In 1989, the economist John Williamson introduced the phrase “Washington Consensus” to the politico-economic lexicon. It was shorthand for a set of interrelated policies that, taken together, would free trade within states and between them while boosting overall...
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Mearsheimer Predicts a Grim Future for Eastern Europe
by Zachary Yost | Jul 11, 2023 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
The war in Ukraine has been going on for over a year and shows little signs of abating anytime soon. This is bad news for the people of Ukraine, who continue to suffer from Russian missile strikes and from their own government dragging men off the streets to send off...
North Korea Warns It May Shoot Down US Spy Planes
by Connor Freeman | Jul 10, 2023 | News
Pyongyang accused the US military of conducting provocative surveillance flights which infringe on its airspace and trespass in its exclusive economic zone on Monday. The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) admonished Washington that if such provocations...
Biden Says Assad Must Go
by Connor Freeman | Jul 6, 2023 | News
While on the campaign trail, President Joe Biden spoke with some "Syrian American activists" who favor increased sanctions on the country as well as regime change in Damascus, during a private fundraiser in Maryland last month. According to neoconservative columnist...
GOP Pushes Back on White House Effort to Renew Intel Agencies’ Spying Tool
by Connor Freeman | Jul 5, 2023 | News
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, particularly in the GOP, are pushing back against the renewal of a law authorizing a tool used by US spy agencies, in the post 9/11 era, to conduct warrantless surveillance on foreign targets and Americans with whom they may be interacting.
Mike Pence, Other Prominent Hawks Back Regime Change in Iran at MEK Rally
by Connor Freeman | Jul 3, 2023 | News
Former Vice President Mike Pence participated in a rally outside Paris led by the exiled Iranian terrorist cult, the Marxist-Islamist Mujahideen-e-Khalq headed by Maryam Rajavi, and their political front the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), over the weekend.
Celebrate Fourth of July by Cussing Politicians
by Jim Bovard | Jul 3, 2023 | Featured Articles, Politics
America was founded by rowdy folks who enjoyed nothing better than applying tar and feathers to British tax collectors. For a couple centuries, Independence Day was an occasion for raising a ruckus with firecrackers and plenty of other friendly detonations. But in...
TGIF: “America First” Need Not Be Antiwar
by Sheldon Richman | Jun 30, 2023 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Libertarianism, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
Today's Trump-inspired "America First" faction cannot be counted on to be consistently noninterventionist and antiwar. That it may lean that way because its chief rival faction is so enthusiastic about foreign adventurism is hardly a firm assurance that it will remain...
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Trump & the Neo-Cons – The Second Inauguration of Donald Trump: New Episode of the Kyle Anzalone Show
Kyle Anzalone breaks down the highlights (or lowlights) from Trump's inaugural address.
Red Sea Follies and a Navy in Disrepair
The beat-down goes on administered by the non-naval armories of the Houthis in Yemen. Geoff Ziezulewicz avers: Those SM-6 missiles are a cool four million dollars a pop. A rather chilly one third of a billion dollars in SM-6 expenditures alone. 320 million dollars....
Journalism in Action: Holding Blinken Accountable on Gaza! New Episode of the Kyle Anzalone Show
Journalism in Action: Holding Blinken Accountable on Gaza A powerful confrontation between journalists and Secretary Blinken reveals the urgent need for accountability in U.S. foreign policy, particularly regarding the situation in Gaza. The episode highlights how...
The Navy Adrift [Again]: Failure Cascades in the DDG(X)
Another incipient program doomed to failure, cost ballooning, massive incompetence and buyer's remorse. The program should be stopped immediately and every flag officer currently serving fired, the Department of the Navy SES structure gutted and cashiered and blow the...
Memo to DOGE: A Good Start
Memo to DOGE: Fire all 8,222 Federal Senior Executive Service (SES) employees. Rehire if needed as Limited Term appointments only as defined under 5 U.S.C. 3132 (a)(5): limited term appointee means an individual appointed under a nonrenewable appointment for a term of...
Will Mike Waltz’s Ukraine Strategy LEAD TO DISASTER? New Episode of the Kyle Anzalone Show
Ukraine’s Future on the Frontlines: Mike Waltz to Send Ukraine's Youth to Slaughterhouse Will Mike Waltz's Ukraine Strategy LEAD TO DISASTER? In this episode of The Kyle Anzalone Show, Kyle dives into the shocking remarks made by Congressman Mike Waltz, calling for...
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