Marketing is essentially the art of persuading people to buy what they would not have bought, left to their own devices. This is achieved through manipulating either desires or perceptions of need. People who do not watch television are exposed to much less...
War on Terror
From GITMO to the ‘Killing Machine’
by Laurie Calhoun | Jan 18, 2022 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Twenty years ago, on January 11, 2002, the prison at Guantánamo Bay (GITMO) admitted its first round of post-9/11 terrorist suspects. Two recent films, The Mauritanian (2021) and The Forever Prisoner (2021), chart parts of the ugly history of the facility, during...
TGIF: National or Enlightenment Liberal Identity?
by Sheldon Richman | Jan 7, 2022 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Justice, Libertarianism, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
I find much to admire about Ayaan Hirsi Ali, the Somali-born Dutch-American scholar, author, and one-time politician who has drawn international attention to the violence against women and girls not only in Muslim-majority countries but also in the West at the hands...
Enough Already: Time to End the War on Terrorism, The Audiobook is Out Now!
by Scott Horton | Dec 21, 2021 | Blog
You-all better like it.
News Roundup 12/16/2021
by Kyle Anzalone | Dec 16, 2021 | News Roundup
US News Kevin Clinesmith was reinstated to the bar after he pled guilty to removing information from a FISA court application to get a warrant to spy on the Trump campaign. [Link] Biden signs an executive order that instructs the federal government to target more drug...
The Costs of War on Your Wallet
by Michael Maharrey | Dec 16, 2021 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
James Madison warned us about the costs of war. War comes with an extremely high price tag. According to the Cost of War Project by the Watson Institute at Brown University, the U.S. spent $2.26 trillion on the war in Afghanistan alone. That comes to over $300 million...
An Oppressive Cycle: How Police Militarization and Police Violence Reinforce Each Other
by Michael Maharrey | Dec 8, 2021 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
The militarization of state and local police through federal government programs changed the character of policing in the United States. It has turned “protect and serve” into “command and control.” Instead of serving the community as “peace officers,” many state and...
The Gaslighting Government
by Laurie Calhoun | Dec 6, 2021 | Featured Articles
The film Gaslight (1944), directed by George Cukor and starring Ingrid Bergman and Charles Boyer, relays the story of a con artist, Sergis Bauer, who under the assumed name of Gregory Anton seduces and marries a young woman, Paula Alquist. The smitten bride has no...
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Israeli Govt. Thugs Attack Associated Press
Israel is not a Western democracy. It's a typical oriental despotism that does not share our values. Supporting them is against America's national interests.
This Is the State
The Conscientious Objector As Hero
The Medal of Honor is the highest award for valor granted in the US armed forces. Out of the 41 million who have served in the U.S. military, the Medal has been presented to only 3,517 service members (618 awarded posthumously) who went above and beyond the call of...
The Pentagon Follies Continue
The most expensive paper tiger in Earth's history. The F35 continues to bleed out the treasury for no return. The House Armed Services Committee draft version of the bill, released today, also includes $33.8 billion in defense spending at other federal agencies such...
ICC Prosecutor Seeks Arrest Warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
ICC Prosecutor Karim A.A. Khan is seeking arrest warrants against two Israeli leaders, including Netanyahu, and three Hamas officials.
The heroic Robert Fisk would be rolling in his grave!
The West, Inc prides itself on the rhetoric of individual rights. We know this not to be true, collectivism reigns supreme! War and foreign policy, the collectivists delight, where racism and every -ism is validated and enforced. You see, Palestinians right now are...
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