in USA Today: If sailing our fleet into the Persian Gulf was stupid, keeping them there is positively idiotic. Just because we are a superpower does not mean that we must perpetuate our mistakes. Jumping into the middle of the Iran-Iraqi war is just one more example...
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How Privatizing the Roads Would Help Stop Police Brutality
Advocates of a free society so frequently field the objection “Who will build the roads?” or some variation thereof that it’s become a meme. Much effort has been put into answering this question, including books on the privatization of roads and highways. What has...
8/21/20 Jordan Smith on the Pseudoscience Putting Americans Behind Bars
Jordan Smith discusses her research into the "BlueLeaks" archive of the leaked personal data of hundreds of thousands of cops and their cases. Smith was looking for evidence of unscientific techniques that the police use to elicit confessions and get convictions—and...
Cop Who Kneed a Subdued Suspect in the Eye ’20 to 30 Times’ Gets Qualified Immunity
Billy Binion in Reason.
The Crybaby Olympics
The nonsensical whining described in this article about the anti-racist white progressive women attempting to run the NYC school system wins. Hands down. Congratulations on being the most laughable and unserious ridiculous people on the planet. Rightwingers and...
Asking People To Be Educated Is A Lost Cause
Whenever there’s a crime in which multiple people are murdered by an assailant with a handgun or rifle people get excited. If you’ve never noticed go back and read their post-tragedy Tweets. It's their time to talk about “gun control.” Guns are a subject that very few...
Lockheed Could Be the Big Winner in the Israel-UAE Agreement
Will Porter returns to FPF to discuss how Lockheed could cash in on the recent deal between Israel and the UAE. Trump administration officials have suggested that after the two countries normalize relations, the US could allow the UAE to buy F-35 fighter jets. While...
News Roundup 8/21/20
US News Steve Bannon has been arrested for defrauding donors to the “We Build the Wall” fundraiser. [Link] The US will use funds frozen by sanctions on Venezuela to fund the regime change effort against Maduro. [Link] UN Trump says the US will push for snapback...
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