Scott talks to Danny Sjursen about the many catastrophic failures of American foreign policy, and most recently the proposed plan to carve out an autonomous Sunni region in western Iraq, which the U.S. could use to help control the Middle East and prevent Iranian...
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Compulsory Education – The Bane of Learning and Freedom
Approximately 50-million students, bound by state compulsory attendance laws, are trapped in what is essentially a prison of their bodies and minds. Most Americans never question school compulsory attendance laws itself but instead focus on what occurs inside the...
The State in a State of Tantrum
People today, worldwide, are a wealthier lot than any previous collection of humans that have ever existed upon the planet. People today are living longer than any previous generation to come before us. A LOT longer. People today are insanely more literate and...
2/7/20 Suadad al-Salhy on the Insane Plan to Divide Iraq in Two
Scott interviews Suadad al-Salhy about her recent piece on the proposed U.S. plan to create an autonomous Sunni state in western Iraq. This would theoretically allow the U.S. to continue to exert control in the country, preventing the dreaded "land bridge" connecting...
We Should Be Wary Of A “Bio-PATRIOT Act”
With a new global pandemic scare, the time has come to watch out for those who would exploit it. A severe public health crisis could lead to calls for a new cabinet position, and new government powers to intervene into the personal health of American citizens. This is...
Why Everyone Should Support Free Markets
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AcjXt9mjNg Economist Donald J. Boudreaux from George Mason University makes the case for free market capitalism, while I play devils advocate. Topics, What is free market capitalism? What is the difference between government and...
An Anarcho-Capitalist Take On Epidemics
Some libertarians might think that epidemics and the panic associated with them might be some kind of government scam. Yes, government can and will exploit crises, maybe using them to accomplish its own ends more so than even solving the problem. However, an...
Ice and Fire
The relationship between conservatism and libertarianism is a tenuous one. However, such was not always the case. Fellow travelers of both groups were united in opposing Roosevelt’s New Deal. The work of the late economist Murray N. Rothbard (1926–1995) on the “Old...
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