Before the first day of Donald Trump’s second term in office, he already had more diplomatic achievements than Joe Biden did on the last day of his. The entrance of the Trump team into the negotiations was the difference in Gaza. Biden opened his administration with...
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My Best Biden Bashes
by Jim Bovard | Jan 21, 2025 | Featured Articles, Politics
Joe Biden’s presidency ended yesterday. Would it be ungracious to whack him as he was exiting the White House? Nah—Biden has been vilifying libertarians and anyone who didn’t kowtow to his commands for too many years. Plus, he is working on a memoir, so he is fair...
A Libertarian-Left Alliance…On Economics?
by Thomas Eddlem | Jan 20, 2025 | Economics, Featured Articles, Politics
It sounds silly; a libertarian-left alliance on economics? It's almost like the wolf and the sheep allying on what’s for dinner. But hear me out. There’s a global political realignment in the works, and it’s clearly based on stopping the military-industrial complex,...
With Trump, Washington’s ‘Democratic’ Facade Comes Down
by Ted Galen Carpenter | Jan 20, 2025 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Donald Trump’s political adversaries have long contended that he is a danger to democracy both at home and abroad. The alleged threat that he poses domestically is symbolized by the riot his supporters waged at the Capitol on January 6, 2021. Opponents denounce...
TGIF: The H-1B Controversy
by Sheldon Richman | Jan 17, 2025 | Economics, Featured Articles, Justice, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
Does anyone still believe that the market process should set prices, including wages? Apparently not. Take the controversy surrounding the H-1B visa, the program that "permits" employers to hire highly educated and skilled foreign workers, such as hi-tech personnel....
The Fountainhead of the Psychedelic Renaissance
by Roman Gelperin | Jan 16, 2025 | Featured Articles
One of the biggest social and cultural movements currently sweeping the civilized world is what’s being called the “Psychedelic Renaissance.” That is the name for today’s wildfire-like reemergence, in mainstream culture, science, and medicine, of psychedelic drugs...
Joe Biden’s Legacy: Waging Proxy Wars, Spreading Terrorism and Killing Diplomacy
by Kyle Anzalone | Jan 16, 2025 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
As the sun sets on Joe Biden's presidency, the commander-in-chief and his top staffers are using their final moments in power to convince the American people that we live in a safer and more stable world. “The United States is winning the worldwide competition...
Privatization (When It’s Not)
by Owen Ashworth | Jan 15, 2025 | Economics, Featured Articles
For the first time in Royal Mail’s long history, stretching back to the 1500s, its owner will be based overseas. Daniel Kretinsky, a Czech billionaire, has acquired ownership over Royal Mail after a £3.6bn takeover. Royal Mail has been performing badly for years now...
The Houthis Are Challenging Washington’s Zones of Imperial Domination
by John Weeks | Jan 15, 2025 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Washington DC is an imperial city. It masks as Athenian democracy housed within Roman republicanism and underpinned by Judeo-Christian values. But behind the mask is a cold monster: the “interagency.” And the monster is committed to global domination. The imperial...
Tulsi Gabbard, For Better or For Worse
by James Rushmore | Jan 14, 2025 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Politics
When President-elect Donald Trump first nominated former Democratic Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii to serve as director of national intelligence (DNI) in his second administration, many critics of current U.S. foreign policy saw the selection as a step in the...
The Illusion of Wartime Prosperity
by Joseph Solis-Mullen | Jan 14, 2025 | Economics, Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
That war is of benefit to the business of voluntary exchange to mutual benefit is, as one of the last British bearers of the classical liberal flame, Norman Angell, remarked in 1909, the great illusion. Certainly there were some industries that gained, such as the...
The Medicare Casino
by Thomas Eddlem | Jan 13, 2025 | Economics, Featured Articles
Is Medicare a good program, financially speaking, for ordinary working people? Medicare Part A (the part that’s funded by payroll taxes) spent $394.6 billion in 2024 for the approximately sixty million of the over 65-years-of-age Americans on Medicare Part A (about...
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Putin Congratulates Trump, Says Moscow Is Ready for Talks
Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Donald Trump as he was inaugurated and offered to engage with the new president of Ukraine. Washington is Kiev's primary backer and will have to be involved in the talks to end the Ukraine war. "We congratulate the US...
Graham Calls on Trump to Take Out Iran Nuclear Facilities
Ultra-hawkish Senator Lindsey Graham said incoming President Donald Trump should take out Iran’s nuclear facilities once he returns to power. Iran does not have a nuclear weapons program, but the South Carolina Republican said Trump should take advantage of Iran’s...
TikTok Briefly Shuts Down, Restored After Trump Pledge
The popular video-sharing app TikTok was shut down in the US on Sunday briefly before it was reactivated after President-elect Doland Trump intervened. TikTok became unavailable to Americans after a law banning the app came into effect. Starting Saturday night,...
Israeli Government Approves Hostage/Ceasefire Deal, To Take Effect Sunday
Netanyahu told his Security Cabinet he will not allow the agreement to end the fighting in Gaza. The Israeli Security Cabinet and the Prime Minister’s full cabinet voted in favor of a hostage deal and ceasefire in Gaza. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...
US Made Significant Investment Into Ukraine’s Drone Program
US officials said Washington sent Kiev billions of dollars for the arms program that began in 2022 The Biden administration declassified documents, and officials spoke with reporters about Washington’s clandestine support for Ukraine’s domestic drone manufacturing...
SCOTUS Rejects Challenge to Looming TikTok Ban
The Biden administration is taking last minute steps to try to prevent the popular app’s ban in the US The Supreme Court of the United States ruled unanimously that banning TikTok does not violate the First Amendment. The popular app could face a ban in the US as...
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Trump & the Neo-Cons – The Second Inauguration of Donald Trump: New Episode of the Kyle Anzalone Show
Kyle Anzalone breaks down the highlights (or lowlights) from Trump's inaugural address.
Red Sea Follies and a Navy in Disrepair
The beat-down goes on administered by the non-naval armories of the Houthis in Yemen. Geoff Ziezulewicz avers: Those SM-6 missiles are a cool four million dollars a pop. A rather chilly one third of a billion dollars in SM-6 expenditures alone. 320 million dollars....
Journalism in Action: Holding Blinken Accountable on Gaza! New Episode of the Kyle Anzalone Show
Journalism in Action: Holding Blinken Accountable on Gaza A powerful confrontation between journalists and Secretary Blinken reveals the urgent need for accountability in U.S. foreign policy, particularly regarding the situation in Gaza. The episode highlights how...
The Navy Adrift [Again]: Failure Cascades in the DDG(X)
Another incipient program doomed to failure, cost ballooning, massive incompetence and buyer's remorse. The program should be stopped immediately and every flag officer currently serving fired, the Department of the Navy SES structure gutted and cashiered and blow the...
Memo to DOGE: A Good Start
Memo to DOGE: Fire all 8,222 Federal Senior Executive Service (SES) employees. Rehire if needed as Limited Term appointments only as defined under 5 U.S.C. 3132 (a)(5): limited term appointee means an individual appointed under a nonrenewable appointment for a term of...
Will Mike Waltz’s Ukraine Strategy LEAD TO DISASTER? New Episode of the Kyle Anzalone Show
Ukraine’s Future on the Frontlines: Mike Waltz to Send Ukraine's Youth to Slaughterhouse Will Mike Waltz's Ukraine Strategy LEAD TO DISASTER? In this episode of The Kyle Anzalone Show, Kyle dives into the shocking remarks made by Congressman Mike Waltz, calling for...