The police are not there to protect you. The courts have ruled on this over and over again. Castle Rock v Gonzalez Lozito v NYC (Interview with Mr Lozito here) Warren v District of Columbia The discussion that continues by the pundits, even "respectable" ones, fails...
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9/4/20 David Henderson on the Supposed Economic Threat of China
Scott interviews David Henderson about the threat to the U.S. posed by China's growing stature as an economic powerhouse. In general, Henderson thinks that such concerns are overblown, citing the real economic figures behind the trade relationship. In particular, he...
7/16/20 Kelley B. Vlahos on the Dangerous National Security ‘Blob’ Dominating American Government
Kelley Vlahos talks about prominent Democratic national security official Michele Flournoy, whom she calls "The Queen of the Blob." The Blob, explains Vlahos, is the group of politicians, advisors, lobbyists and pundits who advocate for the continuation of America's...
The Fed’s Massive Injection of ‘Liquidity’ Also Benefits Uncle Sam
There’s a lot to be said regarding the Fed’s surprise announcements—including its Sunday surprise of $700 billion in renewed QE and the complete elimination of all reserve requirements for banks—but here let me just focus on one element: the tendency for Fed officials...
3/12/20 Stephen Zunes on Biden’s Sponsorship of the Invasion of Iraq
Stephen Zunes talks about Joe Biden's shameful history helping to advocate for the invasion of Iraq in 2002 and 2003. These days he claims he was caught up in the aftermath of 9/11 and was simply mistaken about the intelligence, like everyone else who voted for the...
Homicides in the US Fall for Second Year as Murder Rate Drops in 38 States
As 2018 came to an end, politicians and media pundits insisted that " gun violence " was growing and hitting crisis levels . While a homicide rate of anything greater than zero is an measure of very-real human misery, it nonetheless turns out that fewer people were...
The Myth of the “Fair Share” of Taxes
There is seldom a shortage of politicians and pundits calling for more people to pay their “fair share” of taxes. But how is one to determine what everybody’s fair share should be? The blunt answer is that there is no non-arbitrary way to determine a “fair” amount of...
4/8/19 Joanne Leon on the Principled Russiagate Skeptics
Scott talks to Joanne Leon of Around the Empire about all the left-leaning journalists who were skeptical of the mainstream "Russaigate" narrative all along, which, as opponents of President Trump, went against their interest in a certain sense. These people held an...
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