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News Roundup 2/17/20
by Kyle Anzalone | Feb 17, 2020 | News Roundup
US News Native American burial sites are being destroyed to build Trump’s wall. [Link] The DOJ is investigating John Brennan’s role in Russiagate. [Link] The US and China drove a global increase in military spending in 2019. [Link] The US is renewing pressure on China...
My Convict Road Gang Summer
by Jim Bovard | Feb 17, 2020 | Featured Articles
I may have been a rube, but I knew enough not to startle the gargantuan glowering prison guard with that double-barreled shotgun propped on his beer belly. As a sixteen-year-old toiling in the hot sun in 1973 alongside convicts on a road gang, I understood that the...
News Roundup 2/14/20
by Kyle Anzalone | Feb 14, 2020 | News Roundup
US News Space Force General Jay Raymond is currently the only soldier in the new branch. Over the next year, 6,000 members of the Air Force will transfer to the Space Force. In 2021, 100 members of the Army will transfer. The Space Force currently has 16,000 people...
Senate Passes Iran War Powers Resolution
by Jason Ditz | Feb 13, 2020 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
In a vote of 55-45, the Senate passed the Iran War Powers Resolution on Thursday afternoon, setting out opposition to any unauthorized war with Iran, and instructing the president not to deploy troops for such a war. Voting was heavily along party lines, with...
Foreign Aid Just Empowers Corrupt Regimes. End It.
by José Niño | Feb 13, 2020 | Economics, Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
The Senate’s vote to acquit Donald Trump on both articles of impeachment this month brought a much-needed end to the tiring impeachment saga America has been subject to in the last few months. The impeachment controversy arose when President Donald Trump initially...
Small Countries Are Better: They’re Often Richer and Safer Than Big Countries
by Ryan McMaken | Feb 13, 2020 | Featured Articles, Libertarianism
In the wake of the Brexit vote, Scottish nationalists have renewed their calls for a new referendum on Scottish independence. But many remain unconvinced, and many claim Scotland is "too small" to be an independent country. Others claim that Scotland is too poor,...
News Roundup 2/13/20
by Kyle Anzalone | Feb 13, 2020 | News Roundup
US News The Washington Post reveals formerly classified CIA/NSA documents showing how the agencies used a covertly controlled a cryptography company to spy on over 100 countries for decades. [Link] Abby Martin is suing the state of Georgia for violating her right to...
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Developing a State and Local Strategy to Address Rendition and Torture
Testimony offered before the N.C. Commission of Inquiry on Torture (NCCIT) earlier this month revealed the culpability of state and local officials in a program of extraordinary rendition and torture. Knowing how states helped facilitate torture opens the door to take...
News Roundup 12/28/17
Scott Ritter exposes Nikki Haley's lies about Iran supplying Houthi with weapons. [Link] Ben Shapiro says its time to defund the UN. [Link] The US announced it would reduce its contribution to the UN by $285 million in 2018. [Link] Thomas Harrington explains how the...
Incompetence Can Be a Virtue
When it comes to government. This piece from The Hill explains that President Trump managed to deport 26% fewer people back to Mexico this year than President Obama did in 2016. Needless to say, this probably isn't due to a lack of trying on Trump's part. So, all else...
Can A Libertarian Society Provide National Defense?
A recent Tom Woods podcast featured a debate about whether the free market can provide for national defense. Arguing that libertarian society can offer defense "services", Bob Murphy relies on the idea of insurance paying the costs of defense. Arguing that a monopoly...
News Roundup 12/27/17
Will Grigg on the Christmas truce in 1914. [Link] A 14-year-old girl had been charged with child pornography for sending a nude photo of herself. [Link] James Bovard outlines waste and abuse at DHS. [Link] The FDA food recall process takes up to 10 months for the...
Jan 3: Renegade University: Afghanistan: America's Longest War
I'll be teaching a webinar at Renegade University on the history of the war in Afghanistan. It's called "Afghanistan: America's Longest War." I'll give a presentation, based on all the research I did for my book, Fool's Errand: Time to End the War in Afghanistan, and...
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