they wish but the days of manned tanks are over. Ukraine has lost five Abrams tanks in recent months, The New York Times reported this month, citing an unnamed senior US official. At least three...