https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eSORw1C7YE Patrick is joined by Ted Carpenter to discuss the history and future of US and China policy regarding Taiwan. Vital Dissent website LibertyWeekly.club Join my membership and newsletter site Vital Dissent Merch 10% off with...
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Why Fight For Formosa? ft. Joseph Solis-Mullen Ep. 254
by Patrick Macfarlane | May 23, 2023 | Vital Dissent
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQCVqlzXeVQ Patrick is joined by Joseph Solis-Mullen to discuss the state of US-China relations regarding Taiwan. Vital Dissent website LibertyWeekly.club Join my membership and newsletter site! Vital Dissent Merch 10% off with code...
4/14/23 Ted Galen Carpenter on the News Media’s Role in the American Empire
by Scott Horton | Apr 17, 2023 | The Scott Horton Show
Download Episode. Ted Galen Carpenter makes his first appearance on the show as a Senior Fellow at the Libertarian Institute. Scott and Carpenter discuss his most recent book about the news media’s long history of enabling Washington’s disastrous foreign policy....
COI #367: With the Iran Deal Dead, Israel Prepares for War
by Kyle Anzalone | Dec 29, 2022 | Conflicts of Interest
On COI #367, Kyle Anzalone and Connor Freeman recap the disastrous foreign policy developments of the year, focusing on escalations with Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea, as well as the catastrophic trajectory of the Pentagon’s so-called “Great Power Competition.”...
Why I Ended Liberty Weekly and Started Vital Dissent
by Patrick Macfarlane | Oct 17, 2022 | Blog
Since episode 234 was the last episode of Liberty Weekly. I thought it'd be fitting to sit down and work through exactly what that means. When I started the project in June 2016, I had no idea how long it would last or what it would turn into. The best thing about the...
Russia Slaps Travel Ban on 29 Americans, Including Harris, Stephanopoulos & Zuckerberg
by Kyle Anzalone and Will Porter | Apr 21, 2022 | News Roundup
The Russian Foreign Ministry announced a travel ban on 29 Americans, including Vice President Kamala Harris, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, ABC’s George Stephanopoulos and the presidents of several American arms companies.
Announcing the Institute’s New Managing Editor: Keith Knight
by Scott Horton | Mar 21, 2022 | Blog
As we kick off our Spring funddrive, I figure now is a good time to announce the promotion of our great colleague Keith Knight to managing editor of the Libertarian Institute. Keith is a hardcore libertarian and is as devoted to spreading the message of freedom as any...
Don’t Let the US Foreign Policy Elite Off the Hook
by Sheldon Richman | Feb 27, 2022 | Blog, Foreign Policy
It would be unwise in the extreme to let our horror at Putin's invasion of Ukraine to permit us to forget the many ways in which the U.S. foreign policy establishment for over 20 years set the stage for what's happing now.
1/13/22 Trita Parsi on the American Public’s Influence on US Foreign Policy
by Scott Horton | Jan 14, 2022 | The Scott Horton Show
Trita Parsi of the Quincy Institute recently wrote a piece in a German publication arguing that the noninterventionist sentiment of the Trump years was not an arbitration. So Scott brought him on to talk about it. They discuss Parsi’s expectations for the future of...
Salafis Throwing Bombs: How American and British Planners Partnered With Al-Qaeda Affiliated Groups At the Start of the Syrian Civil War
by William Van Wagenen | Dec 28, 2021 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Introduction In the mainstream view, al-Qaeda did not play a role in the Syria conflict until Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi dispatched his deputy, Abu Muhammad al-Jolani, to Syria in August 2011 to establish a wing of the group there, called...
COI #175: Is Antony Blinken Pushing Phony Diplomacy?
by Kyle Anzalone | Oct 14, 2021 | Conflicts of Interest
On COI #175, Kyle Anzalone breaks down Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s meetings with the Israeli and Emirati foreign ministers. In the meeting, Blinken and Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid threatened Iran. Tehran has signaled that it is willing to return to...
Antiwar vs Neocon: Conflicts of Interest Scott Horton – Bill Kristol Debate Breakdown
by Kyle Anzalone | Oct 4, 2021 | Conflicts of Interest
Kyle Anzalone, Connor Freeman, Patrick MacFarlane, and Joanne Leon give their takes on the Soho Forum debate featuring Bill Kristol and Scott Horton discuss US foreign policy. The panel breaks down the arguments and questions asked to the debaters. The result of the...
4/16/21 Ray McGovern: Biden and Blinken Blink on Ukraine
by Scott Horton | Apr 18, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott interviews Ray McGovern about America's perilous foreign policy stance in Eastern Europe. Over the last few years, the U.S. has increasingly thrown its support behind Ukraine—and specifically the pro-Western, anti-Russian forces in that country. This policy has...
COI#96 – Active Duty Soldier Finds Liberty, Decides to Leave Military
by Kyle Anzalone | Apr 14, 2021 | Conflicts of Interest
On COI #96, Kyle and Will are joined by Jose Galison, an active duty Air Force mechanic who decided to leave the military after 11 years enlisted. Jose talks about joining the Air Force, his journey into libertarianism and antiwar circles and why he became...
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A Response to My Memorial Day Critics
My article against Memorial Day drew a lot of ire and attention. This should not have been surprising; I was making a controversial statement. What did surprise me, however, was that many critics were self-described libertarians or former libertarians. There were many...
Ignoring Political Gossip & Sticking to Principle
https://youtu.be/ZwWHjYVY4tg In the private sector, firms must attract voluntary customers or they fail; and if they fail, investors lose their money, and managers and employees lose their jobs. The possibility of failure, therefore, is a powerful incentive to find...
The Myth of “Hyper-Rugged-Isolationist-Individualism”
Myth #1: Libertarians believe that each individual is an isolated, hermetically sealed atom, acting in a vacuum without influencing each other. This is a common charge, but a highly puzzling one. In a lifetime of reading libertarian and classical-liberal...
The Lesson From Germany and Korea
Institutions are, of course, in some sense the products of culture. But, because they formalize a set of norms, institutions are often the things that keep a culture honest, determining how far it is conducive to good behaviour rather than bad. To illustrate the...
Occupational Licensing Increases Prices and Deprives People of Options
When you shop online, vendors usually give you a bunch of different ways to sort your options. Take Amazon: One popular sorting option – especially for customers with low income – is “Price: Low to High.” You’ve probably used it yourself many times. This...
Free Book: An Anarchist Critique of the COVID Mandates
I’ve had the opportunity to write a short book offering what is essentially an anarchist critique of COVID mandates. This includes the accusation that states did most of the killing rather than the virus. The 123-page book, Measuring the Mandates: Questioning the...
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