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12/10/19 Davis, Hoh and Sjursen Reflect on the War in Afghanistan

by Scott Horton | Dec 11, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show

Daniel Davis, Matthew Hoh, and Danny Sjursen reflect on America's war in Afghanistan in light of the Washington Post's publishing of a trove of formerly confidential documents on the war. The report, which is being hailed as this generations Pentagon Papers, details...

US No Longer Considers Yemen’s Houthis an Iranian Proxy

by Jason Ditz | Dec 11, 2019 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy

Accusing long served as war justification for US, Saudis The Trump Administration has announced a policy change that looks like it could be a major turning point in US policy toward Yemen, announcing that they no longer consider the Shi’ite Houthi movement in Yemen to...

Betraying the Constitution

by John Whitehead | Dec 11, 2019 | Featured Articles, Justice, Libertarianism

“It is the responsibility of the patriot to protect his country from its government.”—Thomas Paine While Congress subjects the nation to its impeachment-flavored brand of bread-and-circus politics, our civil liberties continue to die a slow, painful death by a...

News Roundup 12/11/19

by Kyle Anzalone | Dec 11, 2019 | News Roundup

US News As Chicago and New York police officers cut back on proactive policing, the crime rate fell. [Link] The number of substantiated claims of sexual and personal misconduct in the Army increased over the past year. [Link] At a private fundraising dinner in...

All Roads Lead to the Intelligence Community guest Joanne Leon

by Kyle Anzalone | Dec 11, 2019 | Conflicts of Interest

On this Foreign Policy Focus and Around the Empire swap cast, Kyle and Joanne discuss the Democrats' efforts to impeach Trump over Russiagate. Statements by Nancy Pelosi and witnesses in the impeachment hearings show the blob's real aim to prevent Trump from adopting...

12/9/19 Eli Clifton on the Billionaire ‘Megadonors’ Controlling the GOP

by Scott Horton | Dec 10, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show

Scott talks to Eli Clifton about the billionaire "megadonors" who control the Republican party. Although Trump started his campaign touting his status as an independent billionaire who couldn't be bought, Clifton explains how even if that's true, someone needs to fund...

Saudi Gunman Tweeted Why He Attacked Pensacola

by Jason Ditz | Dec 10, 2019 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Politics

The Trump Administration is bound and determined not to draw any conclusions about Saudi Air Force gunman Mohammed Alshamrani, who killed three people on Friday in Pensacola. There seems to be a palpable fear that anything terror-related would make the Saudis look...

News Roundup 12/10/19

by Kyle Anzalone | Dec 10, 2019 | News Roundup

US News Rep. Duncan Hunter says he will resign after the holidays. [Link] US immigration has separated 1,100 children from their parents since the summer of 2018 when a judge ordered the Trump admin to stop separating children from parents. [Link] The FBI IG releases...

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Laci Green is Wrong: Democratic Competition vs. Free Market Competition

In environments where there's a lot of competition, people tend to lie out their ass and you can apply this to any competitive situation. Take capitalism. As industrialization took full effect, the Federal Government had to interfere because there was so much false...

Empower the Workers: Decriminalize Economic Activity Between Consenting Adults

The most reliable and effective protection for most workers is provided by the existence of many employers. As we have seen, a person who has only one possible employer has little or no protection. The employers who protect a worker are those who would like to hire...

Chris Rock’s New Special Exposes His Political Ignorance

A common claim among Democrats is that, "It's not that people don't want to be educated, they just haven't been given the opportunity, thus government spending on education needs to increase." If there were ever a group of people capable of "educating" themselves it...

War and Delusion: A Critical Examination

In this episode of the Protestant Libertarian Podcast, Alex Bernardo sits down once again with Laurie Calhoun. Laurie is a philosopher, a cultural critic and an author. She is a senior fellow at the Libertarian Institute, where she regularly writes articles analyzing...

Crime and Poverty

“The theory that crime is caused by poverty is not supported by the known facts. The very poor, in fact, tend to be just as law-abiding as the rich, and perhaps more so. To argue otherwise is to libel multitudes of people who keep to decency under severe difficulties,...

Don’t Be Silent

We should reject the fashionable idea that one should never write or post anything that possibly could be used by bad people for bad purposes. That admonition brings two things to mind. First, it fails its own test. If good people avoid a topic because even...