Elijah J. Magnier reports that the Iranians have sent Trump a clear message. The first message is that Iran is ready for an all-out war, no matter what the consequences. The second message is that Iran is aware that the US President has cornered himself; the...
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What Robert Reich Failed to Say about Marijuana Legalization
by Laurence Vance | Jun 20, 2019 | Featured Articles, Politics
Professor, economist, author, and political commentator Robert Reich is best known for being President Bill Clinton’s Secretary of Labor from 1993 to 1997. Before that he held positions in the administrations of Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter and was a professor at...
Candidate Trump Warned the Fed Had Inflated a Dangerous Bubble. He Was Right
by Marko Marjanović | Jun 20, 2019 | Featured Articles, Politics
Candidate Trump (2016): Count Donald Trump among the ranks of those who don’t think too much of the stock market as a sound place to put money. A day after making a widely watched public address on his economic plan, the Republican presidential nominee advised against...
Whew! Great News. Trump is Talking to Tucker About Iran.
by Scott Horton | Jun 19, 2019 | Blog
Thank goodness. Tucker Carlson knows the difference between who is on who's side over there and that Iran are the enemies of al Qaeda and ISIS: i.e. the only thing that really matters. Update: Looks like it's working. Trump has told his men to chill the hell out about...
News Roundup 6/18/19
by Kyle Anzalone | Jun 18, 2019 | News Roundup
Immigration A six-year-old girl dies in the Arizona desert of heat stroke. Smugglers left her and other migrants in the desert about a day before she died. [Link] Trump cuts over $500 million in aid to El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras because their citizens...
6/14/19 Interview #5,000: The Life and Times of Gareth Porter
by Scott Horton | Jun 17, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
For Scott's 5,000th interview, 317-time guest Gareth Porter shares some of his life story and how he got into national security journalism in the first place. Porter recounts his years in graduate school studying Southeast Asian politics, including a year spent in...
The War Crimes That Don’t Get Punished
by Ron Paul | Jun 17, 2019 | Featured Articles, Politics
Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA) found himself in hot water recently over comments he made in defense of Navy SEAL Edward Gallagher, who faces war crimes charges over his alleged conduct while serving in combat overseas. Gallagher is charged with stabbing a 15 year old ISIS...
6/10/19 Gareth Porter on the Latest Excuse for War with Iran
by Scott Horton | Jun 12, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Gareth Porter joins the show to explain the latest event being sold as evidence for the need to attack Iran. Evidenceless as usual, the claim that Iran is behind the sabotage of Saudi ships is based only on the fact that they had motive to do it. Porter's theory? This...
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The Non-Existent Difference Between National Socialism and Democratic Socialism
Summary: National Socialism and Democratic Socialism both advocate institutionalized violence by the state against peaceful people only differing in rhetoric. The most popular self described Democratic Socialists in America today are Senator Bernie Sanders and...
A Response to My Memorial Day Critics
My article against Memorial Day drew a lot of ire and attention. This should not have been surprising; I was making a controversial statement. What did surprise me, however, was that many critics were self-described libertarians or former libertarians. There were many...
Ignoring Political Gossip & Sticking to Principle
https://youtu.be/ZwWHjYVY4tg In the private sector, firms must attract voluntary customers or they fail; and if they fail, investors lose their money, and managers and employees lose their jobs. The possibility of failure, therefore, is a powerful incentive to find...
The Myth of “Hyper-Rugged-Isolationist-Individualism”
Myth #1: Libertarians believe that each individual is an isolated, hermetically sealed atom, acting in a vacuum without influencing each other. This is a common charge, but a highly puzzling one. In a lifetime of reading libertarian and classical-liberal...
The Lesson From Germany and Korea
Institutions are, of course, in some sense the products of culture. But, because they formalize a set of norms, institutions are often the things that keep a culture honest, determining how far it is conducive to good behaviour rather than bad. To illustrate the...
Occupational Licensing Increases Prices and Deprives People of Options
When you shop online, vendors usually give you a bunch of different ways to sort your options. Take Amazon: One popular sorting option – especially for customers with low income – is “Price: Low to High.” You’ve probably used it yourself many times. This...
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