President Trump’s decision earlier this month to assassinate Iran’s top military general on Iraqi soil – over the objection of the Iraqi government – has damaged the US relationship with its “ally” Iraq and set the region on the brink of war. Iran’s measured response...
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Conservatives Are Increasingly Wrong about Free Markets
by William Anderson | Jan 10, 2020 | Economics, Featured Articles, Libertarianism, Politics
Capitalism creates poverty. Capitalism has stolen our future. Capitalism ravages the planet. Capitalism oppresses us. Capitalism needs to be controlled by government or it will throw most of us into poverty and misery and enrich only the well-placed few. These are not...
Why is Housing So Expensive?
by Jeffery Perry | Jan 5, 2020 | Economics, Featured Articles, Libertarianism
Something that VIA frequently gets requests for is help with rent payments. Why is it difficult for so many people to afford housing? The standard answer is that it’s those lazy landlords, sitting on piles of money and smoking cigars, who are to blame. This seems to...
Vietnam! Vietnam!
by Kym Robinson | Jan 2, 2020 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
“People ask me who my heroes are. I have only one – Adolf Hitler.” – General Ky, prime minister of South Vietnam. Written by Felix Greene and published in 1966, this is a explicit and graphic photo heavy book that makes a strong antiwar case. Though it was available...
“Rules of Origin” Show Why Trade Agreements Aren’t Free Trade
by Robert Murphy | Dec 31, 2019 | Economics, Featured Articles, Libertarianism
Ludwig von Mises famously argued that people must choose between outright socialism and unfettered capitalism, because there is no coherent “middle ground” between the two. The allegedly reasonable compromise of a highly interventionist state — where the authorities...
Chile Is in Danger of Becoming Just Another Crisis-Ridden Latin American Country
by Matheus Vieira | Dec 23, 2019 | Economics, Featured Articles, Libertarianism, Politics
Although we Latin Americans thought Chile was immune to populism, small protests have grown into the largest ones since the nation’s re-democratization in the 90s. Initially, the protestors were groups of students complaining about a raise in the Santiago subway fare...
The Federal Reserve is the Most Dangerous Enemy of the U.S. and its Economy
by Gary Barnett | Dec 19, 2019 | Economics, Featured Articles
“Banking was conceived in iniquity and was born in sin. The Bankers own the earth. Take it away from them, but leave them the power to create deposits, and with the flick of the pen they will create enough deposits to buy it back again. However, take it away from...
Why America’s Founders Didn’t Want a Democracy
by Gary Galles | Dec 18, 2019 | Featured Articles, Libertarianism
In his book "Liberty in Peril," Randall Holcombe challenges the presumption that liberty and democracy are complementary. When I took history and government in school, many critical issues were misrepresented, given short shrift, or even ignored entirely. And those...
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Will Mike Waltz’s Ukraine Strategy LEAD TO DISASTER? New Episode of the Kyle Anzalone Show
Ukraine’s Future on the Frontlines: Mike Waltz to Send Ukraine's Youth to Slaughterhouse Will Mike Waltz's Ukraine Strategy LEAD TO DISASTER? In this episode of The Kyle Anzalone Show, Kyle dives into the shocking remarks made by Congressman Mike Waltz, calling for...
Carrier Follies on Parade (Again)
Fact is more hilarious than fiction now. USS Repulse and USS Prince of Wales would be more appropriate names for these missile sponges and future fish apartments. The sinking of Prince of Wales and Repulse by Japanese naval aviation was a naval engagement in World War...
Production Is Spiritual, Not Material
"Production is not an act of creation; it does not bring about something that did not exist before. It is a transformation of given elements through arrangement and combination. The producer is not a creator. Man is creative only in thinking and in the realm of...
NGIA, Please
Employees will start moving into new $1.7B NGA HQ in St. Louis, MO in Fall 2025. In other news, it’s a good thing the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency wasn’t called the National Intelligence-Geospatial Agency... Please. The budget is classified of course but...
Back to Basics: A Rare Instance of US Naval Sobriety
Navigation is fundamental. Every ship in the USN should do this yearly. Advanced, hand-computed celestial navigation is a full-time job. It required both of us to be on (or near) the bridge for approximately 18 hours a day, especially during the morning and evening...
Gaza’s Future and Trump’s Bold Rhetoric: New Episode of the Kyle Anzalone Show
Dave DeCamp from Antiwar.com joins us for an eye-opening exploration of Middle Eastern politics. Former President Donald Trump has issued a stark warning about Gaza, claiming "all hell will break loose" if hostages aren't released by his next tenure. Is this another...
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