On FPF #210, I discuss a brief ceasefire in Afghanistan. The ceasefire held for three days at the end of the Islamic holy month. After the ceasefire expired, fighting resumed with the Taliban killing as many as 50 Afghan soldiers. I address the massive Department of...
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Just War? Christian Leaders Must Avoid Becoming Court Prophets
by Jeff Wright | Jun 8, 2018 | Featured Articles, Politics
Disappointingly (but not surprisingly), a prominent evangelical leader has once again provided alleged moral justification for war in the Middle East. Russell Moore is to be commended for the cautious and thoughtful manner in which he approached this crucial question....
News Roundup 5/3/18
by Kyle Anzalone | May 3, 2018 | News Roundup
A Puerto Rican Air National Guard plane crashed in Georgia killing all nine on board. [Link] The US is advancing testing of a new nuclear gravity bomb. [Link] The proposed AUMF will give the president power to detain Americans indefinitely. [Link] The US transferred...
4/27/18 Samuel Oakford on the Atrocities Committed in Mosul and Raqqa
by Scott Horton | Apr 27, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show
Airwars reporter Sam Oakford returns to the show to discuss his latest work, "Raqqa: A City Destroyed Then Forgotten" and "They're Still Pulling Bodies out of ISIS' capital." Scott begins by asking—what do we know about Mosul and the coalition assault to take the city...
US Presidents are No Match for the Deep State
by Marc Joffe | Apr 24, 2018 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Our three most recent Presidents were elected on relatively non-interventionist platforms but became decidedly more hawkish once in office. Although much is made of the exceptionalism of Donald Trump’s presidency, like George W. Bush and Barrack Obama before him, he...
Against War in Syria
by Jeff Deist | Apr 13, 2018 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
By the Editors of the Ludwig von Mises Institute: President Donald Trump has announced that he plans new missile strikes against the Syrian regime in response to an alleged chemical attack on Syrian civilians in a rebel-held suburb of Damascus. The US has offered no...
News Roundup 4/9/18
by Kyle Anzalone | Apr 9, 2018 | Blog
Peter Van Buren explains the dangers of forcing journalists to register as Foreign Agents. [Link] A Chicago detective is accused of framing over 50 people for murder. The cop is now retired, a free man, and collects a $75,000 pension from the city. Some of his victims...
On Scott Horton’s Conversion To Islam; Relocation To Iran
by Zack Sorenson | Apr 1, 2018 | Blog
I know that many of us are a little surprised by Scott's sudden announcement, but in truth, it's not as bad as some make it out to seem. Because, come on guys, I'm yanking your chain. Everyone knows that if Scott moved somewhere it would be RUSSIA. April...
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What Full Liberalism Is Not About
"Liberalism is a doctrine directed entirely towards the conduct of men in this world. In the last analysis, it has nothing else in view than the advancement of their outward, material welfare and does not concern itself directly with their inner, spiritual and...
Greeks Refuse to Purchase Fifty Million Dollar Floating Dumpsters From the US Navy
These floating dumpsters cost the American taxpayer 500-600 million per ship. The US Navy is trying to garage sell these malfunctioning ships to Greece and they are onto the scam. The Greek Defense Minister is smarter than the average bear. Glad to see that even...
Aesthetics and Frequencies w/Mano Elia
Mano is back to discuss the image of God in the world.
The Welfare-State Paradox
"Whether ... a system of social security is a good or a bad policy is essentially a political problem. One may try to justify it by declaring that the wage earners lack the insight and the moral strength to provide spontaneously for their own future. But then it is...
The Ford Follies: Yes, It Can Get Worse
Brent Eastwood does a splendid job elucidating so many of the problems of the fatally flawed Ford super-carrier. I suspect he had to say "promising" but there is nothing here for the 21st century; this is the chariot and crossbow of the next generation. This is the...
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...
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