On matters of global security, the most important relationship in the world is between the United States and Russia. Mutual respect and cooperation between them are necessary for de-escalating tensions in Eastern Europe, restoring equanimity to the Middle East,...
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Death and Taxes? How About Life and Liberty? Join us as we build a better Institute.
by Scott Horton | Dec 5, 2019 | Scott Horton
On a shoestring budget since our founding in 2016, we have done our best to hold the line on libertarian principle while prioritizing the fight against the government’s worst depredations first. In 2017 we published our director Scott Horton’s acclaimed book Fool’s...
The Secret War in Africa
by Steve Brown | Nov 30, 2019 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Libertarianism
The Warsaw Pact may no longer exist, but by contrast the North Atlantic Treaty Organization is expanding its perceived role – the enforcement of western interest - especially in resource-rich Africa. NATO's expansion in Africa is intended to assert western corporate...
New Roundup 10/17/19
by Kyle Anzalone | Oct 17, 2019 | News Roundup
US News A $52 million trolley built in St. Louis will need a $200,000 bailout to remain open through the end of the year. The Trolley opened in November of 2018. It will need an additional $500,000 bailout to make it through 2020. [Link] Trump nominates John Sullivan...
The Problem of Elizabeth Warren’s Wealth Tax Plan
by Germinal Van | Oct 16, 2019 | Featured Articles
Elizabeth Warren is among the strongest contenders and Democratic hopefuls for the presidential election of 2020. During the fourth Democratic debate, on October 15th, 2019, the economic policy of Elizabeth Warren, also known as the “Wealth Tax Plan,” was given close...
US Weapons Plague the World
by Kyle Anzalone | Oct 16, 2019 | Conflicts of Interest
On FPF #407, I discuss the impact of US weapons is having around the world. In FY2019 the US sold over $54 billion in weapons. Some of those weapons aided the slaughter of Yemen. In a recent article, Stu Smallwood highlights how US F-35 sales to South Korea are...
The Moment
by Kym Robinson | Oct 4, 2019 | Featured Articles
As an outsider, I had found the ritual of US presidential elections to be fascinating, a helpless voyeur watching how the ebb and flow of war and peace may unfold for the coming years. By that time, I had lost interest in voting, I had become cynical and jaded wary...
News Roundup 10/1/19
by Kyle Anzalone | Oct 1, 2019 | News Roundup
US News Immigration officials use free translation services like Google Translate to read the social media posts of refugee applicants. [Link] Haiti Protests in Haiti are escalating. Police used live fire to break up protests last week. [Link] Europe Croatia announced...
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Dave Smith Debates Douglas Murray on Joe Rogan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ah6kirkSwTg
Katie Halper on Anti-Semitic Israel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwsKBBFG728
Keith Knight Vs. Ben Burgis
Socialism Vs Capitalism | Rutgers University Vs Libertarian Institute https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWjakQV0rm0
Ford Follies: The Toilet Chronicles
One never knew the "brown-water" (riverine) navy would take to the high seas in this alpha example of engineering excellence. Did you know they designed the Ford with no urinals? We all know why and those toilets instead of the water-less urinals so common today have...
The Most Expensive Armed Forces You Can Buy for the Wrong Century
The Pentagon needs to be taken apart root and branch, a sterling track record of defeat and stalemate for eight decades accustoms the malefactors to continue doing what they are doing when NO ONE is punished for naked and persistent incompetence, misappropriation and...
US Shipbuilding Crises Reaches a Crescendo
In a cavalcade of calamities from a skilled workforce to a broken acquisition process to a strategic deficit disorder that does not acknowledge the Revolutions in Military Affairs that are dominating and radically changing how naval warfare is evolving. The US Navy...
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