The New York Times has published a letter from former war crime prosecutor Benjamin Ferencz. Ferencz was a prosecutor at the Nuremberg war trials. His website is here. From his Bio. The U.S. had decided to prosecute a broad cross section of Nazi criminals once the...
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Institute for Justice Asks U.S. Supreme Court to Hold Government Officials Accountable For Destroying Idaho Home with Grenades
If you tell police they can go into your home, does that mean they can also legally stand outside and pepper it with shotgun-fired tear gas grenades—destroying everything inside? That is the question asked by a petition to the Supreme Court of the United States filed...
Joseph A. Schumpeter, Outsider Looking In
Seventy years ago, on January 8, 1950, one of the most famous economists of the 20th century passed away at the age of 66, Joseph A. Schumpeter. During and after his lifetime, he has been identified with two related ideas, the notion of the innovative entrepreneur and...
The Constitution, War Powers, Congress, and the American Military: A Study of Betrayal
Any conversation about American liberty should begin and end with the false notion that the United States Constitution was written for the purpose of protecting that liberty. The opposite of course is true. This was a document in the form of a contract written by...
US to Iraq: ‘Vote All You Want, We’re Not Leaving!’
President Trump’s decision earlier this month to assassinate Iran’s top military general on Iraqi soil – over the objection of the Iraqi government – has damaged the US relationship with its “ally” Iraq and set the region on the brink of war. Iran’s measured response...
The Unprofession of Arms in the US Military
Over the last few days, the United States and Iran came dangerously close to going to war. Thankfully, both sides backed down. The event which precipitated this latest crisis was the decision by the Trump Administration to unilaterally and illegally assassinate...
Trump Approval At 77%
In Israel. Not as popular everywhere else. from Mondoweiss: 36,000 respondents were surveyed across 33 countries. 64% of them indicated that they don’t trust Trump “to do the right thing regarding world affairs”, while just 29% said they have confidence in him. 54%...
Come Home, America: Stop Policing the Globe and Put an End to Wars-Without-End
“Let us resolve that never again will we send the precious young blood of this country to die trying to prop up a corrupt military dictatorship abroad. This is also the time to turn away from excessive preoccupation overseas to the rebuilding of our own nation....
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