CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s first democratically elected president, Islamist leader Mohammed Morsi, who was ousted by the military in 2013 after a year in office, collapsed in court while on trial Monday and died, state TV and his family said.
Joe Biden’s disastrous legislative legacy by Andrew Cockburn This alone should disqualify him “My name is Joe Biden. I’m a Democrat, and I loved John McCain.”
On FPF #334, I discuss the Trump admin naming Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a terror organization. I explain the false arguments used by the Trump admin to claim the IRGC supports terror groups. The move makes a conflict with Iran more likely. Links Eric...
Will Porter returns to FPF to discuss the New Zealand shooter's motive. The shooter wanted a war on the 'Grey Zone' in an attempt to try to drive cultures further apart. He was willing to commit disgusting acts of violence to achieve those ends. Will compares the...
Those still scratching their heads over President Trump’s 636-word screed last month on the U.S.-Saudi relationship need not despair. The following quiz should clear up any misconceptions about the country with which we are to remain a “steadfast partner” in the...
Remember when the House leadership squashed a vote on a resolution ending US involvement in Yemen by removing it’s privileged status? Well, the leaders of that resolution have reintroduced it as H.Con.Res.142 and I just heard from a friend on the Hill that the House...
I'm giving a speech to the Rhode Island Libertarian Party "Rhode to Liberty Forum" this Saturday. Jeff Tucker is speaking too. Crowne Plaza Hotel, 801 Greenwich Ave, Warwick, RI 02886 https://lpri.us/event/rhode-to-liberty-forum/
I'm giving some talks soon: Sept 22 San Marcos LP thing at Aquabrew from 7-10 PM. Oct 4 Me and Angela here in Austin somewhere. Oct 27 Rhode Island LP thing. Nov 3 Mises event in Houston. Jan 26 Chicago church group event.
"The truth is that, to many people calling themselves Socialists, revolution does not mean a movement of the masses with which they hope to associate themselves; it means a set of reforms which ’we’, the clever ones, are going to impose upon ’them’, the Lower Orders."...
What happens when slogans hit hard limits—terrain, production lines, and the law? We sit down with Larry Johnson, former CIA officer and counterterror veteran, to strip the varnish off three volatile fronts: Venezuela, Ukraine, and U.S. dealings with extremist...
The ground is moving under American politics, and the fault line runs straight through U.S. foreign policy. We unpack how the Israel–Gaza war turned into a domestic litmus test that hardens the left and the right while squeezing the center into brittle talking points....
Corporate taxes and other taxes on investment constitute double and sometimes triple taxation. That's more unjust than taxation of labor or consumption. Businesses can't pay taxes; only people can. But who pays business taxes need bear no relation to whom the...