Much like the debate around being a glass half full or half empty person, there is split opinion over whether human nature is generally good or bad. Young people are more likely to view human nature as self-serving, unsympathetic, and narrow minded than older...
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It’s Time to End Squatter’s Rights
by Ryan McMaken | Apr 1, 2024 | Featured Articles
Last month, New York City homeowner Adele Andaloro was arrested after changing the locks on a house that had been seized by squatters. According to The New York Post: "Andaloro was charged with unlawful eviction because she had changed the locks and hadn’t provided a...
3/28/24 Trita Parsi: The Democrats are Not Serious About Reining In Israel
by Scott Horton | Mar 31, 2024 | The Scott Horton Show
Download Episode. Scott talks with Trita Parsi about the hollowness of Biden’s efforts to improve things in Gaza. They start with the Administration’s ridiculous framing, which seeks to admit that there are distasteful aspects of Israel’s Gaza campaign, but then to...
3/28/24 Kit Klarenberg on the Effort to Censor Him and New Revelations about the Kosovo War
by Scott Horton | Mar 31, 2024 | The Scott Horton Show
Download Episode. Kit Klarenberg joins the show to talk about two articles he recently wrote at the Grayzone. The first deals with his ridiculous Twitter ban. He and Scott discuss the details as well as the broader effort to censor dissident voices and real...
3/28/24 Matthew Hoh on his Speech to the UN Security Council
by Scott Horton | Mar 30, 2024 | The Scott Horton Show
Download Episode. Scott brings Matthew Hoh back on to talk about a speech he gave to the UN Security Council earlier this month. They discuss the very real risk of the war in Ukraine going nuclear, the incompetency of America’s so-called national security “experts”...
3/28/24 Kevin Gosztola Explains the UK High Court’s Julian Assange Ruling
by Scott Horton | Mar 30, 2024 | The Scott Horton Show
Download Episode. Journalist Kevin Gosztola returns to the show to provide a quick explanation of the UK High Court’s decision regarding Julian Assange’s extradition hearing. Discussed on the show: “Assange Extradition Delayed: UK High Court Asks US To Offer...
This Week At The Libertarian Institute
by Will Porter | Mar 30, 2024 | News
The Empire never sleeps – but neither do we. Missed a story? We’ve got you covered. Check out this week in review at the Libertarian Institute.
Orwellian Tactics? Libertarian Party Fears Targeting By FBI After Letter
by Kyle Anzalone and Will Porter | Mar 29, 2024 | News
The Libertarian Party has questions for the Department of Justice after the FBI claimed that a “foreign threat” had accessed its Facebook account. A preliminary analysis by the LP was hindered by Meta, which has offered little clarity on the incident. In a statement...
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Creative Control and Private Property
Private property isn’t about selfishness so much as it’s about creative control. Someone might want to have their own business, not because they’re greedy, but because they have a vision of how they want things to go that won’t be realized if everyone else gets a say...
RIP, British Army 1415 – 2024
John Cleese and the Monty Python troop were seers in the 1970s. I am fond of saying the British win all their military victories in spite of their best efforts. The IED virus is destroying the institution. The British Army is reducing security checks in pursuit of...
Republicans: Israel Not Just First, But Before the First Amendment
No matter how bad either side gets the other side can only try to outdo them. The Post: On Wednesday, they passed the Antisemitism Awareness Act, which its advocates said would empower the federal government to crack down on anti-Israel protests on campuses by...
Tom Woods on the Social Justice Warrior Narrative
[I]f this were truly a “white supremacist” society, being called a white supremacist would be a badge of honor, not a professional death sentence. – Thomas E. Woods, Jr.
Military Aviation Joins the Emerging Competency Crisis in the West
Trend-lines on military aviation accidents are edging upwards to rival in the commercial aviation industry in mishaps. Not only is this a barometer for readiness and training but an indicator for the emerging competency crisis plaguing the West. Peacetime military...
Horror Show: More Proof Troops Massacred Afghans After ISIS Attack at Kabul Airport
As we reported at the time, marines slaughtered innocent people after the bombing. The perfect clusterfu*k of an ending to a perfect clusterfu*k of a war. Watch US Marine’s GoPro footage that challenges Pentagon’s account of attack at Kabul airport...