https://youtu.be/8ZaXbun3S9A [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. Wilfred Reilly, Ph.D., is a Professor of Political Science at Kentucky...
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The Antiwar Comic: The Narrative War
by Tony DiGerolamo | Aug 28, 2022 | Blog
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The Human Under the Numbers
by Kym Robinson | Dec 30, 2021 | Featured Articles
The story of Anne Frank is tragic. If not for the words that she wrote in her diary, she would be a digit of history. Her diary is relatable, and the thoughts that collected inside her being during a horrible time in history gives the reader an idea of who she was....
Salafis Throwing Bombs: How American and British Planners Partnered With Al-Qaeda Affiliated Groups At the Start of the Syrian Civil War
by William Van Wagenen | Dec 28, 2021 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Introduction In the mainstream view, al-Qaeda did not play a role in the Syria conflict until Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi dispatched his deputy, Abu Muhammad al-Jolani, to Syria in August 2011 to establish a wing of the group there, called...
Is Virtue Signaling Vicious?
by Laurie Calhoun | Dec 27, 2021 | Featured Articles
Virtue signaling—the practice of highlighting what one takes to be one’s own moral superiority, often by loudly denouncing the character and comportment, including the speech, of other people—has become a dominant mode of rhetoric throughout social media and network...
Episode 622: The Power Of Media Narrative w/ Auron MacIntyre
by Peter R. Quiñones | Aug 26, 2021 | Free Man Beyond the Wall
67 Minutes PG-13 Auron MacIntyre is a podcaster and a former reporter. Auron joins Pete to give his unique, 'reactionary,' perspective on everything from the founding, to WW1 and the current CV19 regime. He talks about how the Press not only controls the narrative,...
The Power of Narrative w/Ace and Josh Childress
by Tommy Salmons | Aug 11, 2021 | Year Zero
Ace and Josh joined me as two fellow lovers of fiction and writing to discuss the use of storytelling to spread the ideas of liberty. If you watch big name politicians, the corporate press, or any other component of the cathedral you’ll notice that story and metaphor...
Boomer-Hawk Converted
by Scott Horton | Jun 1, 2021 | Blog
DZ writes: Mr. Horton, Couldn't track down an email for you, so Twitter will be my ham-fisted attempt at communicating. It is with the utmost respect and equal measure of delight that I contact you. In the last week I have moved to a new state and during those...
Episode 548: ‘I’m Not Putting My Son Through This Sh*t’ w/ Liberty Weekly’s Patrick MacFarlane
by Peter R. Quiñones | Mar 10, 2021 | Free Man Beyond the Wall
62 Minutes Not Safe For Work Patrick MacFarlane is an attorney and host of the Liberty Weekly podcast. Patrick asked Pete to come on his show where they talked about everything from leaving big cities and even the country, to forming a narrative to combat the...
Russiagate Works: A Majority of Americans Believe Bountygate
by Kyle Anzalone | Jul 10, 2020 | Conflicts of Interest
On FPF #516, I discuss how Russiagate conditioned people to buy the fake Bountygate story. Russiagate has pushed a false narrative about Russia for four years. Now many Americans, believing Putin is the ultimate enemy, are willing to believe any lie spun about Russia....
Ten Reasons the COVID-19 Threat May Be Inflated
by Koen Swinkels | Mar 23, 2020 | Blog
COVID-19 is a very serious problem that should be taken very seriously by individuals, organizations, businesses and governments but there are ways in which the public may get an exaggerated sense of the threat: 1. In general: Once a dominant narrative is formed (in...
Democrats Push Cold War and Impeachment
by Kyle Anzalone | Jan 24, 2020 | Conflicts of Interest
On FPF #447, I discuss the Democrats push to demonize Russia in a failing attempt to impeach Trump. Rep Adam Schiff has led with Cold War rhetoric to try to pump up a lacking case. The narrative the Democrats are pushing forward against Trump is dishonest and...
Refuting Iran Myths
by Scott Horton | Jan 21, 2020 | Blog
Pete Quinones interviews me about the common narratives about Iran in Iraq and so forth; specifically addressing a hawk's interview on the Joe Rogan show and a recent hawkish piece in the Wall Street Journal.
Movie Review: The Report
by Kyle Anzalone | Dec 6, 2019 | Conflicts of Interest
On FPF #426, I review the recently released on Amazon movie, The Report. The movie tells the story of the CIA torture program after 9/11 and Daniel Jones' effort put together a report on the program. The movie is well done and generally gets the narrative correct. I...
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The Non-Existent Difference Between National Socialism and Democratic Socialism
Summary: National Socialism and Democratic Socialism both advocate institutionalized violence by the state against peaceful people only differing in rhetoric. The most popular self described Democratic Socialists in America today are Senator Bernie Sanders and...
A Response to My Memorial Day Critics
My article against Memorial Day drew a lot of ire and attention. This should not have been surprising; I was making a controversial statement. What did surprise me, however, was that many critics were self-described libertarians or former libertarians. There were many...
Ignoring Political Gossip & Sticking to Principle
https://youtu.be/ZwWHjYVY4tg In the private sector, firms must attract voluntary customers or they fail; and if they fail, investors lose their money, and managers and employees lose their jobs. The possibility of failure, therefore, is a powerful incentive to find...
The Myth of “Hyper-Rugged-Isolationist-Individualism”
Myth #1: Libertarians believe that each individual is an isolated, hermetically sealed atom, acting in a vacuum without influencing each other. This is a common charge, but a highly puzzling one. In a lifetime of reading libertarian and classical-liberal...
The Lesson From Germany and Korea
Institutions are, of course, in some sense the products of culture. But, because they formalize a set of norms, institutions are often the things that keep a culture honest, determining how far it is conducive to good behaviour rather than bad. To illustrate the...
Occupational Licensing Increases Prices and Deprives People of Options
When you shop online, vendors usually give you a bunch of different ways to sort your options. Take Amazon: One popular sorting option – especially for customers with low income – is “Price: Low to High.” You’ve probably used it yourself many times. This...
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