Cops, as the Free Thought Project reports on a regular basis, are extremely quick to escalating force. From baton blows to trigger pulls, American cops love to dish out the violence with extreme prejudice. There is another form of violence police use that doesn’t get...
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How a Libertarian Would Solve Land Conflict in the Middle East
by Jeff Deist | Jun 4, 2021 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Justice, Libertarianism
The recent spate of bombing violence in Israel's West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Gaza demonstrates the enduring attachment both Israelis and Palestinians have to physical land in the country. Both sides make claims—legal, moral, and political—to land within Israel,...
How State Lockdowns Shredded Your Right to Due Process
by Daren A. Wiseley | May 19, 2021 | Featured Articles
Over a year ago, the COVID panic shook the world. We were told it would only be “15 days to flatten the curve” as businesses were locked down, “nonessential” employees were forced out of work (I’ve written about the myth of the nonessential employee here), masks were...
WATCH: ‘Fashion Police’ Harass Woman for Wearing Short Shorts
by Matt Agorist | May 11, 2021 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
An Oklahoma mother was detained by police and humiliated on her family vacation after an officer accused her of wearing shorts that were too short. A TikTok video of the incident has sparked quite the backlash online and garnered support for the young mother. On April...
In Defense of Libertarian Socialism
by Richard Douglas | Apr 26, 2021 | Featured Articles, Libertarianism
Socialism has become quite the boogyman for libertarians everywhere, especially since the majority of libertarians are more right-wing rather than left. To understand this on a very basic level, take a look at the political compass. It’s not perfect since it lacks...
Correcting the Record: Ludwig von Mises’ Anti-Imperialism
by David Gordon | Mar 15, 2021 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
The historian Quinn Slobodian presents us in his article “Perfect Capitalism, Imperfect Humans: Race, Migration, and the Limits of Ludwig von Mises’s Globalism,” Contemporary European History (2018), with a surprising interpretation of Ludwig von Mises. According to...
3/5/21 Peter Van Buren on Nuclear Proliferation and the Redirection from the Middle East to China
by Scott Horton | Mar 8, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show
Peter Van Buren is back for a conversation about President Biden's foreign policy, especially regarding Iran. Van Buren explains the way that the JCPOA, signed under the Obama administration, lengthened the amount of time that it would take Iran to develop a nuclear...
The Enduring Genius of Murray Rothbard
by Jeff Deist | Mar 5, 2021 | Featured Articles, Libertarianism
This week we celebrate the life of Murray N. Rothbard, born on the second of March 1926, a Tuesday, in the Bronx. And what a Bronx it was, teeming with brilliant intellectuals, dedicated Communists, and rock-solid middle-class Americans like David and Rae Rothbard....
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US Navy Follies: The Other Ghost Fleet
The US Navy and Marines have not conducted an amphibious assault on contested beach since Inchon in Korea (10-19 September 1950 although arguably the last major contested amphibious campaign in May of 1945 of Okinawa) and have practically abandoned surface maritime...
Anti-War Blog – Be Proud
Proud mother come and see what your soldier sons are doing, see them search crying children who no longer can walk the streets to go from home to school. They kidnap little boys, to torture or imprison. Maybe they shatter their arms and send them on their way. Cry for...
The Culture of Lying and Deceit in the US Army
It's not just the Army and all the services practice this level of institutional cravenness and dishonesty. Deceit and covering up errors is a long time practice in the US uniformed armed forces. The article is older but more true over time. The gravest peril of the...
Manned Tanks: Stop Building These Things
Arguably one of the best manned tanks ever made, the refurbished M1 Abrams is not faring well in the Ukraine and it is estimated the UKR forces have lost 20 of the 31 tanks supplied to them. This is not only a result of inadequate training, immature doctrine and...
Lead-bottom: McHale’s Navy Comes of Age in the 21st Century
USNS Washington Chambers (T-AKE-11) 2020 The US Navy continues to go the way of the Royal Navy from a storied force in history to a surface fleet plagued with problems and seemingly incapable of getting anything right as we have documented in these pages at the...
Interview: Biden’s Faux Ceasefire Efforts Facilitate Israel’s Genocide
I discuss the latest news about Israel and the US role in its conflicts with the Palestinians and Hezbollah.
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