Ali Abunimah discusses the odd relationship between U.S. policing and the Israeli government. He describes the way higher-ups at many American police departments are sent on all-expenses paid trips by the Israel lobby, where they learn counter-terrorism tactics from...
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‘Defund the Police’: A Libertarian Moment?
by Goshe King and Joe Green | Jun 15, 2020 | Blog, Criminal Justice, Libertarianism
The time is now for American libertarians to get together and publicly broadcast “the solution.” It is my belief that almost all long-time libertarians agree on this solution with perhaps slight variations. The internal debate is mostly in the practicality of the...
Rothbard’s Rules for Crisis
by Mark Thornton | Jun 13, 2020 | Economics, Featured Articles
When an economic crisis hits, everybody from the Fed chairman to the man on the street knows that the Fed must print more money and reduce interest rates and that the government must spend more money and go deeper into debt. This is seen as necessary to “fill the gap”...
News Roundup 6/3/20
by Kyle Anzalone | Jun 3, 2020 | News Roundup
US News A security guard was shot and killed by looters at a St. Louis pawn shop. [Link] The Department of Justice gave the DEA the authority to carry out covert surveillance of the George Floyd protest movement. [Link] One thousand six hundred soldiers are on standby...
News Roundup 5/22/20
by Kyle Anzalone | May 22, 2020 | News Roundup
US News The Senate confirms John Ratcliffe as Director of National Intelligence. [Link] Trump’s arms control negotiator says the US is prepared to spend Russia and China into oblivion to win another nuclear arms race. [Link] China A bipartisan group of Senators will...
Trump Withdraws from Another Important Treaty with Russia
by Kyle Anzalone | May 22, 2020 | Conflicts of Interest
On FPF #495, I discuss the US leaving the Open Skies Treaty. The treaty allows for member states to conduct surveillance flights over each other. The treaty is key to keeping countries informed about each other's military capabilities. Without the treaty in place, war...
News Roundup 5/14/20
by Kyle Anzalone | May 14, 2020 | News Roundup
US News A list of government officials who “unmasked” Flynn has been released. The list includes Comey, Clapper, Brennan, and Biden. [Link] 1.4 million healthcare workers have been laid off since the start of lockdowns. [Link] The Senate failed to defeat a measure...
News Roundup 5/13/20
by Kyle Anzalone | May 13, 2020 | News Roundup
Coronavirus Hundreds of millions of people will be thrust into extreme poverty by the COVID shutdowns. The starvation caused by economic disturbances may kill more people than coronavirus. [Link] Military contractors are hiring as tens of millions of Americans in...
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‘The Iron Giant’ and Generational Militarism
Among the films that formed my childhood, the Iron Giant is a black sheep. From its loving treatment of classic sci-fi horror to its somber handling of nuclear holocaust, the film is deeper than any of us realized as kids. Of course now, as adults, and especially as...
When They Came
First, they came for the writers, but I could not read. Then, they came for the artists, but I could not see. When they came for the musicians, I was unwilling to hear. Eventually they came for me, but I could no longer think.
Time Marches On… a Patrick MacFarlane Update
This post first appeared on Pat MacFarlane's email list, "What They're Not Tellin' You" Sign up for that here. The last few months I've been especially conscious of how time is passing us by. This being my original Liberty Weekly mailing list, some of you have been...
Anti-War Blog – Pointless Wars are Tradition
Over a decade ago, the US and Western nations would feign concern for the loss of innocent life while they waged a war. Terms such as Collateral or Unintentional would be thrown around, even when all evidence points in the opposite direction. There was a need for...
Taliban Defeats Five American Presidents
GEN McChrystal was a martial disaster. What wrong looks like… This is what happens when your architects fall in love with their processes so much they forget about the objective. Military students should really study why graduate-level white papers, PowerPoint slides,...
Understanding the Nativist new-Right
There is a surge among the liberal democracies towards a nativist conservatism. The United States experienced the lie of Donald Trump’s MAGA and the misplaced promise of an America First, once a dirty word, now a salvation for not only the war wracked planet but the...
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