Daniel Davis talks about the need to fully withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq. He traces the history of terrible decision-making there since 2003, which has encumbered America in an unwinnable war for almost two decades. Worse, we can't leave. Thanks to political pressure...
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Return to Normalcy: Victoria Nuland Back To Managing the Empire
Some things never change in American foreign policy. While there’s a lot of chatter about a “Great Reset” in terms of rebuilding society along technocratic lines in the wake of covid-19, U.S. foreign policy appears to be going through its very own “reset.”...
Economic Sanctions Are State-Implemented Terrorism
Efforts to restore American and Iranian compliance with the 2015 nuclear deal—formally called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)—are at an impasse. President Biden has declared there will be no relaxing of smothering economic sanctions on Iran unless the...
We May Be The Only Ones Left And That’s Frightening
I admit that I have a love/hate relationship with the concept of logical consistency. Hear me out please. First, my enemies don’t care if their arguments or policies possess logical consistency and, unfortunately, they tend to be the ones that control the reins of...
Episode 550: Three Percent Of Us Are Terrorists w/ Aaron of Timeline Earth
54 Minutes Not Safe For Work Aaron is one of the hosts of the Timeline Earth podcast. Aaron joins Pete to discuss his account being permanently suspended on Twitter, his thoughts on the LP and getting labeled a terrorist by a raving madman. Timeline Earth Podcast...
How Partisan Politics Rots Your Brain
Recent research using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) techniques is allowing us to peer into the connections, yet shrouded in mystery, between local brain activity, cognitive processes, and partisan attachment. This developing body of knowledge has...
Challenging George Mason University’s Cadre of Patent Enthusiasts
I’ve previously criticized George Mason economist Alex Tabarrok’s views on patents.1 For example, as noted in Patent Policy on the Back of a Napkin, Tabarrok makes a Laffer-curve style argument that patent rights are currently “too strong.” Of course, he is correct...
Congress Seeks to Block American Re-Entry to the Iran Deal
A group of 140 bipartisan members of the House is urging President Biden to seek a more “comprehensive” agreement with Iran, which means the group of lawmakers opposes a revival of the original 2015 nuclear deal, known as the JCPOA. In a letter sent to Secretary of...
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