Most Americans have a heart that yearns for a leaner, more efficient government, one that obeys the U.S. Constitution and practices fiscal honesty. For the last six decades, no figure has been more iconic and relentless in this pursuit than former Congressman Ron...
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Ukraine’s 1,000 Days of War
by Brad Pearce | Nov 20, 2024 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Tuesday, November 19 marked 1,000 days since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, though Ukraine’s civil war has been ongoing for over ten years. President-elect Donald Trump has a clear mandate to try and end the war, but with staffing picks like Marco Rubio as secretary of...
The Greatest Tariff Speech in Congressional History
by Jim Bovard | Nov 19, 2024 | Economics, Featured Articles, History
Donald Trump is bringing his idolatry of high tariffs back to the White House. Trump proclaims that “tariffs are the greatest!” and that “tariff” is “the most beautiful word in the dictionary.” Vast numbers of his Republican supporters will echo any dubious dogma that...
Free Speech: The Sine Qua Non of Democracy
by Laurie Calhoun | Nov 18, 2024 | Featured Articles, Politics
One of the strangest developments in the recent history of Western democratic states has been the heartfelt call by duly elected officials for government censorship of citizens’ speech. This trend has emerged simultaneously across various nations, including the United...
TGIF: Police-State Progressives
by Sheldon Richman | Nov 15, 2024 | Economics, Justice, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
Progressives see themselves as, well, progressive. But they aren't. Even at their best, in opposing the national security state, they support massive government power in other realms of life. At heart they are social engineers. They seek a "moral equivalent of war,"...
A Political Price is Being Paid for Being in the West
by Ted Snider | Nov 15, 2024 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
The concept of “the West” is a complex and difficult one. At times it excludes countries in the geographical west, like Cuba and Venezuela and sometimes Brazil. At times it includes countries not in the geographical west, like Japan and Australia. As Richard Sakwa has...
All Of Your War Propaganda Describes Israel
by John Weeks | Nov 14, 2024 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
On October 30, former President Bill Clinton gave a campaign speech for Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris in Muskegon Heights, Michigan. Speaking at the Christ Temple Apostolic Faith Church, Clinton attempted to persuade American Muslims in that crucial...
The (Predictable) Defeat of Moderate Reforms
by Joseph Solis-Mullen | Nov 14, 2024 | Featured Articles, Politics
In the 2024 general election, several states and cities across the country put forth initiatives aimed at adopting ranked-choice voting (RCV) and nonpartisan primaries. These measures were promoted as essential steps in reducing political polarization, creating more...
‘Waltzing’ Towards Disaster
by Daniel Larison | Nov 13, 2024 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
President-elect Donald Trump has named Rep. Mike Waltz of Florida as his incoming National Security Advisor, continuing his streak of choosing some of the most hardline men in the Republican Party to run his foreign policy. Waltz may not be as well-known as John...
Will Trump End Washington’s Proxy War in Ukraine?
by Ted Galen Carpenter | Nov 13, 2024 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Donald Trump’s re-election as president is fueling speculation that he will terminate U.S. financial and logistical support for Ukraine’s war effort against Russia. Trump himself contributed to that speculation during his June 28, 2024 debate with President Joe Biden...
Evidence is Shaky For Iran’s ‘Trump Assassination Plot’
by Ken Silva | Nov 12, 2024 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
The Justice Department announced on Friday that it uncovered more evidence of an Iranian plot to assassinate President-elect Donald Trump—but the evidence of such a plot is the word of a criminal in Iran, who told the FBI about the conspiracy over the phone. The DOJ’s...
Libertas Defiant
by Kym Robinson | Nov 12, 2024 | Featured Articles
Footage of a young Persian woman in a public space in just her underwear has circulated into a meme. Her name is Ahoo Daryaei, and she was defiantly protesting the recently imposed additions to the Iranian hijab laws. There is a dignity in her near nudity that...
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Blinken Declares Venezuelan Opposition Figure Winner of July Presidential Election
Secretary of State Antony Blinken declared on X that Edmundo González won the Venezuela presidential election several months ago. It is unclear if Washington’s position will make a difference as González lives outside Venezuela. On Tuesday, Blinken posted, “The...
Jake Sullivan Insists Ukraine Expand Conscription, Admits F-16s & Tanks Had Little Impact On War
In an interview with PBS News Hour, National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan called for Ukraine to step up its mobilization efforts as Kiev is facing a manpower shortage. President Joe Biden's top foreign policy adviser also admitted that advanced American weapons...
Kim Jong Un Calls for ‘Limitless’ Nuclear Build-Up in Response to ‘Asia NATO’
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un delivered a fiery speech where he stressed the importance of accelerating the country's nuclear weapons program in response to Western threats. In the address to the North Korean Army on Friday, Kim said, "The United States has...
News Roundup 11/18/2024
US News Pentagon Still Unable to Pass Audit The Institute Ukraine Ukrainian Advisory Group Report Says Kiev Could Develop Nukes Within Months X US Opens Provocative Missile Base in Poland The Institute Putin Tells German Leader That Ukraine Peace Deal Possible AWC...
Pentagon Still Unable to Pass Audit
The Department of Defense's inability to track its finances continues, as the Pentagon failed its seventh audit on Friday. The DoD has a massive budget of $820 billion and spent over $170 million on the failed audit. Since 2018, Congress has mandated the Pentagon to...
US Opens Provocative Missile Base in Poland
After nearly two decades, President George W. Bush’s plan to put the Aegis Ashore missile system in Poland was achieved this week. The system is capable of firing offensive missiles, and is viewed as a serious national security threat by Russia. The base is located...
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Mr Jarfart
Just think about this, whatever your child or your niece, nephew and some strangers kids are feeding their eyes with is likely attached to a clown or maybe a cynical conglomerate that knows social media and children fed algorithms will make them rich. Those little...
Free Trade Facts Don’t Matter to Democrats or Republicans
Both parties tend to ignore facts about the benefits of free trade because both parties oppose free trade.
The Government Had to Bankrupt Spirit Airlines to Save It
The US government is very good at destroying things on the pretense that its actions are required to save the things destroyed.
Paul Krugman: The Dollar Can’t Collapse! Unless…
The scenarios under which Krugman says the dollar could collapse are not hypothetical. They are already here.
Taking It for Granted
"Capitalism, says Marx, unthinkingly repeating the fables of the eulogists of the Middle Ages, has an inevitable tendency to impoverish the workers more and more. The truth is that capitalism has poured a horn of plenty upon the masses of wage earners who frequently...
Taliban is Still on the Western Dole
However, the Taliban is the group handing out NGO licenses in Afghanistan. If a Taliban sympathizer asks for an NGO license, they get it. So, many of these groups send money directly to the Taliban or to support the families of suicide bombers. Legend also said...