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Bipartisan House Bill Pushes to End US Intervention in Yemen

by Will Porter | Jun 4, 2022 | News Roundup

US lawmakers have introduced a measure to end all American involvement in the war in Yemen, where Washington has heavily backed a Saudi-led military coalition despite repeated charges of indiscriminate civilian bombings for years on end.

Whose Libertarian Party?

by Jeremy Kauffman | Jun 1, 2022 | Featured Articles, Op Eds, Politics

This last weekend, the Mises Caucus, a coalition within the Libertarian Party, was elected to all national positions within the party. For some, Mises control caused consternation: Aaron Ross Powell is a research fellow at the Cato Institute, a premier libertarian...

Hearing the Other Side: Libertarian Interviews Progressive (Bob Fenster & Keith Knight)

by Keith Knight | Jun 1, 2022 | Don't Tread on Anyone

https://youtu.be/ehul8IB1E_8 Defenders of free enterprise do not believe in a perfect administration under a market economy. Rather, we do not believe in the possibility of such. To the extent imperfect decision-making is accepted, we then seek to solve for who has...

5/25/22 Mark Thornton on Paper Money, Housing Bubbles and Free Trade

by Scott Horton | May 31, 2022 | The Scott Horton Show

Download Episode. Scott is joined by Mark Thornton, Senior Fellow at the Mises Institute, to discuss an article he wrote recently on the current housing bubble. They begin by discussing the damage that unbacked government-managed paper money does to the United...

5/25/22 Peter Van Buren on Michael Sussmann and the Unraveling of Russiagate

by Scott Horton | May 30, 2022 | The Scott Horton Show

Download Episode. Scott interviews Peter Van Buren about his most recent article at the Libertarian Institute. They discuss the developments with Michael Sussmann who Special Counsel John Durham brought to trial for allegedly lying to the FBI. Their conversation...

I Attended a Marxist University and Became a Capitalist! (w/ Brad Polumbo)

by Keith Knight | May 29, 2022 | Don't Tread on Anyone

https://youtu.be/NWssd_IuklE To the extent that the years between the end of World War II and today are a story of competing economic visions, the short version is this: Karl Marx was wrong, and Milton Friedman was right. Market-oriented reforms over the past several...

5/24/22 Chas Freeman on America’s Messy Taiwan Policy

by Scott Horton | May 28, 2022 | The Scott Horton Show

Download Episode. Scott is joined by Chas Freeman to discuss the history of U.S. policy concerning Taiwan. And they talk about President Biden’s recent press conference where he misstated the official U.S. policy on Taiwan for the fourth time as president. ...

COI #281: America Is on the Highway to Great Power Wars

by Kyle Anzalone | May 26, 2022 | Conflicts of Interest

On COI #281, Kyle Anzalone and Connor Freeman cover the Democrats’ lockstep anti-Russia hawkishness, the Blob’s refusal to hit the brakes, and the next target: China. Connor breaks down hist latest column for the Libertarian Institute, the article discusses the...

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It’s a Crazy World

What's to be said about people who grieve over the deaths of Palestinian children in Gaza at the hands of the U.S.-backed Israeli military while simultaneously cheering the Mengele-style wrecking of children's lives in America and elsewhere at the hands of...

Fat Amy Can’t Catch a Break

Fat Amy is a nickname for the F35 Lightning II. As long as an F16 and comparable in weight to a heavy class F15, the F35 isn't necessarily a light aircraft. Flying cost per hour may have been reduced to $34,000 per hour. Maybe. The mission capable rate, the percentage...

Not All Cops Are Child Rapists

But alot of them are. And they always get away with it because all judges are accessories to child rape. They go home and tell their wives and kids at dinner, "I did my job today. I helped a cop get away with raping a kid. Those cops sure do love raping kids. Those...

Consensual Dueling: Bring Back Single Combat

I happen to think that consensual dueling has many positive aspects for civilized societies that would make our lives better. Politicians especially liked to take part in these martial contests, the possibilities in the contemporary milieu are delightful. For those...

Up Against The War – Anti-War Blog

In her 1970 book, Up Against The War, Norma Sue Woodstone gives voice to those who refused conscription and campaigned against the US war in South-East Asia. Men who refused the draft were tarred by polite society as being cowards, ‘Draft Dodgers!’ A slur to be thrown...