Danny Sjursen explains why the courage of US soldiers is not enough to win wars. [Link] Trump will chair a UN Security Council meeting on Iran. [Link] The UK announces two Russians are suspects in the poisoning of the Skripals. [Link] Moon of Alabama identifies...
Syria
Can’t We Just Leave Syria Alone?
by Ron Paul | Sep 5, 2018 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Assad was supposed to be gone already. President Obama thought it would be just another “regime change” operation and perhaps Assad would end up like Saddam Hussein or Yanukovych. Or maybe even Gaddafi. But he was supposed to be gone. The US spent billions to get rid...
News Roundup 9/5/18
by Kyle Anzalone | Sep 5, 2018 | News Roundup
Arizona's governor selects former Senator Jon Kyl to fill John McCain's Senate seat. [Link] Aaron Mate argues Russiagate myths with James Risen. [Link] The US warns Israel not to attack Iranian targets in Iraq. [Link] US sanctions against Iran are starting to reduce...
8/31/18 Larry Wilkerson on Neocons in Trump Administration
by Scott Horton | Sep 4, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show
Larry Wilkerson, former army Colonel and Chief of Staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell, is interviewed on his new article at LobeLog "The Neoconservative Comeback" on the growing influence of neoconservatism in the Trump Administration. Trump's Syria and...
News Roundup 9/4/18
by Kyle Anzalone | Sep 4, 2018 | News Roundup
The US and Russia block a UN proposal to ban autonomous killer robots. [Link] The US is considering sending more weapons to Ukraine. [Link] The leader of the Ukrainian separatists was killed in a bombing. [Link] Eric Margolis on the ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya in...
News Roundup 9/3/18
by Kyle Anzalone | Sep 3, 2018 | News Roundup
A Colorado journalist was detained for filming police. The police officers will not face charges for wrongly detaining the journalist. [Link] Brian Saady explains the fallibility of forensic science. [Link] Ray McGovern explains how Senator Burr covered up CIA...
FPF #241 – Ending the Syrian Civil War
by Kyle Anzalone | Sep 3, 2018 | Conflicts of Interest
On FPF #241, I discuss the US role in continuing the Syrian Civil War. David Ignatius of the Washington Post reports that a Trump official said the US policy is to draw Syria and Russia into a quagmire in Idlib. Ignatius argues for the US to do more to assist the...
8/29/18 Eric Margolis on Uri Avnery’s Life
by Scott Horton | Sep 2, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show
Eric Margolis, the veteran journalist, is interviewed on his obituary of the brilliant Uri Avnery, "The Lion of Judah's Last Roar". The life of Uri Avnery. Topics discussed range from Avnery's efforts in the Middle East peace process, the Iraq Wars, Afghanistan,...
Blog
Church Proves the Poor Will Benefit From Privatized Education
Depending on which source you look at, there are hundreds of thousands of churches in world. Almost all Churches contain the two things Democrats constantly tell us are impossible if education were voluntarily funded instead of funded coercively via taxation. ...
Ashli Babbitt’s Mother Arrested for Peaceful Protest While Her Murderer is Still Free
The mother of Ashli Babbitt, who was fatally shot while participating in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, was arrested Friday afternoon for blocking traffic near the Capitol. Micki Witthoeft, 58, is charged with blocking and obstructing roadways,...
AOC is Dumber Than I Thought: Minimum Wage Edition
Progressives will admit higher prices hurt those with the lowest incomes, but when it comes to raising the price of labor they ignore that very economic reality: Charging more for X discourages X from being consumed. When you raise the price of employing someone:...
Another Successful Fundraiser and the Year Ahead
I cannot express how grateful I am, and all the staff and writers here at the Institute are, for your vote of confidence in our work. We've got an incredible year ahead. I'm working on my new book with Darryl Cooper now, Provoked: America's Role in the Russia-Ukraine...
Health Department Pours Bleach on “Unregulated” Food for Homeless!
https://youtu.be/K2-ME6D1bB0 If the government didn't have a monopoly on security, only rich people would be able to have security just like when the government got out of other businesses, the only cars produced were limousines, the only clothes produced were tuxedos...
All I ever wanted to do was find a way to pay Will Grigg
William Norman Grigg was the kindest, smartest, best educated and most eloquent American spokesman for the cause of liberty, on the radio or in print — ever. But the poor guy was always broke, trying to hold together a giant family while writing freelance articles for...
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