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2/1/19 Bonnie Kristian on Why the US Military Should Get out of Somalia

by Scott Horton | Feb 2, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show

Bonnie Kristian talks about her latest piece, "If Trump Isn’t Planning to Draw Down U.S. Intervention in Somalia, He Should Be." She and Scott point out how President Trump often has good instincts on foreign policy, at times questioning what the U.S. is even doing in...

News Roundup 2/1/19

by Kyle Anzalone | Feb 1, 2019 | News Roundup

US News A new study shows that vaping is more effective than traditional nicotine replacement therapies at helping people quit smoking. [Link] Several ICE detainees are on hunger strikes. ICE is force feeding six of the detainees. [Link] A man dies in a Georgia prison...

News Roundup 1/31/19

by Kyle Anzalone | Jan 31, 2019 | News Roundup

US News A new bipartisan bill would make animal cruelty a federal crime. [Link] Baltimore will stop prosecuting marijuana possession offenses. [Link] Facebook blocks ad transparency tools from working. [Link] Google removes a map of ‘Kurdistan’ at the request of the...

News Roundup 1/30/19

by Kyle Anzalone | Jan 30, 2019 | News Roundup

US Foreign Policy The US has produced its first low yield nuclear weapons. The weapons have the power of about 5 kilotons of TNT. [Link] Senator Mitch McConnell introduced an amendment that pushes Trump to keep US forces in Afghanistan and Syria. [Link] The LA Times...

FPF #304 – Worst of Trump in 2018 guest Will Porter

by Kyle Anzalone | Jan 30, 2019 | Conflicts of Interest

On FPF #304, Will Porter returns to the show for part two of the year-end review show. We discuss the worst of Trump's foreign policy decisions in 2018. Will breaks down the important events in Yemen, Russia, Iran, and China. We examine the influence that John Bolton...

News Roundup 1/28/19

by Kyle Anzalone | Jan 28, 2019 | News Roundup

US News Congressman Walter Jones enters hospice care. [Link] Roger Stone has been indicted on seven counts including lying to the FBI and witness tampering. Stone was arrested in an early morning raid by the FBI. He was released on bail. [Link] FaceBook will merge the...

Murray Rothbard

by Scott Horton | Jan 24, 2019 | Blog

I was asked to record a thing about Murray N. Rothbard for a friend, so here's what I wrote to record for him: Before I read Murray Rothbard, I thought all libertarians were minarchists and constitutionalists. Say what? No need for a monopoly on national defense or...

News Roundup 1/24/19

by Kyle Anzalone | Jan 24, 2019 | News Roundup

Venezuelan Regime Change The US recognizes Juan Guaido as interim president of Venezuela. [Link] Juan Guaido declares himself interim president of Venezuela. [Link] Venezuelan president Maduro cuts diplomatic ties with the US and gives US diplomats 72 hours to leave...

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War and Delusion: A Critical Examination

In this episode of the Protestant Libertarian Podcast, Alex Bernardo sits down once again with Laurie Calhoun. Laurie is a philosopher, a cultural critic and an author. She is a senior fellow at the Libertarian Institute, where she regularly writes articles analyzing...

Crime and Poverty

“The theory that crime is caused by poverty is not supported by the known facts. The very poor, in fact, tend to be just as law-abiding as the rich, and perhaps more so. To argue otherwise is to libel multitudes of people who keep to decency under severe difficulties,...

Don’t Be Silent

We should reject the fashionable idea that one should never write or post anything that possibly could be used by bad people for bad purposes. That admonition brings two things to mind. First, it fails its own test. If good people avoid a topic because even...

Can There Be Only One Race?

I'm old enough to remember this 1960s Lay's Potato Chips commercial. (Hell, I'm almost old enough to remember when plays were in black and white!) In the commercial a man (Bert Lahr, the cowardly lion in The Wizard of Oz) faces a challenge from the devil, who has a...