Download Episode. Scott interviews Daniel Larison about his recent article on the Iran Nuclear Deal negotiations. Before getting to that, Scott asks Larison about his reaction to the ceasefire in Yemen. Larison points out that nearly all ceasefires to occur in Yemen...
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US Claims Russia to Blame for Yemen Food Shortages, Praises Saudi Role
by Kyle Anzalone and Will Porter | Apr 14, 2022 | News Roundup
A senior US official has accused Russia of driving food shortages in Yemen and around the world, suggesting Moscow is to blame for rapidly rising prices. The Kremlin rejected the charge, instead citing American sanctions as a leading cause of starvation.
‘Best of the Best’: A Karate Team of Individuals
by Kym Robinson | Apr 14, 2022 | Featured Articles
“A team from the United States is going to compete against Korea in a Tae Kwon Do tournament. The team consists of fighters from all over the country - can they overcome their rivalry and work together to win?" The 1980s gave us a wave of action movies like no other...
Real Wages Continue to Fall as the Fed Scrambles
by Ryan McMaken | Apr 14, 2022 | Economics, Featured Articles
According to a new report released Wednesday by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Consumer Price Index increased in March by 8.6 percent, measured year over year (YOY). This is the largest increase in more than forty years. To find a higher rate of CPI inflation,...
America’s Exceptional Amnesia (About Those War Criminals…)
by Laurie Calhoun | Apr 13, 2022 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
The top-ranking U.S. diplomat, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, recently denounced Russian president Vladimir Putin as a war criminal, which has resulted in a marked uptick in the usage of that term throughout the media. Putin decided to invade Ukraine in February...
Lew Rockwell Was Right About China
by Patrick Macfarlane | Apr 11, 2022 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Over the last year, I have focused much of my work on opposing the New Cold War with Russia and China—particularly with China. In a recent piece, “‘No One is Calling for War with China,’” I tackled a claim that I’ve been hearing recently. I understand the argument to...
Uncle Sam’s Grand Delusion
by Patrick Macfarlane | Apr 7, 2022 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
On Monday, March 28, the Pentagon submitted its 2022 National Defense Strategy (NDS) to Congress. While the entire report remains classified, an unclassified fact sheet was released to the media. It identified the Pentagon’s four main defense priorities: Defending the...
Why Do Our Neighbors Support War with Russia?
by Connor Freeman | Apr 5, 2022 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
In the world today, the war in Ukraine is the worst thing happening, right? Not really, that would actually be Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen, the Middle East’s poorest nation. In the Yemen war, now beginning its eighth year, Washington and its satellites Riyadh and Abu...
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The Steady Rise in Living Standards
"The history of capitalism as it has operated in the last two hundred years in the realm of Western civilization is the record of a steady rise in the wage earners’ standard of living. The inherent mark of capitalism is that it is mass production for mass consumption...
Pentagon Acquisition: Rotten From Head to Toe
The pattern is a revolving door of deliberate insider trading and influence by hiring retiring flag officers with active Rolodexes to be exploited in bent bidding and shadowy acquisition practices in an already sclerotic and gummed-up acquisition system that can't...
The Business of America: War, War, War!
Sachs mentions Timber Sycamore which was a classified weapons supply and training program run by the CIA and supported by the United Kingdom and some Arab intelligence services, including Saudi intelligence. The aim of the program was to remove Syrian president Bashar...
Mises on Wages under Capitalism
"While daily experience taught impressively that under capitalism real wage rates and the wage earners’ standard of living were steadily rising, while it became from day to day more obvious that the traditional walls separating the various strata of the population...
Anti-War Blog – Do They Really Know It’s Christmas?
Every year as the end of December crawls near, the spirit of Christmas grips those sometimes Christians, even atheists join in and celebrate it as a cultural habit and the true believers further confirm their faith. The spirit of celebration is one of joy, community,...
Winter Reading
Libertarian Institute Director Scott Horton’s new book is shaking things up and making a stir all at once. Provoked: How Washington Started The New Cold War With Russia And The Catastrophe In Ukraine is a read it and weep. Or, for the War Party hacks, don’t read it;...
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