Former Bush Administration officials are joining Trump’s White House. [Link] Five people were killed in a helicopter crash in Mexico. A husband and wife with powerful political influence were killed. [Link] The UK sends a warship to the Black Sea in support of...
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News Roundup 12/26/18
by Kyle Anzalone | Dec 26, 2018 | News Roundup
The 800 page Farm Bill Trump recently signed is filled with trash. The bill includes a rule that prevents the House from voting on a bill to end the War in Yemen and several new farm subsidies. [Link] Trump Tweets Patrick Shanahan will be acting Defense Secretary...
12/20/18 Mark Perry on Trump’s Decision to Withdraw from Syria
by Scott Horton | Dec 20, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show
Mark Perry joins the show to talk about President Trump's bombshell news that he plans to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria. Perry says most people in the military think this is absolutely the right move, despite many loud claims to the contrary from pundits on both...
12/18/18 William Hartung on the American Bombs Killing Yemeni Civilians
by Scott Horton | Dec 18, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show
William Hartung comes on the show to discuss the latest in Yemen, particularly with respect to the political relationship between Saudi Arabia and the U.S. He explains that the Saudis finally have an opportunity to use all the American weapons they've been buying for...
News Roundup 12/18/18
by Kyle Anzalone | Dec 18, 2018 | News Roundup
A Texas teacher is forced to leave her job for refusing to sign a contract agreeing not to boycott Israel. [Link] Sheldon Adelson bet on Trump and won big. [Link] Congress passes the Farm Bill authorizing over $400 billion in spending. [Link] US companies paid over $1...
12/17/18 Nasser Arrabyee on the Ceasefire in Hodeidah
by Scott Horton | Dec 17, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show
Nasser Arrabyee gives the latest on the war in Yemen, following the recent peace talks in Sweden where the UN negotiated a ceasefire in Hodeidah. Despite only moderate political pressure from the United States to end the war, Arrabyee thinks that increased media...
2019, The Palestinian Reality Check
by Warren Beale | Dec 17, 2018 | Featured Articles, Op Eds
In recent weeks there has been a plethora of news surrounding of all things, the Trump administration and its policies. Between the talking points, much of the news has found one way or another, a comparison to the Palestinians and Israelis. For example, this week...
White Coat Cartel
by John Dangelo III | Dec 14, 2018 | Featured Articles, Op Eds
Abstract: The question over the validity of centralized medical occupational licensing isn’t exactly at a fever pitch in modern America’s dialectic, nevertheless, it warrants rehashing whenever possible. Though presumably well-intentioned by the various contemporary...
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Free Trade Facts Don’t Matter to Democrats or Republicans
Both parties tend to ignore facts about the benefits of free trade because both parties oppose free trade.
The Government Had to Bankrupt Spirit Airlines to Save It
The US government is very good at destroying things on the pretense that its actions are required to save the things destroyed.
Paul Krugman: The Dollar Can’t Collapse! Unless…
The scenarios under which Krugman says the dollar could collapse are not hypothetical. They are already here.
Taking It for Granted
"Capitalism, says Marx, unthinkingly repeating the fables of the eulogists of the Middle Ages, has an inevitable tendency to impoverish the workers more and more. The truth is that capitalism has poured a horn of plenty upon the masses of wage earners who frequently...
Taliban is Still on the Western Dole
However, the Taliban is the group handing out NGO licenses in Afghanistan. If a Taliban sympathizer asks for an NGO license, they get it. So, many of these groups send money directly to the Taliban or to support the families of suicide bombers. Legend also said...
The Miracle of Mass Production
"The fact that my fellow man wants to acquire shoes as I do, does not make it harder for me to get shoes, but easier." —Ludwig von Mises, Human Action
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