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Salafis Throwing Bombs: How American and British Planners Partnered With Al-Qaeda Affiliated Groups At the Start of the Syrian Civil War
by William Van Wagenen | Dec 28, 2021 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Introduction In the mainstream view, al-Qaeda did not play a role in the Syria conflict until Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi dispatched his deputy, Abu Muhammad al-Jolani, to Syria in August 2011 to establish a wing of the group there, called...
Enough Already: Time to End the War on Terrorism Video Adaptation Chapter Two: The Ronald Reagan Years
by Scott Horton | Jan 31, 2021 | Blog
Directed by Gus Cantavero. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3ub1PZQYho&t=2s
Jimmy Dore: Reagan Official (David Stockman) Says Cut Military Spending! Panel SCREAMS!
by Steven Woskow | Oct 29, 2019 | Blog
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aT7WEkvCWeM
Why Iran Hates Israel, if it’s NOT their land?!
by HypocriteTwins | Sep 7, 2019 | Blog
Iran is a thousand miles away from Israel. And unlike the Palestinians, Iran doesn’t claim Israeli land. So why does Shiite Iran arm Sunni Palestinians, when their enemies are Sunni? The Palestinians are predominately Sunni Muslim, which is the Arab group that...

The U.S. Must Engage With Russia
by Rand Paul | Aug 17, 2018 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
On my recent trip to Russia, I spent an hour with Mikhail Gorbachev. I told him that in the West we are grateful that he and President Ronald Reagan defied Cold War orthodoxy to significantly reduce our countries’ nuclear arms. And I asked him whether there was a...
On War, Gold, and My Years in Congress
by Ron Paul | May 29, 2018 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Politics
JEFF DEIST: What makes you optimistic, what makes you pessimistic about what you see in the US? RON PAUL: Well, if I look at the big picture including a long span of time, I would say conditions aren’t that bad, even though I often talk about all the bad things I...
Spare me claims Gina Haspel will 'speak truth to power'. Real truth-tellers go to jail.
by Jim Bovard | May 18, 2018 | Featured Articles, Politics
In the Senate Intelligence Committee secret vote today on whether to confirm Trump nominee Gina Haspel as chief of the CIA, she will likely again be praised for promising to “speak truth to power.” This has recently become one of the favorite accolades in the least...
Fidel is Dead
by Scott Horton | Nov 25, 2016 | Blog
Joins his enemies Ike, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Reagan in their shared afterlife.
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The Non-Existent Difference Between National Socialism and Democratic Socialism
Summary: National Socialism and Democratic Socialism both advocate institutionalized violence by the state against peaceful people only differing in rhetoric. The most popular self described Democratic Socialists in America today are Senator Bernie Sanders and...
A Response to My Memorial Day Critics
My article against Memorial Day drew a lot of ire and attention. This should not have been surprising; I was making a controversial statement. What did surprise me, however, was that many critics were self-described libertarians or former libertarians. There were many...
Ignoring Political Gossip & Sticking to Principle
https://youtu.be/ZwWHjYVY4tg In the private sector, firms must attract voluntary customers or they fail; and if they fail, investors lose their money, and managers and employees lose their jobs. The possibility of failure, therefore, is a powerful incentive to find...
The Myth of “Hyper-Rugged-Isolationist-Individualism”
Myth #1: Libertarians believe that each individual is an isolated, hermetically sealed atom, acting in a vacuum without influencing each other. This is a common charge, but a highly puzzling one. In a lifetime of reading libertarian and classical-liberal...
The Lesson From Germany and Korea
Institutions are, of course, in some sense the products of culture. But, because they formalize a set of norms, institutions are often the things that keep a culture honest, determining how far it is conducive to good behaviour rather than bad. To illustrate the...
Occupational Licensing Increases Prices and Deprives People of Options
When you shop online, vendors usually give you a bunch of different ways to sort your options. Take Amazon: One popular sorting option – especially for customers with low income – is “Price: Low to High.” You’ve probably used it yourself many times. This...
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