Disagree with your child's doctor and you may get a visit from a SWAT team. Child Protection Service, state legislators and the juvenile courts are using federal child protection acts to expand their police powers. In Arizona members of the judicial system set up a...
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It Was All a Lie
by Peter Van Buren | Mar 24, 2019 | Featured Articles, Politics
The short version? Mueller is done. His report unambiguously states there was no collusion or obstruction. He was allowed to follow every lead unfettered in an investigation of breathtaking depth. It cannot be clearer. The report summary states, “The Special Counsel’s...
FPF #255 – The Weekly Standard’s Horrific FP
by Kyle Anzalone | Oct 5, 2018 | Conflicts of Interest
On FPF #255, I discuss two articles by The Weekly Standard Editorial Board. The first article calls for the US to return to the Bush Doctrine. The editors believe that the US needs to very hawkish policy with Iran. The second article celebrates Trump's reversal on his...
The Gold Standard With Alan Mosely
by Scott Horton | Aug 8, 2018 | Blog
Alan interviewed me last week on his show about the LP, US-Russia relations, Syria, North Korea and Yemen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYI6FV18HnM
The Antiwar Comic: ISIS, The Next Generation
by Tony DiGerolamo | Dec 16, 2017 | Blog
If you haven't read that Wired article, you really should. For more comics, visit The Webcomic Factory.
Foreign Policy Focus #128 – The Execution of Daniel Shaver
by Kyle Anzalone | Dec 9, 2017 | Conflicts of Interest
On FPF #128, I discuss the execution of Daniel Shaver by police officer Phillip Brailsford. The shooting occurred in January 2016 and Brailsford has been acquitted by a jury of all charges. A judge finally allowed the body cam footage to the public. I react to the...
Fists Can’t Fight Nuclear Weapons
by Zack Sorenson | May 16, 2017 | Blog
"Peace through strength". It wasn't true for Hitler, was it? "People sleep peaceably in their beds at night because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." Should we concede the necessity of war because "people are violent and vicious"? Our standard...
4/7/17 Jeffrey Carr on the pushback against CrowdStrike’s claims of Russian election hacking
by Scott Horton | Apr 7, 2017 | The Scott Horton Show
Jeffrey Carr, an international cybersecurity consultant, discusses the low evidentiary standard the US government and media has used to make very serious accusations about Russian hacking of Ukrainian military software and, by extension, the DNC emails. Carr says that...
LMPD Shooting Probe Called ‘Inherently Flawed’
by Scott Horton | Oct 25, 2016 | Blog
Here's an idea who's time has come. The daughters of an elderly, deaf man who was shot to death by cops for holding a tree saw allege that the local District Attorney's office is "inherently" incapable of performing an honest investigation into the killing because...
Liberty Minute 1/2/2015
by Will Grigg | Jan 2, 2015 | Everything Will, Liberty Minutes
In this episode of Will Grigg's Liberty Minute... A shooting that would send a civilian to prison is a slap on the wrist for Police due to "Qualified Immunity". Shouldn't the protectors of our community be held to a higher standard?...
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Free Book: An Anarchist Critique of the COVID Mandates
I’ve had the opportunity to write a short book offering what is essentially an anarchist critique of COVID mandates. This includes the accusation that states did most of the killing rather than the virus. The 123-page book, Measuring the Mandates: Questioning the...
Democratic Socialist Turns Libertarian! #PorcFest2023
https://youtu.be/G2eSuiXNaaQ Once you accept the principle of government, namely that there must be a judicial monopoly and the power to tax, once you accept this principle incorrectly as a just principle, then any idea or any notion of restraining or limiting...
What War Hawks Would Sound Like If They Weren’t Psychopaths
Modern warfare almost always leads to killing lots of innocents; if governments were held to the same standards as individuals, these killings would be manslaughter, if not murder. This doesn’t mean that war is never justified. But the reasonable hawkish mood is...
The Free Market Serves the Masses, Governments Commit Genocide
Amazon is simply the best store that ever existed, by far, with incredible selection and unearthly convenience. The price: cheap. Facebook, Twitter, and other social media let us socialize with our friends, comfortably meet new people, and explore even the most...
Democracy is Mob Rule by the Ignorant, Embrace Free Markets
https://youtu.be/kQToT7640h4 A democratic vote is like the captain of a ship having to consult every passenger about the best course to chart through an approaching storm. – The School of Life, Philosophy in 40 Ideas (2020), p. 13 Watch on Odysee
The Truth About Discrimination – Walter E. Williams
If people are free to discriminate in favor of, or against, a university or wine, what argument can be made against their having that same right with respect to choosing based on the race or sex characteristics of their mates, employees, tenants, or club members? If...