We need a libertarian Star Trek, I think. I love Trek. I have some things to say about it, after I critique it. The truth is, I suspect 2018 (and the years to follow), are going to be very very bad years for us. For mankind. This is also an article about...
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There Is Little Reason to Believe North Korea Has an H-Bomb
by Marko Marjanovic | Sep 8, 2017 | Blog
Are Washington and Pyongyang enemies or symbiotes? For supposed enemies they sure agree on a lot of dubious information. For example they both agree North Korea tested a hydrogen bomb last Sunday though there's little to indicate that is true. Early estimates put the...
News Roundup 8/8/17
by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 8, 2017 | Blog
This article looks at the generals in Trump's administration. [Link] Police were able to seize $21,000 from a sex worker with civil asset forfeiture. [Link] The City of Chicago is using SWAT to manage mental health crises. [Link] The son of "El-Chapo" has been...
Truman, A-Bombs, and the Killing of Innocents
by Sheldon Richman | Aug 6, 2017 | Blog
Today marks the 72nd anniversary of U.S. President Harry Truman's atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan. The atomic bombing of Nagasaki took place three days later in 1945. Some 90,000-166,000 individuals were killed in Hiroshima. The Nagasaki bombing killed...
War Is Not Moral
by Zack Sorenson | May 31, 2017 | Blog
I recently finished an article where I lay out why I think war itself should be considered immoral, and what an alternative could be. When I was in the military, I struggled knowing that my hard work was helping get people killed. Those who maybe deserved it but also...
Welcome to America’s ‘Nuclear Sponge’
by Tom Collina | Feb 9, 2017 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
The United States currently deploys hundreds of nuclear missiles across Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, and Wyoming. Each missile carries a nuclear payload many times more powerful than the Hiroshima bomb, capable of killing hundreds of thousands of people....
Pearl Harbor: Should Abe Apologize?
by Thomas L. Knapp | Dec 7, 2016 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
On May 27, Barack Obama became the first sitting US president to visit Hiroshima, site of history’s first atomic attack on August 6, 1945. The Japanese government did not ask Obama for an apology, nor did he offer one. On December 27, Shinzo Abe will become the first...
Apple Atomics: Nuclear Survival In A Liberated Age
by Martin Pappalardo | Dec 1, 2016 | Featured Articles, Libertarianism
In debates, particularly with those on the left who share a proclivity for hyperbole, the subject of self-defense soon has the libertarian tasked not only with a defense of firearm ownership, but with defending themselves in their newfound position as proponents of...
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Lexington and Concord: The Fire Begins
The divorce proceedings between London and America began on this day in 1775, 249 years ago. In Episode 011 of my podcast, I did a historical memorium to the events at Lexington and Concord. In honor of this day, give it a listen.
The “Israel Has the Most Moral Army in the World” Trope
Delusional supporters of Israel’s genocide in Gaza claim the IDF is “the most moral army in the world”. Here’s the stark reality.
Wheels Within Wheels: Complexity is Real in War
“The truth about the world, he said, is that anything is possible. Had you not seen it all from birth and thereby bled it of its strangeness it would appear to you for what it is, a hat trick in a medicine show, a fevered dream, a trance bepopulate with chimeras...
F35 Fat Amy Follies: The Gift That Keeps on Giving
Two Trillion Dollars... Pretty soon, we're talking real money. So we put this in perspective: Two trillion U.S. dollars in $100 notes would be 1,356 miles high. If they were one dollar bills, it would be 135,600 miles high (the moon is 238,900 miles from Earth)....
New Hampshire GOP Adds ‘Defend the Guard’ to Party Platform
With a resounding "Aye," Defend the Guard was made an official part of the New Hampshire Republican Party platform. On Saturday, April 13, the New Hampshire GOP held a meeting to vote on platform amendments. Among the list of proposals was the following text: "Demand...
USC Bows Down to Pro-Israel Terrorists, Cancels Muslim-American’s Valedictorian Speech
No one hates Americans' sacred right of free speech more than Israel's American fifth column. No one is a bigger group of cowards than the USC Trojans. Always have been a bunch of sniveling little weaklings.
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