Russia is the reason that American neo-Nazis are neo-Nazis! Also: Russia is the reason for black radical groups too! Actual specific accusations and evidence forthcoming, we are told. "they gave few details" "are examining " "they did not detail how" I know what your...
New York Times
Where the Police Wear Masks, and the Bodies Pile Up Fast
by Scott Horton | Feb 26, 2020 | Blog
New York Times finally takes on the role of American SWAT Teams. Nah, they're criticizing Brazil (which is pretty bad).
Taliban: No Peace Deal If US Troops Stay in Afghanistan
by Jason Ditz | Feb 20, 2020 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Deputy leader says withdrawal is main thing the Taliban wants With a potential US-Taliban peace deal in Afghanistan potentially at hand, Taliban Deputy Leader Sirajuddin Haqqani wrote an op-ed in the New York Times clarifying exactly what the Taliban hopes to get out...
Glenn Greenwald Charged With Cybercrimes in Brazil
by Scott Horton | Jan 21, 2020 | Blog
Breaking in the New York Times. Note that this is the same as Trump's case against Julian Assange: The recipient and publisher of a leak is a co-conspirator with whoever did the leaking. It's a war against honesty in language first and foremost, and it's a threat to...
Time To Break The Silence On Palestine
by Steven Woskow | Jan 17, 2020 | Blog
"To hold fast to the image of God in every person is to insist that the Palestinian child is as precious as the Jewish child.” From an excellent op-ed at The New York Times by Michelle Alexander. Rabbi Brian Walt, who has spoken publicly about the reasons that he...
Did Iran Kill 600 Americans in Iraq War II? No.
by Scott Horton | Jan 5, 2020 | Blog
Due to the current ubiquity of claims that Iran killed 600 Americans in Iraq War II, I figured it might be worth bringing up the fact that that is a complete and damnable lie. In the case of Petraeus’s surge against Sadrist forces in Sadr City and Najaf in 2007 and...
China Commissions 2nd Aircraft Carrier, Challenging U.S. Dominance
by Scott Horton | Dec 18, 2019 | Blog
Claims the New York Times. But America has 10 aircraft carrier battle groups and hundreds of naval aircraft.
Blowback Terrorism
by Scott Horton | Dec 6, 2019 | Blog
The Pensacola, Florida shooter, a Saudi Air Force officer -- if SITE can be believed, which they probably can -- says he was mad about American foreign policy: "I'm not against you for just being American, I don't hate you because your freedoms, I hate you because...
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Contours of The Global Imperial Architecture
Antiwar.com recently published an article jointly written by Institute Director Scott Horton and this author (Weeks). The piece, “Strategic Treason: The Empire Fetes Man Who Killed US Troops,” discussed Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa’s trip to New York City, which...
The Most Important Chapter of Hayek’s Most Important Book
Economist Friedrich Hayek's most popular book, The Road to Serfdom, contains a particularly important chapter titled "The End of Truth." That chapter, with a new foreward by economist Daniel D. Klein of George Mason University, is now available to read with updated...
Standards!
Secretary of War Hegseth recently brought the perfumed princes to the Pentagram to give a short speech on standards. I am glad for the name change since the DoD has never troubled themselves with defending the nation. Someone: "How come there aren't any fat Marines?"...
Short Story – Context
He clenched his fist around the USB, impatience gripping him as he waited. He had just finished pacing only to sit down, unaware of his rocking back and forth. Once he saw her, he was back to his feet. He wanted to push it into her hand and disappear. Instead, she...
The Impasse
Liberty is only acceptable for a virtuous people.
The Great Enrichment Is Real
From about 1800 to the present the world's economy did something good, which looks to be permanent and looks to be justified. If contrary to the evidence we cling to our prejudices about economic history—our view that the Industrial Revolution was improverishng, or...











