Trump announces a 25% tariff on steel and a 10% tariff on aluminum. [Link] Peter Schiff explains Trump's tariffs. [Link] Merkel was elected to be Germany's leader for a fourth term. [Link] At the UN, China is holding up new sanctions that the US wishes to be placed...
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Did Assad Deliberately Release Islamist Prisoners to Militarize and Radicalize the Syrian Uprising?
by William Van Wagenen | Feb 22, 2018 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
The idea that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad deliberately militarized the Syrian uprising and sought to support extremist rebel groups, including ISIS, has been repeated often in the Western press. As proof of such claims, critics of the Syrian government suggest...
There is No FSA, There is Only Al-Qaeda
by William Van Wagenen | Dec 27, 2017 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
A brief overview of collaboration between the US-backed Free Syrian Army and al-Qaeda-affiliated Nusra Front. Among Syria commentators in the West, both left and mainstream, it is commonly claimed that the Syrian government led by Bashar al-Assad has attempted to...
2017 Review: Syria
by Kyle Anzalone | Dec 26, 2017 | Blog
In the lead up to the 2016 election, Candidate Trump talked a somewhat sensible policy on Syria. He wanted to end the support of rebels, and he preferred Assad to the jihadists, he desired to work with the Russians to achieve the shared goal of “knocking the hell out...
Foreign Policy Focus #122 – The Fall of ISIS with Will Porter
by Kyle Anzalone | Nov 24, 2017 | Conflicts of Interest
Will Porter returns to Foreign Policy Focus to cover the fall of ISIS. This episode is the second in a two-part series on the rise and fall of ISIS, the first show can be found here. In this part of the series, Will details how the US and Russia became involved in...
News Roundup 10/17/17
by Kyle Anzalone | Oct 17, 2017 | Blog
Hillary Clinton said Julian Assange worked for Russia during the 2016 election. Hillary blamed Assange, in part, for her loss. [Link] A federal judge ruled police can seize your fingerprints to unlock devices that require fingerprints. [Link] A Florida man was...
10/2/17 Airwars' Chris Woods on the fight against ISIS in Iraq and Syria
by Damon Hatheway | Oct 2, 2017 | The Scott Horton Show
Airwars investigative reporter Chris Woods returns to the show to discuss his work documenting aerial strikes and casualties in Iraq, Syria, and now Libya. Woods explains Airwars' method of documentation, discusses how Trump's strategy compares to Obama's, and breaks...
10/2/17 Airwars’ Chris Woods on the fight against ISIS in Iraq and Syria
by Damon Hatheway | Oct 2, 2017 | The Scott Horton Show
Airwars investigative reporter Chris Woods returns to the show to discuss his work documenting aerial strikes and casualties in Iraq, Syria, and now Libya. Woods explains Airwars' method of documentation, discusses how Trump's strategy compares to Obama's, and breaks...
9/21/17 Joe Lauria on the 2016 U.S. election and the upcoming Iraqi Kurdish referendum
by Damon Hatheway | Sep 21, 2017 | The Scott Horton Show
Joe Lauria returns to the show to discuss his book on Hillary Clinton, "How I Lost By Hillary Clinton," Trump's America, and the hysteria over Russia's supposed actions in the 2016 elections. Then Lauria pivots to the Kurdish referendum in Iraq and gives an overview...
News Roundup 9/14/17
by Kyle Anzalone | Sep 14, 2017 | Blog
The Department of Justice announced it would not prosecute six police officers involved in the death of Freddy Gray. [Link] The US army has moved two tank brigades to northern Poland. The US says it is responding to concerns about Russia war games. [Link] Defense...
9/6/17 Patrick Cockburn on al-Qaeda's resurgence in Syria
by Damon Hatheway | Sep 6, 2017 | The Scott Horton Show
Author and journalist Patrick Cockburn returns to the show to discuss his reporting on the heavy casualties in Mosul and why they've been underreported in the media. Cockburn explains how ISIS's guerrilla war tactics increase civilian casualties, why the Syrian Kurds...
9/6/17 Patrick Cockburn on al-Qaeda’s resurgence in Syria
by Damon Hatheway | Sep 6, 2017 | The Scott Horton Show
Author and journalist Patrick Cockburn returns to the show to discuss his reporting on the heavy casualties in Mosul and why they've been underreported in the media. Cockburn explains how ISIS's guerrilla war tactics increase civilian casualties, why the Syrian Kurds...
Why Does Assad Buy Oil From ISIS?
by William Van Wagenen | Aug 27, 2017 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
A common claim in the mainstream narrative about the Syrian conflict is that the “Assad regime” is “colluding” with the notorious terror group, ISIS. Some commentators even suggest that the Syrian government actually created ISIS in an effort to “Islamize” the Syrian...
News Roundup 8/23/17
by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 23, 2017 | Blog
Missouri's Governor has issued a stay of execution for Marcellus Williams. William's guilt has come under question because of DNA evidence. [Link] A jury failed to convict four men accused of committing crimes during the 2014 Bundy Ranch Standoff. Two men were...
Blog
Empower the Workers: Decriminalize Economic Activity Between Consenting Adults
The most reliable and effective protection for most workers is provided by the existence of many employers. As we have seen, a person who has only one possible employer has little or no protection. The employers who protect a worker are those who would like to hire...
Chris Rock’s New Special Exposes His Political Ignorance
A common claim among Democrats is that, "It's not that people don't want to be educated, they just haven't been given the opportunity, thus government spending on education needs to increase." If there were ever a group of people capable of "educating" themselves it...
War and Delusion: A Critical Examination
In this episode of the Protestant Libertarian Podcast, Alex Bernardo sits down once again with Laurie Calhoun. Laurie is a philosopher, a cultural critic and an author. She is a senior fellow at the Libertarian Institute, where she regularly writes articles analyzing...
Crime and Poverty
“The theory that crime is caused by poverty is not supported by the known facts. The very poor, in fact, tend to be just as law-abiding as the rich, and perhaps more so. To argue otherwise is to libel multitudes of people who keep to decency under severe difficulties,...
Don’t Be Silent
We should reject the fashionable idea that one should never write or post anything that possibly could be used by bad people for bad purposes. That admonition brings two things to mind. First, it fails its own test. If good people avoid a topic because even...
Can There Be Only One Race?
I'm old enough to remember this 1960s Lay's Potato Chips commercial. (Hell, I'm almost old enough to remember when plays were in black and white!) In the commercial a man (Bert Lahr, the cowardly lion in The Wizard of Oz) faces a challenge from the devil, who has a...
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