As a libertarian, I have long objected to being characterized on a left-right political spectrum (as with studies of political affiliations that group libertarians with republicans or conservatives on the right). In response to inquiries about where I fit in that...
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Salafis Throwing Bombs: How American and British Planners Partnered With Al-Qaeda Affiliated Groups At the Start of the Syrian Civil War
by William Van Wagenen | Dec 28, 2021 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Introduction In the mainstream view, al-Qaeda did not play a role in the Syria conflict until Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi dispatched his deputy, Abu Muhammad al-Jolani, to Syria in August 2011 to establish a wing of the group there, called...
Lunatic With a Plan: Erdogan and Turkey’s Economic Woes
by Tom Luongo | Dec 28, 2021 | Economics, Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Since the first assault on Turkey’s finances in 2018, which I wrote about multiple times (here, here, and here), I’ve been the lone voice telling everyone that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is a lunatic but he’s a lunatic with a plan. That plan is to de-dollarize the...
COI #203: Understanding Conflict in Ethiopia
by Kyle Anzalone | Dec 20, 2021 | Conflicts of Interest
On COI #203, Kyle Anzalone joins Joanne Leon in interviewing Teodrose Fikremrium. Teodrose, an Ethiopian, discusses the recent history leading up to the recent conflict. He gives his take on various important developments in Ethiopia, including the start of the war....
In Defense Of Libertarianism
by Peter R. Quiñones | Dec 13, 2021 | Libertarianism, Peter Quinones
They’re usually very similar. There may be hills in one place, or flat terrain in others. It could be seventy-degrees in January, or minus-twenty. With all of their aesthetic differences, these locales usually have one thing in common: the spirit of libertarianism...
Biden’s Keynesian Course: Riding the ‘Multiplier’
by Jim Bovard | Dec 9, 2021 | Economics, Featured Articles
White House Chief of Staff Ronald Klain tweeted on Wednesday: “Stronger COVID measures produce STRONGER ECONOMIC outcomes. That’s why jobs, growth, and economic activity are UP this year, significantly over last year.” Actually, jobs and economic activity have...
The Gaslighting Government
by Laurie Calhoun | Dec 6, 2021 | Featured Articles
The film Gaslight (1944), directed by George Cukor and starring Ingrid Bergman and Charles Boyer, relays the story of a con artist, Sergis Bauer, who under the assumed name of Gregory Anton seduces and marries a young woman, Paula Alquist. The smitten bride has no...
12/02/21 End of the Empire – Episode 7 – Dave Smith Joins the Guys
by Scott Horton | Dec 3, 2021 | End of the Empire
Scott and Pete discuss the most recent guests on the Scott Horton Show, Gilbert Doctorow and the War Nerd podcast guys. They talk about Johnny Hurley who confronted a cop killer and then himself was killed by cops,...
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Scott Horton And I Talk About Global Conflict
In case you missed my interviews in the last two years with Liberty Chieftain Scott Horton: Ep. 6044 - Bill Buppert on the Threat of Terrorism and the Changing Nature of Warfare - 4/18/24 Ep. 5857 - Bill Buppert: A Deep Dive into Irregular Warfare - 2/17/23 Email me...
Quincy Institute Interview
The great Kelley B. Vlahos interviewed me about my new book Provoked today: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKKGi9HEBC0
Trump & the Neo-Cons – The Second Inauguration of Donald Trump: New Episode of the Kyle Anzalone Show
Kyle Anzalone breaks down the highlights (or lowlights) from Trump's inaugural address.
Red Sea Follies and a Navy in Disrepair
The beat-down goes on administered by the non-naval armories of the Houthis in Yemen. Geoff Ziezulewicz avers: Those SM-6 missiles are a cool four million dollars a pop. A rather chilly one third of a billion dollars in SM-6 expenditures alone. 320 million dollars....
Journalism in Action: Holding Blinken Accountable on Gaza! New Episode of the Kyle Anzalone Show
Journalism in Action: Holding Blinken Accountable on Gaza A powerful confrontation between journalists and Secretary Blinken reveals the urgent need for accountability in U.S. foreign policy, particularly regarding the situation in Gaza. The episode highlights how...
The Navy Adrift [Again]: Failure Cascades in the DDG(X)
Another incipient program doomed to failure, cost ballooning, massive incompetence and buyer's remorse. The program should be stopped immediately and every flag officer currently serving fired, the Department of the Navy SES structure gutted and cashiered and blow the...
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