In the video "How Capitalism Makes You Less Free," self-described Marxist Grace Blakeley, author of Vulture Capitalism: Corporate Crimes, Backdoor Bailouts and the Death of Freedom, boldly asserts that all societies must have some kind of economic planning. That's...
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The Continuing Farce of the U.S. Tariff War
by Joseph Solis-Mullen | May 16, 2024 | Economics, Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
In recent years, American politics has been mired in a narrative of fear and suspicion surrounding China—a narrative perpetuated by successive administrations, defined by nothing so much as speculation and hysteria, and which has fueled the production of a plethora of...
Inheriting Wealth is Good for You (And Society)
by Brad Pearce | May 15, 2024 | Economics, Featured Articles
It seems as if hardly a week goes by that we don’t hear about some celebrity or industrialist saying that he doesn’t intend to leave his fortune to his children. There is a widespread belief in the Anglophone world that inheriting money will make children lazy and...
Palestinian and Israeli Civilians Have a Mutual Interest in Peace
by Lora Karch Dulgarian | May 15, 2024 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Palestinian and Israeli civilians are uniquely brought together in their disdain and disagreement with the strategies executed in this unwanted war. The destruction caused by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the terrorist organization Hamas have each...
Conflicts of Interest, Fearmongering, and Data Control Under the Guise of National Security
by Joseph Solis-Mullen | May 14, 2024 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Politics
In a recent article in The Washington Post, their spotlight falls on a group of tech billionaires, former government officials, and industry advisers who have orchestrated a campaign against TikTok, culminating in calls for its ban or forced sale. This concerted...
George Washington Warned Against A ‘Passionate Attachment’ To Israel
by Stark Realities with Brian McGlinchey | May 14, 2024 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
As war rages in Gaza, the intensifying debate over the U.S.-Israel relationship spotlights a glaring political paradox: Those Americans who view George Washington with deepest reverence—that is, would-be “conservatives”—are often the ones who most zealously violate...
Psychiatry is Vexing Americans and Subverting Freedom
by Jim Bovard | May 13, 2024 | Featured Articles
Psychiatry is ruining more lives than ever before. The New York Times recently showcased psychiatric “prevalence inflation”—a vast increase in reported mental illness among teenagers because they are encouraged to view normal symptoms as grave maladies requiring...
How Will Australia Respond to Its Series of Stabbings?
by Kym Robinson | May 13, 2024 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
A person's right to defend themself is sacred. It is only through the arbitrary magic of government that we create a set of standards that determine what a person is allowed to do in the moments of frightful violence. In Australia, for example, government arbitration...
TGIF: What Is Self-Determination?
by Sheldon Richman | May 10, 2024 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, History, Justice, Libertarianism, Politics, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
People go on quite a bit about self-determination these days. Some decry the denial of self-determination to "the Palestinians." Others insist that only "the Jewish people" can have the right to self-determination between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea....
The Imperial Lamb: America, Israel, and Ritual Substitution
by John Weeks | May 9, 2024 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
“And for you, here are these ritual substitutes…And may they die, but I will not die.”- Keilschrifturkunden aus Boghazköi XXIV 5 I 15-16 The relationship between the United States Imperial Government (USIG) and the state of Israel is what the kids call “wtf!?” The...
The Abraham Accords Further Complicated America’s Place in the Middle East
by Aaron Sobczak | May 9, 2024 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Israel has had mostly agreeable relations with the Sunni Arab states for some time now, as they and the United States all fear an empowered Iran. Iran certainly has the capacity to be the region’s most powerful state. While it's currently sidelined on the world stage,...
Biden Said Putin Killed Navalny; He Didn’t
by Ted Snider | May 8, 2024 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
There are plenty of very real things to criticize Russian President Vladimir Putin for, not least of which is invading Ukraine. But lying (in this instance) may not be one of them. Putin lied when he said Russia was not going to invade Ukraine. But, wrong though the...
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Human Rights Researchers Conclude Israel Committing Genocide
A group of researchers at top universities concluded Israel was committing a genocide of the Palestinians in Gaza. Since October 7, Israeli forces have destroyed most of the homes in Gaza, leaving five percent of the population dead or injured. The University Network...
Military Whistleblower McBride Sentenced to Nearly Six Years in Prison
Australia’s David McBride, the 60-year old ex-military lawyer turned Afghanistan War whistleblower, was sentenced to almost six years in prison by a federal judge in Canberra on Tuesday, Consortium News (CN) reports. Although McBride argues he was fulfilling his...
Congressional Committee Targets Pro-Palestinian Groups with Investigation
A House committee announced it was launching an investigation into 20 groups it claims are behind the campus protests against US support for Israel’s war in Gaza. In a letter to the Treasury Department, the members of Congress requested documents on the organizations...
Democrats Fracture Over Republican Bill Forcing Weapon Shipment to Israel
Democrats in Congress are breaking with President Joe Biden and preparing to support a Republican bill that will force the White House to ship 2,000-pound bombs to Israel. Biden has threatened to veto the legislation. Last week, for the first time since October 7,...
Biden Signs Bill Banning Russian Uranium, Gives Billions for American Production
President Joe Biden signed a bill into law that bans Russian uranium imports and provides nearly $3 billion in handouts to boost domestic production. The bill provides an exemption to allow US companies to import Russian uranium if they have no other options. On...
Sweden Is Open to Hosting NATO Nuclear Weapons
The Swedish prime minister said his country would be willing to host nuclear weapons during a war. The North Atlantic Alliance has a nuclear sharing program that has US nuclear weapons deployed in five countries. The Polish leader recently said he hopes Warsaw can one...
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Germany deports 7 Ukrainian soldiers
for wearing Nazi symbols
Palestinian Converts to Judaism, Israelis Murder Him Anyway
It's no surprise. The entire nation is based on the idea of coveting and stealing other people's property, so they often have to also murder people too. Like it says in the Good Book.
Product of a Spectacle, ramblings from a has been fighter
The barn stank of manure and diesel, men stirred in their waiting, the few women present clung to their man. I was nineteen, I had sparred, been in scraps and ‘challenged’ martial artists to matches inspired by the Gracies, except I didn’t have the money to call it a...
Ari Shaffir Debunks Contemporary Anti-Semitism Hoax
"It's another Holocaust. Sure, sure sure." https://youtube.com/watch?v=dJcUoQ5xmqU
Conflict in the 21st Century: A Dark and Robotic Future
I am delivering a talk at a professional organization in June 2024 on the 2020 Armenian-Azerbaijan conflict to illustrate the Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA) of a future conflict that is dark and robotic. For those paying attention, the harnessing of sensors to...
Nearly 2,000 Children Killed in Ukraine, Over 15,000 in Gaza
Guess which one has been described by US government officials as a “genocide”.