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11/18/20 Dan Caldwell: Trump Should Get Out of Afghanistan Before Inauguration Day

by Scott Horton | Nov 20, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show

Scott interviews Dan Caldwell of Concerned Veterans for America about President Trump's plans to withdraw troops from the Middle East in what are looking to be his final weeks as president. The appointment of Colonel Douglas Macgregor to a senior role in the Pentagon...

11/18/20 Jacob Sullum on Trump’s Flimsy Election Fraud Case

by Scott Horton | Nov 20, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show

Scott talks to Jacob Sullum about the allegations of widespread fraud in November's presidential elections. Sullum concedes that errors in counting, illegal votes and deliberate obfuscation do sometimes happen in isolated situations—but maintains that the widespread...

The Australian Special Forces’ Culture of Death

by Kym Robinson | Nov 20, 2020 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy

Australia has a culture for war, and that culture breeds atrocities. The Australian government's own inquiry has confirmed many of the allegations leaked by journalists regarding war crimes in Afghanistan, stemming from the execution by Australian special forces of...

Episode 500: How Trump Can ‘Legally’ Win And Destroy the Left Forever w/ Curtis Yarvin

by Peter R. Quiñones | Nov 19, 2020 | Free Man Beyond the Wall

101 Minutes Strong Language Curtis Yarvin is a prolific writer who used to blog under the name Mencius Moldbug. He is famous for coining the phrase and the concept of "The Cathedral." Curtis recently released an article on his Substack entitled, "Reflections on the...

11/18/20 Kevin Gosztola on the Profiteers and War Hawks of the Biden Transition Team

by Scott Horton | Nov 18, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show

Kevin Gosztola discusses the abominable record of some of Joe Biden's key transition team officials, people who are likely to become high-level members of Biden's eventual cabinet. This list includes the usual war hawks and D.C. insiders, who are sure to return the...

11/14/20 Gareth Porter on Trump’s Foreign Policy Legacy

by Scott Horton | Nov 16, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show

Gareth Porter is back for a retrospective on Trump's foreign policy. Despite campaigning on a relatively non-interventionist platform, and indeed despite explicitly denouncing the policies of the Bush and Clinton families along the way, Trump has not been especially...

11/13/20 Ray McGovern on the Revenge of an Outgoing Trump Administration

by Scott Horton | Nov 16, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show

Ray McGovern discusses the recent personnel changes in the Trump administration and what they could mean for his final months in office. McGovern thinks that John Brennan and his allies are getting nervous that as a lame duck, Trump might decide to simply release...

Episode 498: Masculinity, Arranged Marriages and Culturally-Directed Economics w/ Hotep Jesus

by Peter R. Quiñones | Nov 16, 2020 | Free Man Beyond the Wall

63 Minutes Suitable for All Ages Bryan Sharpe, better known as Hotep Jesus, is a tech entrepreneur, podcast host and social commentator. Bryan returns to the show to discuss a subject he has written on extensively, the war on masculinity. Pete also brings up an...

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Political Discrimination vs. Market Discrimination – Walter E. Williams

Gross racial discrimination alone has never been sufficient to prevent blacks from earning a living and bettering themselves by working as skilled or unskilled craftsmen and as business owners, accumulating considerable wealth. The fact that whites sought out blacks...

GDP is a Scam, Here’s How to Measure Wealth

https://youtu.be/mYfH_9arsRk In 1981, the cheapest IBM personal computer cost $4,459 (in 2018 U.S. dollars), or 210 hours of labor. An Insignia tablet and keyboard combo cost $120 in 2018, or 5.6 hours of labor. - Ten Global Trends Every Smart Person Should Know, CATO...

The Democratic Policy Which Keeps Poor People Poor – Walter E. Williams

To criticize occupational licensing laws is not to argue that information about the quality of a licensee's services is not important to consumers. However, it is by no means clear that licensing is the most effective way to provide that information. Indeed, licensing...

How Economic Regulation Hurts the Poor – Walter E. Williams

In the name of protecting public health, California requires that an individual who seeks to perform any kind of hairstyling service must complete nine months (1,600 hours) of classes at a state-approved cosmetology school, at a tuition cost of at least $5,000, before...

My Body My Choice: Abolish Occupational Licensing

The most immediate effect of licensing is to restrict the number of practitioners because of the higher entry costs involved in meeting the qualifications of the activity. Some licenses, as in the cases of cosmeticians and barbers, require many months of schooling....

Progressives Are Domestic Imperialists

Progressives will fight tooth and nail to make sure every citizen gets a 1 in 100,000,000 vote between two politicians every four years since it allows the political system to reflect the wishes of the population at large. However, when those very same voters try to...