In the very early days of the war in Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was open to negotiating a peace. A proposed peace could have ended the war before tens of thousands of Ukrainians died and Ukraine’s infrastructure was devastated, on terms that...
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Trying to Build Peace One BRICS At a Time
by Ted Snider | May 25, 2023 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
In the early days of the war in Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was open to negotiating a peace. The United States was not. State Department spokesman Ned Price explained, oddly, that the midst of a war is not the time for diplomacy. “This is not real...
Peace Mission Led By 6 African Countries to Promote Russia-Ukraine Ceasefire
by Connor Freeman | May 23, 2023 | News
Six African leaders are seeking to bring Kiev to the negotiating table for peace talks with Moscow, even as Russian troops remain in annexed Ukrainian oblasts, Pretoria said on Monday. The peace mission is expected to visit both countries’ capitals early next month.
Betting on Russian Submission? Don’t Roll Those Dice
by Derek Wheeler | May 23, 2023 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
As we enjoy our lives within the neocon utopia that's been carefully crafted for us, let us set aside, for a moment, all basic morality and the natural rights of life, liberty, and property. Surely, if we put on the same hegemonic blinders worn by the likes of John...
US, China Tentatively Agree to Restart Dialogue, as Washington Fears Allies Will View Policies As Too Aggressive
by Connor Freeman | May 13, 2023 | News
Renewed meetings between senior American and Chinese officials may suggest the fragile relations between the world’s two largest economies could begin to thaw with increased communication and diplomacy, the Washington Post reported on Friday.
Five Faulty Arguments Against Secession
by Rudolph Kohn | Apr 18, 2023 | Featured Articles, Libertarianism
As a state grows, it always tries to find more ways to limit the freedom of its people. In the best case, this might take the form of pervasive surveillance and perpetual nudges. Yet it rarely stops there. The state might decide to support ill-advised adventurism...
Invading Mexico is a Bad Idea (Duh!)
by Weimin Chen | Apr 11, 2023 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Following the violent attack on Americans in the Mexican border city of Matamoros in early March, South Carolina Republican Senator Lindsey Graham stated that he was prepared to get tough and introduce legislation to set the stage for U.S. military intervention in...
You’re Misunderstanding What the ‘Militia’ Is
by Stark Realities with Brian McGlinchey | Apr 3, 2023 | Featured Articles
America’s latest episode of mass homicide has sparked renewed advocacy for restrictions on gun ownership. Once again, the accompanying debate has many gun control advocates claiming the Second Amendment’s reference to a “well regulated militia” narrows the amendment’s...
China Tells Taiwan President Not to Meet With US House Speaker During Visit
by Dave DeCamp | Mar 30, 2023 | News
China on Wednesday warned that it would respond if Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen met with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) while she visits the US as part of a trip to Central America.
Ukraine’s Pro-Peace Minority Feels Intimidated: An On the Ground Report
by Michael Holmes | Mar 27, 2023 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Kiev. Sirens wail. I jump up in bed and try to shake my friend Alex awake. “Wake up! Air alert. Let’s get to the shelter! Hurry up!" He turns away. "Let me be! This shit alarm is constant." I dress hastily. He sighs, wearily grabs his cell phone and checks a warning...
Foreign Aid Doesn’t Need Oversight, It Needs To Be Abolished
by Laurence Vance | Mar 27, 2023 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
In an interview with ABC News last month, after it was noted that U.S. aid to Ukraine now totals at least $113 billion, President Joe Biden was told that “many” Americans were asking, “How long can we spend like this?” His response was to first question the number of...
International Criminal Court Issues Arrest Warrants for Putin and Other Russian Official
by Connor Freeman | Mar 18, 2023 | News
In the first international charges issued since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began, the International Criminal Court (ICC), based in the Hague, issued arrest warrants for Russian President Vladimir Putin and another Russian official over the alleged kidnapping and unlawful deportation of Ukrainian children as well as teenagers.
China Brokers Agreement Between Iran and Saudi Arabia, Sidelining United States
by Ted Snider | Mar 14, 2023 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Until it happened, it was unthinkable. The United States has for decades guarded its role as the sole negotiator in the Middle East. It has insisted on being the chief arbiter of agreements and the architect and decider of partnerships. But on March 10, China emerged...
The United States Is in Conflict with Countries for Doing Things We Know They’re Not Doing
by Ted Snider | Mar 6, 2023 | Featured Articles
China, Balloons, and Spying On February 4, the U.S. military shot down a Chinese balloon they claim was a surveillance device spying on U.S. territory. The unprecedented “kinetic action against an airborne object...within United States or American airspace” was...
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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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