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12/13/19 Sheldon Richman on Trump’s Loyalty to Israel

by Scott Horton | Dec 16, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show

Sheldon Richman discusses America's relationship to Israel in the wake of President Trump's speech to Sheldon Adelson's Israeli-American Council. Trump has received criticism as being anti-semitic for saying that American Jews, particularly democrats, do not "love...

TGIF: But Mr. Trump, Is Israel Lovable?

by Sheldon Richman | Dec 13, 2019 | Sheldon Richman, TGIF

Speaking before Sheldon Adelson's Israeli-American Council the other day, Trump took a shot at Jewish Americans who he says don't "love Israel enough." "We have to get the people of our country, of this country, to love Israel more," Trump said. "We have to get them...

Jewishness Is Not a Nationality

by Sheldon Richman | Dec 11, 2019 | Blog, Foreign Policy, Justice

On Wednesday, Donald Trump signed an executive order that implicity defines Jewishness as a racial or national catetory and not as just a religious category. The order further reinforces the Department of Education's power to sanction colleges that receive federal tax...

Looking Ahead to New Institute Published Books

by Scott Horton | Dec 5, 2019 | Featured Articles, Scott Horton

Building on the great success of Fool's Errand, No Quarter, The Great Ron Paul and Coming to Palestine, the Libertarian Institute will be publishing at least three new books in the new year: I am hard at work on my new book Enough Already: Time to End the War on...

News Roundup 12/4/19

by Kyle Anzalone | Dec 4, 2019 | News Roundup

US News Texas is seeking the death penalty against a man who killed someone breaking into his home. The intruder was a SWAT team member in a no-knock raid. The police only found a glass pipe and grinder. [Link] The Navy awards General Dynamics with three-quarters of a...

11/22/19 Philip Weiss on Israel-Palestine and Zionist Politics in America

by Scott Horton | Nov 23, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show

Philip Weiss discusses the latest in Israeli politics, where incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has recently been indicted on corruption charges. Neither Netanyahu nor his main opponent, Benny Gantz, have yet been able to form a government, and Weiss thinks...

No Comment Necessary

by Sheldon Richman | Nov 21, 2019 | Blog

11/18/19 Reese Erlich on Palestine, Lebanon, and Iraq

by Scott Horton | Nov 19, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show

Reese Erlich has the latest on some of the many conflicts in the Middle East today. He first discusses the strange fact that most Americans seem utterly unaware of what's going on between the Israelis and the Palestinians whose land they are occupying. Too often, the...

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The Kyle Anzalone Show: ICE Using AI to ID Targets, Breaking Down Trump’s WEF Speech

Greenland on the table, NATO on edge, and an algorithm deciding who gets a knock at the door. We dive into President Trump’s Davos remarks claiming the U.S. will pursue Greenland, then trace the fallout across European capitals as Denmark draws a hard line on...

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They Warned Us

It’s hard to enjoy the writings of Franz Kafka, though in some of his story telling we find a reflection of the contemporary or perhaps a dirty glass panel into the past. In his book, The Trial, we experience a bureaucracy of inhumanity through the eyes of an unnamed...

The Kyle Anzalone Show: Is Pam Bondi Miriam Adelson’s Tool to Censor Americans?

A letter about the Nobel Peace Prize. A claim that America needs “complete and total control of Greenland.” And a war that almost started, then didn’t. We follow the thread from ego-driven spectacle to real-world consequences, unpacking how image-making can bend...