Jim Bovard talks about the federal pressure for states to comply with their "REAL ID" laws, which place higher standards on proving one's identity and may require the submission of fingerprints or even DNA samples. Bovard reminds us that even if the requirements...
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Austrian Economics Explained for Dummies! (Ludwig von Mises)
by HypocriteTwins | Jan 25, 2020 | Blog
Why does the government hate Austrian economics? How is economics really philosophy? This school of economic thought explains the boom bust cycle of our economy using simple deductive logic. Using Praxeology, a branch of philosophy created by Ludwig von Mises. It...
Iranian Plane Crash
by Scott Horton | Jan 8, 2020 | Blog
As Tom Woods pointed out in this great speech 10 years ago, when there’s an earthquake, hurricane, plane crash or other major disaster in Iran, we all feel terrible and grieve for the loss of life and donate to charity over it and the rest. But then we’re supposed to...
Tom Woods Interview on Afghanistan
by Scott Horton | Dec 21, 2019 | Blog
I was on the Tom Woods show.
12/13/19 Nasser Arrabyee on the War in Yemen
by Scott Horton | Dec 16, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott interviews Nasser Arrabyee about Yemen, where the U.S. continues to back Suadi Arabia in waging a war of starvation against the people of Yemen. Scott calls this the very worst thing our government is doing, and yet by and large the American people don't much...
12/6/19 Tom Collina: America’s Dangerous “Nuclear Sponge”
by Scott Horton | Dec 8, 2019 | Hotter Than the Sun, The Scott Horton Show
Tom Collina tells Scott about the "nuclear sponge", a collection of land-based nuclear weapons in America's upper midwest, whose real purpose is just to absorb the strikes of a nuclear attack by a hostile power rather than to actually be used in an attack of their...
11/15/19 Daniel Ellsberg on America’s Hair-Trigger Nuclear Holocaust
by Scott Horton | Nov 19, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Daniel Ellsberg discusses the Kings Bay Plowshares case, in which he was set to testify as an expert witness before such testimony was banned by the judge at the last moment. His testimony would have centered on the threat that these Trident missiles pose to end...
11/15/19 Michael Bell Sr. on Getting Justice for His Son
by Scott Horton | Nov 17, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Michael Bell shares the story of his son, who was killed by police in 2004 at age 21. Michael Jr. was coming home after a night out, was accosted by officers for spurious reasons, and was eventually fatally shot after one officer claimed Michael was trying to take his...
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Contours of The Global Imperial Architecture
Antiwar.com recently published an article jointly written by Institute Director Scott Horton and this author (Weeks). The piece, “Strategic Treason: The Empire Fetes Man Who Killed US Troops,” discussed Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa’s trip to New York City, which...
The Most Important Chapter of Hayek’s Most Important Book
Economist Friedrich Hayek's most popular book, The Road to Serfdom, contains a particularly important chapter titled "The End of Truth." That chapter, with a new foreward by economist Daniel D. Klein of George Mason University, is now available to read with updated...
Standards!
Secretary of War Hegseth recently brought the perfumed princes to the Pentagram to give a short speech on standards. I am glad for the name change since the DoD has never troubled themselves with defending the nation. Someone: "How come there aren't any fat Marines?"...
Short Story – Context
He clenched his fist around the USB, impatience gripping him as he waited. He had just finished pacing only to sit down, unaware of his rocking back and forth. Once he saw her, he was back to his feet. He wanted to push it into her hand and disappear. Instead, she...
The Impasse
Liberty is only acceptable for a virtuous people.
The Great Enrichment Is Real
From about 1800 to the present the world's economy did something good, which looks to be permanent and looks to be justified. If contrary to the evidence we cling to our prejudices about economic history—our view that the Industrial Revolution was improverishng, or...
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