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5/24/22 Chas Freeman on America’s Messy Taiwan Policy

by Scott Horton | May 28, 2022 | The Scott Horton Show

Download Episode. Scott is joined by Chas Freeman to discuss the history of U.S. policy concerning Taiwan. And they talk about President Biden’s recent press conference where he misstated the official U.S. policy on Taiwan for the fourth time as president. ...

I Am Grateful For My Suffering

by Scott Shearin | May 23, 2022 | Blog

I am grateful for my suffering. I truly am. These are not words I utter in some halfhearted, feeble effort to brighten my mood or motivate my day. Fortunately for me, I am not battling depression. It’s been a challenging few years; Entrepreneurship. Battling Cancer....

Biden Reverses Course on Plans to Ship Long-Range Rockets to Ukraine

by Kyle Anzalone and Will Porter | May 19, 2022 | News Roundup

President Joe Biden is resisting demands from Kiev to supply long-range rocket launchers to the Ukrainian military, Politico reported, suggesting the White House is concerned the weapons could be used for strikes inside Russia.

French, German, and Italian Heads of State All Endorse Negotiated End to War in Ukraine

by Dave DeCamp | May 18, 2022 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy

In recent weeks, the leaders of the three largest EU countries by population—France, Germany, and Italy—have all come out in favor of negotiations between Kyiv and Moscow as a way to end the fighting in Ukraine. Unlike President Biden, French President Emmanuel...

Welcome to Grokfest, New Hampshire’s New Liberty Festival

by Sidney Algernon | May 17, 2022 | Featured Articles

Since the Free State Project began working to move liberty-minded individuals to the small New England state of New Hampshire, the sheer volume of libertarians and libertarian-adjacent people in the state has ballooned. What was once a small group of dedicated liberty...

Released FBI Document Asserts Saudi Embassy Employee Connected to 9/11

by Stark Realities with Brian McGlinchey | May 10, 2022 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy

Over the past several months, the FBI released thousands of pages of material relating to its investigation of Saudi government links to the 9/11 attacks. This wave of declassifications was pursuant to Executive Order 14040, which President Biden issued on Sept. 3...

5/6/22 Stephen Walt: A Realist’s Take on the War in Ukraine

by Scott Horton | May 8, 2022 | The Scott Horton Show

Download Episode. Stephen Walt joined Scott for Antiwar Radio this week to give his view of the war in Ukraine. Walt is one of the leaders of the doctrine known as “foreign policy realism.” He starts by explaining what separates the realists from other schools of...

PayPal Releases Funds Seized From Independent Media Orgs

by Will Porter | May 5, 2022 | News Roundup

PayPal has reversed course after freezing thousands of dollars belonging to alternative media outlets Consortium News and MintPress News, agreeing to return money to both sites after seizing it without explanation last week.

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Money to Burn: Pentagon Blues

I often quip to the TSA slack-jawed shamblers at the airport when I fly that I am happy the TSA exists because think of how much more homelessness there would in the USA if the unemployable weren't in shitty government jobs hassling peaceful travelers. The DoD has...

Little Crappy Ships Continue to Waste Money, Again

The next to last floating dumpster of the Little Crappy Ship (LCS), USS Beloit, was launched, yet another future fish apartment complex; the USS Cleveland, the final ship of the Freedom class, is under construction and will be delivered in 2025 (don't hold your...

Submarine Blues: Over-budget and Not Underwater

I often bag on the US Navy surface fleet as a sad shadow of the fleet that used to be. The nuclear submarine fleet is joining that maritime house of woe. U.S. Navy Captain Jerry Hendrix, who in a recent assessment observed: “In fact, production of new submarines...

Pegasus Down: The Refueler Follies March On

The KC46A is the replacement for the renowned KC135 refueling bird which had the last production aircraft rolled out in 1965. The KC46A is plagued with problems to include the bone-headed notion to put the refueling crew in the cockpit instead of the rear of the...

Blaming Freedom

Freedom is nearly always blamed for the bad consequences of unfreedom, that is, of government intervention. Take immigration. We hear these days that migrant gangs are killing, terrorizing, and stealing from Americans. Some immigrants without government papers have...

Insurrection of the Mind.

Star Trek Insurrection is not one of the better films in the series, but it seeks to address issues of humanity that sometimes only science fiction can. Immortality, the value of life and human relationships with technology. It is fitting that the film starts with the...