It is easy to oppose Israel's massacre in the Gaza Strip. Just watch a few horrifying videos. What is not easy is understanding the price system, its prerequisites -- private property and free exchange -- and its benefits for mankind, including civil peace.
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Palestinian and Israeli Civilians Have a Mutual Interest in Peace
Palestinian and Israeli civilians are uniquely brought together in their disdain and disagreement with the strategies executed in this unwanted war. The destruction caused by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the terrorist organization Hamas have each...
The Abraham Accords Further Complicated America’s Place in the Middle East
Israel has had mostly agreeable relations with the Sunni Arab states for some time now, as they and the United States all fear an empowered Iran. Iran certainly has the capacity to be the region’s most powerful state. While it's currently sidelined on the world stage,...
Conserving the New Deal?
Jeffery Tyler Syck, assistant professor of political science at the University of Pikeville, is the latest conservative to urge the right to abandon—or at least modify—its commitment to free markets and constitutionally-limited government. In an article for The...
News Roundup 4/29/2024
Ukraine Ukraine Sidelines Abrams Tanks After Russian Drone Attacks – AP The Institute Pentagon Unveils $6 Billion Arms Package for Ukraine AWC Poland, Lithuania Say They Can Help Return Military-Age Men to Ukraine AWC Ukrainians Say $61 Billion Aid Package Will...
Senator Bob Graham, 9/11, and the Mirage of American Democracy
Former Senator Bob Graham passed away on April 16 at the age of 87. Graham had been one of the most outspoken opponents of the Iraq War, but his brightest legacy was his perennial fight against the George W. Bush administration’s cover-up of the 9/11 attacks. Graham...
World War III Isn’t Preordained (No Matter What They Say)
A recent survey from YouGov found that 61% of Americans think a world war within the next five to ten years is “very likely” or “somewhat likely,” while only 21% say that such a scenario is “not very likely” or “not likely at all.” It’s notable that Democrats, who are...
The Growing Fissures in NATO Unity
Despite the damage done in Ukraine and NATO’s now apparent inability to support Ukraine’s defense against Russia strongly enough, one item in the western win column is the claim that NATO is more unified following the damage done by Donald Trump. Even aside from NATO...
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