In response to Russia's attack on Ukraine, US President Joe Biden vowed to isolate and “cripple” the Russian economy. However, Moscow has been able to maintain its economic strength, in part by exporting over $1 billion per month in wood, metals, food and other goods...
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Monopolies Are Bad, Which is Why Government Shouldn’t Monopolize Law and Order
by Bruce Benson | Aug 26, 2022 | Featured Articles
Lex mercatoria, or the “Law Merchant,” refers to the privately produced, privately adjudicated, and privately enforced body of customary law that governed virtually every aspect of commercial transactions by the end of the 11th century. Thus, the Law Merchant provides...
Washington Is Gaslighting Us About Taiwan
by Patrick Macfarlane | Aug 25, 2022 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Since Nancy Pelosi’s purposeless diplomatic visit to Taipei on August 2, cross-strait tensions have soared between China and Taiwan. Pelosi’s envoy has effectively reduced U.S.-China relations to its lowest point since at least 1995—when diplomatic efforts between...
News Roundup 8/25/2022
by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 24, 2022 | News Roundup
US News In July, a Denver police officer saw a man in a crowd carrying a gun. A group of cops responded by opening fire, injuring six people. Rather than addressing the police officers who fired on a group of innocent people, the city has responded by restricting...
8/19/22 Peter Van Buren’s “Neopracticalist” Take on Taiwan
by Scott Horton | Aug 24, 2022 | The Scott Horton Show
Download Episode. Scott interviews writer and State Department veteran Peter Van Buren about Taiwan. Van Buren is sticking with his assessment that a Chinese invasion of Taiwan will not happen because there’s too much money to be lost if trade between China, Taiwan...
A Modern Rebirth of Federalism
by David Brady | Aug 24, 2022 | Featured Articles
The FBI raid on former President Donald Trump’s Mar-A-Lago resort has resulted in a backlash from Red states against an agency once beloved by the right-wing. Lacking control over either legislative house or the presidency, for Republicans there is little they are...
Where Is the Anarchism in HBO’s ‘The Anarchists’?
by Tom Mullen | Aug 23, 2022 | Featured Articles
I had the opportunity last week to watch the sixth and final episode of the HBO documentary, The Anarchists. Director and executive producer Todd Schramke accomplished the primary mission of any good documentary filmmaker: he made an interesting miniseries about...
News Roundup 8/21/2022
by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 21, 2022 | News Roundup
US News The Army awarded Lockheed Martin and General Dynamics a $15 million contract to develop concepts for the Terrestrial Layer System-Echelons Above Brigade. The system is a part of the electronic warfare platform. Defense News The Pentagon awarded BlueHalo a...
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Trump’s Vision for Gaza: ‘We’ll Own It’ – New Episode of the Kyle Anzalone Show
In this episode, we dive into Donald Trump’s latest remarks on the future of Gaza, his stance on Palestinian displacement, and his renewed "maximum pressure" strategy on Iran. Trump claims the U.S. will "cleanse Gaza" and might even "own it," while Hamas outright...
The DDG(X) Begins the Change Follies
The DDG(X) program will be over-budget, very late and a shadow of its naval architectural ambition. Of course. The US Navy has seemingly abandoned naval gunnery at the 5" level and above and the latest navy build program for a new destroyer is removing the capability....
USAID w/Daniel McAdams
Daniel McAdams is back to discuss the news on Trump’s attempt to neuter USAID, their role around the world, and accepting wins where you can get them.
Back on the Bob Murphy Show!
Bob and I discuss why the word corporate is not a dirty word. Enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtYcrb4YbGM
Fraud on Fraud on Fraud
The stewards of other people's money continue to disappoint. While 70% of the $6.4 billion charged on 2.3 million government cards that year was found to be appropriate, 12% was inadvertently spent on the wrong things, such as alcohol or in Google’s online store for...
Hegseth is Getting the Endorsements He Needs
The quality of our enemies defines us. The Center for American Prosperity (CAP) opposition makes me certain Pete Hegseth is the right man at the right time. The evil and execrable John Podesta runs CAP. That John Podesta. He replaced John Kerry as the Climate Envoy....
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