A human rights monitoring group has released a new report finding at least 87 Yemeni civilians were killed with American or British weapons during a 14-month period. The Oxfam report reviewed 1,700 attacks on civilians and found Saudi Arabia used US or UK weapons in...
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Scott Horton on CSPAN2 Book TV for Hotter Than the Sun 8/28-8/29
by Connor Freeman | Aug 28, 2022 | Blog
Scott Horton, our Director and host of the Scott Horton Show, will be on CSPAN2 Book TV discussing his new book Hotter Than The Sun: Time to Abolish Nuclear Weapons. This interview took place at FreedomFest last month and airs today (6:05pm EDT) and tomorrow (6:05am...
TGIF: Russia in Ukraine: Cui Bono?
by Sheldon Richman | Mar 11, 2022 | Economics, Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Justice, Politics, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
I don't know if the U.S. foreign-policy elite wanted Russia to invade Ukraine -- an argument could be made for the affirmative -- but I'd hate to think it did. Yet given its long record of global mischief (a polite word for its machinations), we certainly cannot rule...
Is Putin the New Coronavirus?
by Ron Paul | Mar 11, 2022 | Featured Articles
President Biden’s “maskless” State of the Union signifies the near-end of the COVID tyranny we have lived under for the past two years. Fortunately for Congress, the President, and the Federal Reserve, the Ukraine-Russia conflict is replacing COVID as a ready-made...
Biden’s SecDef Is a War Profiteer
by Kyle Anzalone | Dec 11, 2020 | Conflicts of Interest
On COI #45, Kyle discusses Biden's pick for Secretary of Defense, Gen Lloyd Austin. Austin retired from the military four years ago. His recent departure from the military puts the civilian control of the military in question and will require Austin to get a waiver...
Episode 441: The Rise Of The Military Industrial Complex w/ Mike Swanson
by Peter R. Quiñones | Jul 8, 2020 | Free Man Beyond the Wall
59 Minutes Suitable for All Audiences Mike Swanson is the author of "The War State: The Cold War Origins Of The Military-Industrial Complex And The Power Elite, 1945-1963." He joins Pete today to give an overview of the MIC's origins, and how it has grown into the...
Episode 338: Another Military Industrial Complex Insider Sees the Light
by Peter R. Quiñones | Nov 15, 2019 | Free Man Beyond the Wall
38 Minutes Suitable for All Ages Pete invited the host of the "Everyday Samurai" podcast, Ken Yamarashi, to the show. Ken is a veteran of the Afghan and Iraq wars, and is former law enforcement. Ken is currently behind the curtain in the military industrial complex...
Episode 284: A Peek Behind the Curtain of the Military Industrial Complex
by Peter R. Quiñones | Jul 12, 2019 | Free Man Beyond the Wall
44 Minutes PG-13 Pete was contacted by a Twitter friend who let him know that he's been working inside the military industrial complex for over 20 years. Pete had him on to ask some behind the scenes questions getting into cronyism, waste and contracts. He also talks...
TGIF: Let’s Stop the Merchants of Death
by Sheldon Richman | Oct 26, 2018 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Justice, Libertarianism, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
Imagine that back in the day, the U.S. government had contracted postal services out to a private company rather than setting up its own “public” agency. Today the U.S. Postal Corp. would have officers, directors, and employees who were not on the government payroll....
TGIF: The Insidious Wiles of Foreign Influence: Trump, Bin Salman, and Netanyahu
by Sheldon Richman | Oct 19, 2018 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Justice, Libertarianism, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
Even if the Saudi monarchy or Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in particular did not murder journalist Jamal Khashoggi, that regime is an especially evil one in both its domestic and international conduct. To see that, one need only consider the horrendous Saudi war...
Central Planning Doesn’t Work Internationally, Either
by James Devereaux | Jul 20, 2018 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
It is baffling how some who defend freedom and free markets domestically are willing to abandon those assumptions when considering the border and beyond. Our immigration, foreign policy, and international relation policies often endorse a command and control framework...
Army National Guard General Investigated After Ties to Defense Contractor Exposed
by James Holbrooks | Mar 21, 2018 | Blog
This article originally appeared at Anti-Media. A former general of the Army National Guard who rose to the role of advisor to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Pentagon, is under criminal investigation over his close ties to a defense...
2/19/18 Stephanie Savell on the Costs and Abuses of War
by Scott Horton | Feb 19, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show
Brown University's Stephanie Savell joins Scott to discuss her project "Costs of War" as well as her research into policing of Brazilian slums. Savell explains why she thinks Americans have a strong detachment from discussing the war on terror and how military...
Trump wants to install military-industrial complex lobbyist as Army chief at the Pentagon
by James Holbrooks | Jul 26, 2017 | Blog
This article originally appeared at Anti-Media. Last Wednesday, it was reported that Donald Trump was moving to nominate Raytheon lobbyist Mark Esper for secretary of the Army. Raytheon is one of the “big five” defense contractors, and the president’s decision...
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Empower the Working Class: Abolish Occupational Licensing
It's time to consistently apply the "my body my choice" principle. If consenting adults want to engage in economic activity, no third party should forcibly stop them. Democrats always say "voting once every two years between two politicians is how you express...
Death By Climate: Down 97% in Last 100 Years
Our schools provide many hours of lessons on climate change, but I wonder how many teachers, let alone pupils, are aware that climate-related deaths have decreased by as much as 97 per cent over the past 100 years, as the OFDA / CRED data show. - Why don’t we ever...
Black Youth Unemployment: Before and After Progressives Started “Helping”
A constant trend is progressivism is to use the state to coercively control others under the guise of "helping" them, make things worse, then ignore the problems you caused and never apologize. Sallie Mae loans didn't make college affordable. The Federal Reserve...
What Kind of Liberal?
Not to put too fine a point on it, but I am a Locke-Smith liberal.
The Tale of the Steak – A Lesson in Economics by Walter E. Williams
Consider filet mignon and chuck steak. Assume-realistically-that consumers prefer the former. Then the question becomes: why is it, despite consumer preferences, that chuck steak sells at all? The fact is that chuck steak outsells filet mignon. How does something less...
My Favorite Michael Malice Quote
If the government didn't have a monopoly on security, only rich people would be able to have security just like when the government got out of other businesses, the only cars produced were limousines, the only clothes produced were tuxedos and the only food produced...
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