The Department of Health and Human Services rolled back an Obama era directive that weakened work requirements for welfare recipients. [Link] Trump is sharply cutting the funding to promote Obamacare enrollment. [Link] A Utah nurse was placed under arrest for refusing...
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News Roundup 7/31/17
by Kyle Anzalone | Jul 31, 2017 | Blog
Trump fired Reince Priebus as White House Chief of Staff. Trump named General John Kelly to the position. [Link] Trump says he expects the US to withdraw from the P5+1 Nuclear Agreement with Iran in September. [Link] Trump threatens to with hold bailouts to health...
News Roundup 7/27/17
by Kyle Anzalone | Jul 27, 2017 | Blog
The vote on the clean repeal of Obamacare failed in the Senate 45-55. [Link] A federal judge in Michigan continued to prevent the deportation of 1,400 of Iraqi nationals living in the US. [Link] New documents reveal the Obama Administration violated the law while...
News Roundup 7/26/17
by Kyle Anzalone | Jul 26, 2017 | Blog
Trump tweets on the ending of arms and assistance to Syrian rebels. Trump said the program was dangerous and wasteful. [Link] A Florida police officer was fired for having several complaints against him and tampering with evidence. The officer was rehired by the same...
Healthcare: A House Divided Cannot Stand
by Thomas L. Knapp | Jul 24, 2017 | Economics, Featured Articles
The latest healthcare initiative from the Trump administration and the Republican Party’s leaders in Congress seems set to sink just like the last version. Mitch McConnell can’t seem to round up the votes to push it through the Senate, if anything the House is more...
Death Panels: Sarah Palin Was Right, Sort Of
by Thomas L. Knapp | Jul 14, 2017 | Economics, Featured Articles
In 2009, former Alaska governor and vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin raised the kind of ruckus she’s known for with her comment on the then-notional Affordable Care Act, aka “ObamaCare.” In a Facebook note, she wrote: “The America I know and love is not one in...
Market-Based Medical Care for All
by Sheldon Richman | Jul 13, 2017 | Blog
My latest article for the American Institute for Economic Research is "Market-Based Medical Care for All."
The Historical Inevitability of Libertarianism
by Zack Sorenson | Jul 10, 2017 | Featured Articles, Libertarianism
Marxism infamously puts forward a theory of history in which its utopian vision for human society is upheld as an eschatological certainty. According to Marx, irresistible political and economic forces will compel mankind towards a future of full equality and...
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Tom Woods on the Social Justice Warrior Narrative
[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.
Military Aviation Joins the Emerging Competency Crisis in the West
Trend-lines on military aviation accidents are edging upwards to rival in the commercial aviation industry in mishaps. Not only is this a barometer for readiness and training but an indicator for the emerging competency crisis plaguing the West. Peacetime military...
Horror Show: More Proof Troops Massacred Afghans After ISIS Attack at Kabul Airport
As we reported at the time, marines slaughtered innocent people after the bombing. The perfect clusterfu*k of an ending to a perfect clusterfu*k of a war. Watch US Marine’s GoPro footage that challenges Pentagon’s account of attack at Kabul airport...
My Latest Interviews
Michael Liebowitz, the host of The Rational Egoist, interviewed me about my life in the libertarian movement. Enjoy! Also have a look at my interview covering my libertarian experience and the Israel-Palestine conflict on the Bob Murphy Show.
Professors, W. Post Call Out NYT for Oct 7 Mass-Rape Hoax
Another disgrace for the Charlie Savage Times.
Israel’s Amazing Feat
Israel has accomplished quite a feat: its crimes against the people of Gaza are of such a large scale that they make Hamas's Oct. 7 crimes look small.