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- TGIF: What Is Self-Determination?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. Israel passed a law declaring that principle in 2018. Unfortunately, I see too little thought […]
- The Imperial Lamb: America, Israel, and Ritual Substitution“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 dean of the Realist School of foreign policy, John Mearsheimer, put […]
- The Abraham Accords Further Complicated America’s Place in the Middle East 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, it used to have extremely favorable relations with the […]
- Biden Said Putin Killed Navalny; He Didn’tThere 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 invasion may have been, it is not […]
- Conserving the New Deal?Jeffery Tyler Syck, assistant professor of political science at the University of Pikeville, is the latest conservative to urge the right to abandon—or at least modify—its commitment to free markets and constitutionally-limited government. In an article for The American Conservative, “Conserving the New Deal,” Syck calls on conservatives to recognize that Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal […]
- Politics is a Game, and the Players Want to WinThe recent massive “foreign aid” bill which gave over $60 billion to Ukraine was a key victory for what we call the “Uniparty.” However, this was not just a cash transfer; more accurately, quite a lot of the money went as spoils to the American military contractors who supply Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan. Joe Biden […]
- The Great Ukraine Robbery is Not Over YetThe ink was barely dry on President [Joe] Biden’s signature transferring another $61 billion to the black hole called Ukraine, when the mainstream media broke the news that this was not the parting shot in a failed U.S. policy. The elites have no intention of shutting down this gravy train, which transports wealth from the […]
- How Israel Supported Hamas Against the PLOSince the Hamas-led attacks in Israel on October 7, 2023, Israel has been executing a devastating assault on the civilian population of the Gaza Strip, blocking humanitarian aid, internally displacing 75% of Gaza’s population, systematically destroying civilian infrastructure, and otherwise bombing indiscriminately. To date, over 34,000 Palestinians have been killed, including over 9,500 women and […]
- The Weekend at Bernie’s ElectionIt’s time for the most important election again, a rematch. The American voter will decide who will sit at the head of the world’s biggest government. A pick between two old men, each of whom have had four years as president. Donald Trump, AKA “Orange Man,” has his fans, trolls, and “reformed” neocons clamor to […]
- TGIF: Another Bogus Antisemitism ScareI’ve been watching and thinking about the nationwide campus antiwar demonstrations in support of the suffering Palestinians of Gaza, and the appalling reaction to and “coverage” of those events. Something important needs to be addressed. I won’t be concerned here with the violence committed by anyone, including the police, or by lesser misconduct, such as […]
- We’ve Always Known Standing Armies Are a Threat to LibertyThomas Gordon’s A Discourse of Standing Armies; shewing the Folly, Uselessness, and Danger of Standing Armies in Great Britain, published in 1722, is a significant piece of literature in the canon of classical liberalism, critiquing the presence and role of standing armies in the governance of states. Gordon’s discourse delves into the historical context of […]
- Britain’s ID Card Proponents Expose Their Own NaivetyDavid Blunkett, the former United Kingdom Home Secretary, appeared on the Politics Live show this week and argued obstinately for the introduction of ID cards, saying “My guess is we will get ID cards under a Labour government.” This is quite concerning since the next government is probably going to be Labour, who are currently […]
- Troops on the Ground: Biden’s Plan for UkraineDespite billions of dollars of military aid, equipment maintenance, training, intelligence, and planning from the United States and its partners in the political West, the war in Ukraine is going very badly. The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Oleksandr Syrskyi, says “the situation at the front has escalated.” He says that Russia has […]
- Conservatives Against ‘Hate Speech’It’s pretty sad watching conservatives argue like leftists, but it’s all over the place now. Not so long ago they rightly ridiculed and dismissed the idea of “hate speech,” but now that “anti-Semitism” is said to be the problem, all of a sudden the idea of hate speech is A-OK. In fact, remember when the […]
- The Creature From PalestineThe state is a monster that eats itself, along with individuals within its domain, its spheres of influence, and beyond. Citizens typically don’t perceive this due to the crafty rhetoric generated by the state’s intellectuals. Sometimes the rhetorical machinery breaks down and we get to see the monster in all its gruesome majesty. This has […]
- Attorneys Inside the Biden Administration Urge United States To Cut Off IsraelA group of at least 90 lawyers, including 20 who work in the Biden administration, are urging President [Joe] Biden to cut off military aid to Israel because its slaughter in Gaza doesn’t comply with U.S. and international law. The attorneys will make their case in a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland that was […]
- A Problem From Hell“Indifference can be just as deadly as direct violence.”- Samantha Power, A Problem From Hell When Raphael Lemkin came up with the word “genocide,” he needed a handle for the savagery of mass murder that was occurring in the 1940s and the years before. Unfortunately, since Lemkin came up with the word, genocides have continued. […]
- A TikTok Ban Sets a Dangerous Precedent for Free SpeechOn April 23, the U.S. Senate overwhelmingly approved a bill that included foreign aid to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan along with a ban on TikTok. The next day, President Joe Biden signed the bill into effect, giving Byte Dance nine months to sell the app to an American company or be banned. While the foreign […]
- TGIF: Spooner versus bin LadenIn his 2002 letter to America justifying the savage 9/11 attacks, al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden (himself killed in 2011) wrote after listing his grievances against the U.S. government: You may then dispute that all the above does not justify aggression against civilians, for crimes they did not commit and offenses in which they […]
- What Killed the Peace Talks in Ukraine?The accepted Western narrative is that, in February 2022, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine with the intent of conquering the entire country. But there is a competing narrative that is compelling enough to be worthy of consideration. Following the United States’ rebuff of their December 2021 proposal on mutual security guarantees, which included a […]
- Cowardice, Not Courage, Led House Republicans to Side with the DemocratsOver the weekend, the House of Representatives passed four foreign aid bills that will allocate a combined $95 billion to Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan, and other “national security priorities.” House Republicans followed Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) lead and joined with Democrats to deliver all the foreign aid President Joe Biden wanted without requiring much of anything in return. […]
- America is a Democracy (That’s the Problem)Our rulers constantly talk about “our democracy,” often while justifying doing things which are profoundly anti-democratic. A common midwit response is, “America is not a democracy, it is a republic.” While your ninth grade history teacher may have felt smart telling students that, it is neither a meaningful nor accurate statement. For one thing, those […]
- April 20, 2024: Final Nail in America’s Coffin?When future historians go searching for the final nail in the U.S. coffin, they may well settle on the date April 20, 2024. On that day Congress passed legislation to fund two and a half wars, hand what’s left of our privacy over to the CIA and NSA, and give the U.S. president the power […]
- Recalling Rothbard’s Epic Destruction of NozickIn the annals of libertarian political philosophy, Murray N. Rothbard stands as a towering figure, known for his uncompromising advocacy of anarchism and his sharp critiques of statist ideologies. One of his most notable engagements was with the work of Robert Nozick, particularly his seminal book, Anarchy, State, and Utopia. While Nozick’s work aimed to […]
- Neocon Control is Slipping AwayQuite a bizarre sight in the U.S. House the other day: Hundreds of Democrats waved the Ukrainian flag and chanted the name of a foreign nation as they voted to send still another enormous “aid package” to anyone on earth other than Americans. Now I expect this kind of behavior from Democrats, because they are […]
- Senator Bob Graham, 9/11, and the Mirage of American DemocracyFormer Senator Bob Graham passed away on April 16 at the age of 87. Graham had been one of the most outspoken opponents of the Iraq War, but his brightest legacy was his perennial fight against the George W. Bush administration’s cover-up of the 9/11 attacks. Graham was chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee when […]
- It Was Gun Control: What Started the War for IndependenceThe fighting at Lexington and Concord didn’t happen because the British army came to collect taxes. It was gun control. Of course, the government-run schools don’t teach this. What finally forced the patriots into a shooting war with the British Army at Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775 was not taxes or even warrantless […]
- TGIF: Thomas Szasz – Unappreciated LibertarianI maintain that mental illness is a metaphorical disease: that bodily illness stands in the same relation to mental illness as a defective television set stands to a bad television program. There is no psychology; there is only biography and autobiography. –Thomas Szasz (1920-2012) Monday, April 15, was the 104th birthday of Thomas Szasz, the […]
- Last Weekend, Iran Changed EverythingOn April 13, Iran responded to Israel’s attack on its embassy compound in Damascus that killed seven Iranian officers, including a very senior military official, General Mohammad Reza Zahedi, by launching over 300 drones and missiles at Israel from Iranian soil. U.S. officials, according to some reporting, say that four or five ballistic missiles hit […]
- FISA Exchanges Real Liberty for Phantom SecurityHouse Speaker Mike Johnson betrayed liberty and the Constitution by making a full-court press to get a “clean” reauthorization of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance (FISA) Act through the House. Section 702 authorizes warrantless surveillance of foreign citizens. When the FISA Act was passed, surveillance state boosters promised that 702 warrantless surveillances would […]
- Embracing DeflationIn recent years, the specter of inflation has loomed large over the global economy, fueled by unprecedented monetary stimulus measures and supply chain disruptions. As prices have surged, concerns about the erosion of purchasing power and the threat of runaway inflation have dominated headlines. However, amidst this backdrop, an alternative perspective emerges—one that challenges orthodox […]
- FBI Records Link OKC Bomber to Bank Robbers, Suggesting Case is Still UnsolvedThis Friday marks the 29th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing, which killed at least 168 people, including 19 children in the deadliest domestic terrorist event in U.S. history. While that attack may seem like ancient history for some, one attorney in Utah continues to pursue lawsuits against the Justice Department for records about it. The attorney, Jesse […]
- One Hundred Years of IRS Political TargetingOne hundred years ago, Senator James Couzens, a Michigan Republican, took to the Senate floor to denounce the Bureau of Internal Revenue for abusing its power and trampling innocent taxpayers. Couzens launched a sweeping Senate investigation of federal tax collectors. One year later, Internal Revenue Commissioner David Blair personally delivered a demand for $10 million […]
- Gold Is Doing Its JobOn Monday, the U.S. Commerce Department announced it was awarding Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) a $6.6 billion CHIPS Act subsidy for the fabrication of computer microchips in Phoenix, Arizona. TSMC will also receive up to $5 billion in low-cost government loans. In return, TSMC will expand its planned investment from $40 billion to $65 billion […]
- TGIF: Why Isn’t Antifa Marching for Apple?I was all ready to don a black mask for the Antifa demonstration when I realized that the self-styled antifascists hadn’t planned a demonstration. What are they waiting for? After all, the national government has just started a new fascistic crusade. You’d expect the guardians against fascism to be out of the gate with great […]
- Israel Lets AI Decide Who Dies in GazaThe Israeli military has employed yet another AI-based system to select bombing targets in the Gaza Strip, an investigation by +972 Magazine has revealed. The new system has generated sweeping kill lists condemning tens of thousands of Palestinians, part of the IDF’s growing dependence on AI to plan lethal strikes. Citing six Israeli intelligence officers, […]
- How Big a Factor is Iran in the War on Gaza?In both Ukraine and Gaza, the Joe Biden administration has adopted the dangerous doctrine of war management in which, while not stopping a war diplomatically, it attempts to contain it and prevent it from becoming a wider war into which the United States might get drawn. This difficult to calibrate policy is being threatened in […]
- Triple Tap Murders…Oh Look, a Cat VideoRecently the Israeli Defense Force murdered an aid convoy. A group of international aid workers who had coordinated with the IDF and who were travelling on an IDF approved route. When the aid workers came under attack, they contacted the IDF. Three assaults were launched by the IDF, killing seven World Central Kitchen aid workers. […]
- Embracing Hayek’s Wisdom: The Paramountcy of Choice in CurrencyIn an era marked by economic uncertainty and inflation, the insights of Friedrich Hayek, the renowned Austrian economist, resonate more strongly than ever. Hayek’s essay, “Choice in Currency: A Way to Stop Inflation,” offers a compelling argument for the denationalization of money, advocating a system that allows individuals the freedom to choose their own currencies. […]
- Diagnosing Israel’s Imperial NarcissismAs it continues to engage in a “plausibly genocidal” mass murder spree in Gaza, the state of Israel has embraced the most psychotic and psychopathic interpretation of one of the most violent narratives from the Hebrew Bible. This is fueling a narcissism that puts the very existence of Israel at risk. On October 28, as […]
- ‘Journalists’ and the Fight to Save Freedom of Speech“What is a journalist?” is a contemporary equivalent of the ancient question, “What is truth?” The U.S. government’s prosecution of Julian Assange hinges on the assertion that he is not a journalist and should be punished like a spy for a hostile country. The controversy over Assange is part of broader clashes over the meaning […]
- No, World War II Didn’t Cut Short the DepressionA principal goal of Stark Realities is to “expose fundamental myths across the political spectrum”—and few myths are as universally embraced as the notion that US participation in World War II (1941-1945) lifted the American economy out of the Great Depression. This myth is dangerous not only because it leads citizens and politicians to see a bright side […]
- TGIF: Static Analysis Clouds Immigration DebateOpponents of people’s freedom to cross national borders to where the best jobs are, aka open borders, make a rookie error: they engage in static analysis and overlook the dynamism of social processes that freedom produces. I was recently asked on Facebook: “Are you enjoying Biden open borders?” There’s the mistake right there. People who […]
- World War III Isn’t Preordained (No Matter What They Say)A recent survey from YouGov found that 61% of Americans think a world war within the next five to ten years is “very likely” or “somewhat likely,” while only 21% say that such a scenario is “not very likely” or “not likely at all.” It’s notable that Democrats, who are much more likely to view Russia as […]
- The Growing Fissures in NATO UnityDespite the damage done in Ukraine and NATO’s now apparent inability to support Ukraine’s defense against Russia strongly enough, one item in the western win column is the claim that NATO is more unified following the damage done by Donald Trump. Even aside from NATO preparing for the possible consequences of a second Trump term, […]
- The Great Escape from Government Schools?After enduring bullshit school shutdowns during the COVID pandemic, many students concluded that school itself must be bullshit and have skipped attending classes. Government bureaucrats are panicking since subsidies are tied to the number of students’ butts in chairs each day. Duke University Professor Katie Rosanbalm lamented that, thanks to the pandemic, “Our relationship with […]
- A Free Market Embraces Human NatureMuch like the debate around being a glass half full or half empty person, there is split opinion over whether human nature is generally good or bad. Young people are more likely to view human nature as self-serving, unsympathetic, and narrow minded than older generations. In all likelihood, future generations will view each other way […]
- History Last, Polemics First: A Critical Review of Jacob Heilbrunn’s ‘America Last’The Western commentariat has spilled much ink and expended considerable effort attempting to explain our era of political malaise, particularly the disruptions underway within the Republican Party and the American Right. It is into that maelstrom that Jacob Heilbrunn seeks to explain the Republican Party’s alleged turn towards illiberalism. Heilbrunn’s America Last: The Right’s Century-Long […]
- The ‘Enemy of the People’ Is At It AgainMy old friend Michael Malice just shared an AP headline on Twitter that read: “Who wouldn’t like prices to start falling? Careful what you wish for, economists say.” Malice’s commentary: “The corporate press is the enemy of the people.” He’s right, of course. If they wanted to, these reporters could find other economists who say […]
- It’s Time to End Squatter’s RightsLast month, New York City homeowner Adele Andaloro was arrested after changing the locks on a house that had been seized by squatters. According to The New York Post: “Andaloro was charged with unlawful eviction because she had changed the locks and hadn’t provided a new key to the residents. The residents, however, are squatters. Fortunately, Andaloro’s arrest […]
- The Social Security and Medicare ScamsCharlotte Cowles is a financial advice columnist for The Cut, “a New York Magazine site dedicated to women’s lives and interests, including politics, work, money, relationships, style, and parenting.” She recently lost $50,000 when she fell for a scam, put that amount in cash in a shoe box, and handed it over to a stranger that she […]
- TGIF: Israel HumiliatedTo more fully understand the ferocity of Israel’s massacre of the people of the Gaza Strip, it’s perhaps worth considering that on October 7, 2023, the reputedly invincible Israeli Defence Forces and intelligence services were made to look like fools caught sleeping on guard duty. While Hamas’s murder, assault, and kidnapping of noncombatants must be […]
- ‘Integrated Deterrence’ Means Provoking ChinaIn its most recent National Defense Strategy, the U.S. Department of Defense declared a policy of “integrated deterrence” against the People’s Republic of China, its primary “pacing challenge.” The document defined “integrated deterrence” as: “…working seamlessly across warfighting domains, theaters, the spectrum of conflict, all instruments of U.S. national power, and our network of Alliances […]
- In Defense of InactionOn March 17, The Wall Street Journal published an op-ed by a woman named Mary Anastasia O’Grady titled, “Giving up on Haiti Isn’t a U.S. Option.” She argues, in short, that Americans don’t have a choice but to continue doing all the things that have failed in the past while being aware that these strategies have […]
- Is America a Rogue Superpower?“Unipolar” used to mean that the United States was, at least in theory, alone in leading the world. Now “unipolar” means that the United States is alone and isolated in opposition to the world. In global affairs, a hegemon is a nation that leads because it has the consent of the other nations who believe […]
- Collateral Murder 2.0When the footage of Reuters journalists and civilians were Wikileaked to the world, there was outrage. A shame exhibited by some in the American government caused them to reel from the crime that had been exposed, to downplay the prevalence of such murders, and ultimately to shift the blame to Julian Assange and Wikileaks itself. […]
- The Fed and the Fight for 2%Last week, Jerome Powell & Co. met to issue an immediate decision regarding the status of the federal funds rate for March, and to provide some insight into the trajectory of monetary policy for the rest of 2024 and into 2025. As with the past few inflation readings, with January, February, and March showing inflation […]
- Truth Has No Chance on Capitol HillAmericans are encouraged to believe that the U.S. Congress is practically on automatic pilot to serve the public. Happily, most Americans are not so gullible and Congress receives much of the contempt it deserves in public opinion polls. But the media and the Washington establishment continue doggedly fighting against the vulgar truth of congressional depravity. […]
- What Is ‘Extremism’?Amidst protests in the United Kingdom that have been going on since October 7, there have been multiple allegations of extemists among the protestors intimidating, harassing, and scaring innocent people who are not involved in the demonstrations. It seems that even MPs are being intimidated, with the Speaker allegedly pushing a vote using a parliamentary […]
- TGIF: Leave TikTok AloneThis is America, last I checked. Surely, the government would not force the sale of a social-media company or ban its app from the Google and Apple stores. Would it? Well, yes, it would, could (perhaps), and might. A bill in Congress, backed by the government’s nominal chief executive, could become law. The House of […]
- CIA Further Discredits ‘Uyghur Genocide’ by Admitting Covert Influence CampaignOn March 14, Reuters released a bombshell report: in 2019 the Donald Trump White House began a clandestine CIA influence campaign to smear China’s international reputation. According to three former U.S. officials with direct knowledge, “the CIA created a small team of operatives who used bogus internet identities to spread negative narratives about Xi Jinping’s […]
- Neocon Charlie Sykes’ Tortured Analogies, Past and PresentThere is a booming op-ed industry that peddles tortured World War II analogies. The latest offering from its tired assembly line was published by Politico and penned by unreconstructed neoconservative Charlie Sykes. As with other offerings in recent years (and indeed, decades past), Sykes’ piece, entitled “How FDR Made Republican Isolationists Look Silly with a Simple Rhyme,” plays […]
- The Principled Cannot Convince the IrrationalNo matter how brutal an event, there will be those who can justify, rationalize, or spin a positive narrative. Real and imagined injustices inspire reactions that lead to more injustice, creating a spiral of revenge. Or a group can decide that it is superior, righteous by default, and has the right to claim territory in […]
- The TikTok TotalitariansOn Wednesday, March 13th, a bipartisan group of U.S. Representatives voted to give the U.S. president the power to remove any website, computer or mobile application, or even service provider that the president determines—without due process—is run by “a person subject to the direction of control of a foreign person or entity” as long as […]
- U.S. Humanitarian Aid to Gaza Is a Cynical PR PloyUnder the administration of President Joseph R. Biden, the U.S. government has been portraying itself as being seriously concerned about the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip, where Israel has been waging a devastating military assault that the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on January 26 judged to be a plausible genocide. On March 3, Vice […]
- Dollar Debasement as A Matter of PolicyMichelle Mack thought she had it made. The suburban mom was living the high life with her husband and kids in their $3 million mansion in northern San Diego County. But that was before December 6, 2023. This was the day police raided her home, put her in handcuffs, took her away in her PJs […]
- Why is the West Suddenly Revealing Its Troop Presence in Ukraine?It has long been an open secret that the West has been providing Ukraine with funding, weapons, training, maintenance, targeting intelligence, and intelligence on the position of Russian forces and vulnerabilities, and even war-gaming. They have provided Ukraine with everything but the bodies. President Joe Biden has long insisted that American troops “are not and […]
- TGIF: Reverse Scapegoating in the Immigration DebateIn the controversy over immigration we can spot a phenomenon I call “reverse scapegoating.” According to Merriam-Webster, the scapegoat is “one that bears the blame for others.” With reverse scapegoating, others bear the blame for one. Both are unjust. Reverse scapegoating is clear in the demagoguery about “migrant crime,” occasioned most recently with the murder […]
- Culture Warriors Spread Disinfo on ‘Haitian Cannibals’In the first few years of the 2020s, the world witnessed a revolution in the dissemination of atrocity propaganda. Thanks to the proliferation of social media, smartphone ownership, and artificial intelligence, atrocity claims can now be manufactured, disseminated, and, thankfully, debunked in real time. Although technology may be evolving, lies do not change much. During […]
- Shifting Alliances and Building TribesChurch leaders didn’t want me there. The minister had even called me into her office to ask me to stop passing out anti-war flyers and articles on the Iraq War. Why? Because I led a church peace group that was calling for the church to take a public stand against the illegal, immoral US government-led […]
- The CIA Admits Its Long-Time Presence in UkraineOn February 25, The New York Times published an article titled “The Spy War: How the CIA Secretly Helps Ukraine Fight Putin.” This report was not the result of any leak, but was clearly authorized from the highest level: the CIA brought reporters in to tell the story. Though many spoke on the condition of anonymity to […]
- How Washington Killed the Nuclear Arms Control SystemDuring the Cold War, world populations faced the ongoing nightmare of a nuclear attack coming out of the blue. All it would have taken was one miscalculation by either side. Such a trigger could even have taken the form of a false alert. We know that at least one such incident nearly led to catastrophe. […]
- Biden’s Myth of ‘Price Gouging’In recent times, accusations of “price gouging” have become prevalent, often targeting producers utilizing strategies like dynamic pricing and “shrinkflation.” Such accusations, echoed by political figures including President Joe Biden, overlook the intricate dynamics of supply and demand in a market economy. Dynamic pricing, a hallmark of modern market economies, reflects the dynamic interplay of […]
- Will the Ghost of Duncan Lemp Haunt Gun-Grabbing Politicians?If you post a photo of a rifle on Instagram, tag it to your hometown, and add a caption like “green tip armor piercing gets the girls wet,” Maryland police can cite that to get a no-knock search warrant and kill you in a pre-dawn assault on your bedroom. In his novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, George […]
- Imperial Assisted SuicideThe United States Imperial Government (USIG) claims to be keeping the peace, underwriting the liberal, rules-based international order and safeguarding the global security architecture. This is not true. What the USIG is actually doing is killing people, helping get lots of people killed, and assisting foreign states as they commit corporate suicide. Israel’s ongoing, “plausibly […]
- TGIF: Is Israel Mad?Has Israel gone mad? Or has it always been mad? What is the country thinking? The collective nouns seem reasonable in light of the widespread support in that country for the Israeli government’s appalling military assault on the people of the Gaza Strip for the last five months. How can Israel — and its outside […]
- Biden’s Unpopular Wars Reap Mass Death and Nuclear BrinkmanshipPresident Joe Biden, better known as Genocide Joe, in cooperation with a perfunctory legislative branch has mired the American people in savage, reckless, costly, and unpopular wars. The White House’s catastrophic foreign policy may force American society to a breaking point. The American public is increasingly rejecting Washington’s proxy war against Russia in Ukraine, which […]
- States Rights and Anti-Interventionism is RisingSuper Tuesday saw Donald Trump sweep all possible state delegates except for the state of Vermont. However, hovering just below the surface were a series of propositions that were voted on by the Texas Republican Party. Various propositions touched on topics of gold as legal tender, border security, and school choice, but the most interesting […]
- The Anti-Woke to Zionist PipelineOn February 24, Chaya Raichik, creator of the famous social media brand “Libs of Tiktok,” granted an interview to her nemesis, Washington Post columnist Taylor Lorenz. The clash was not the first between the two; in April 2022, Lorenz published an expose doxxing Raichik as the then-anonymous creator behind Libs of Tiktok. With this recent […]
- A Man Takes His LifeRecently, Aaron Bushnell burned himself to death as the world watched. Because of the nature of his suicide, its location, and his reasons, he has become more than another statistic, unlike the many other serviceman who continue to take their life. He is a martyr to some and a deluded fool to others. Mentally unwell […]
- Ukraine and the Pretense of DemocracyWhen Russian forces expanded their military presence in Ukraine in February 2022, U.S. officials and most of the Western news media portrayed the development as a brazen act of aggression by a dictatorship against a peaceful democracy. The reality was much more complex. Ukraine had allowed itself to become NATO’s pawn in Russia’s security zone. Such […]
- Environmentalists Want to Doom the Developing WorldClimate change and the environment are becoming top issues in most developed countries. People know that humans are contributing to climate change, so they demand action with more done to preserve our very fragile planet. In the United Kingdom, politicians are pushed more and more every day to put in place measures to achieve net […]
- Best of the Best, Worst of the WorstThe past few weeks have seen a predictable reaction to the release of (yet another) survey of “experts” regarding the proper ranking of United States presidents. Apart from the inherent problems any such attempted ranking poses, problems my colleague Hunter DeRensis aptly outlined in a previous article, is the utter awfulness these surveys regularly churn […]
- The Stories You’re Not Hearing About the Russo-Ukrainian War…Several, seemingly small events in the Russo-Ukrainian War went largely unnoticed in western media recently. But each of them, in their own way, may be significant. The Fall of Avdiivka On February 25, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that 31,000 Ukrainian soldiers had been killed since Russia invaded his country two years ago. It was […]
- TGIF: Immigration in an Nth-Best WorldWe live in an nth-best society. It’s neither fully libertarian (though libertarians disagree over exactly what that would mean) nor totalitarian like the Soviet Union, Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, Maoist China, or North Korea. It’s somewhere in between, closer to libertarian than many other places but not close enough. One challenge for libertarians is knowing […]
- Our Bloody Cultural PsychosisImagine someone who did not know the difference between right and wrong and felt that he could, and should, take anything he wanted from anyone he wanted because, as far as he could see, there was no reason not to. If he wanted to buy something but was low on funds, he would not hesitate […]
- Biden’s Yemen Policy Isn’t WorkingFor the last several weeks, the country of Yemen and their Houthi government have been in the news far more than they were during their war with Saudi Arabia. This is because the Houthis began to attack ships in the Red Sea, a frustrated reaction to the United States’ role in the war in Gaza. […]
- No Man Controls Everything in a StateThe constant screeching about various “strongmen” from America’s media and think tank classes seem to have created a widespread misunderstanding about how governments, or really any large organization, work. We perhaps see this the most with Russia, where we hear the constant refrain that “Putin personally approved” what are routine matters for states. We also […]
- Iran’s Jewish Population Belies Claims Of Tehran’s Genocidal IntentFor decades, Israeli government officials—chief among them, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu—have accused Iran of plotting a new Holocaust against the millions of Jews who call the Zionist state home. Netanyahu has said Iran is “planning another genocide against our people,” and wants to “destroy another six million plus Jews.” Western journalists are quick to quote these claims, yet […]
- From Bouazizi to BushnellTwenty-five-year-old Aaron Bushnell, an active-duty member of the United States Air Force, died on Sunday after setting himself on fire in front of the Israeli embassy in Washington DC as an act of protest against the slaughter in Gaza. Unfortunately, the act is noteworthy not because of the resulting suicide but for the underlying motivation […]
- Will Any ‘Last Rights’ Epigram Go to the Moon?Epigrams are excellent propellants for seditious ideas. How far can one line go? Thirty years ago, I casually appended a sentence to the end of a paragraph in the final chapter of my book, Lost Rights: The Death of American Liberty. I was amazed: “Democracy must be more than two wolves and a sheep voting […]
- What ‘Conspiracy’ Can Teach Us About Central PlanningThe 2001 film Conspiracy is an HBO production about the sinister 1942 Wannsee conference attended by fifteen upper echelon Nazi German bureaucrats, military and department heads. It was the first of two meetings with the intention of solving the “Jewish problem.” With the backdrop of war, emigration and mass incarceration had either failed or become […]
- TGIF: What Should I Do on Election Day?Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard. –H. L. Mencken This column was prompted by a conversation I had with a few neighbors, whom I do not know, over the Nextdoor.com platform. I thank them for being unwitting grist for my mill. […]
- Selecting Syrsky: The Untold Half of the Zaluzhny StoryThere were probably many reasons why Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky fired Ukraine’s popular commander in chief of the armed forces, Valerii Zaluzhny, on February 8, but one of the biggest seems to have been a disagreement over how to go forward in a war that seemed to have overwhelmingly turned against them. Zelensky spoke of […]
- And the Winner Is…Not YouOf all the government or quasi-government institutions, there is perhaps none as openly opaque in its operations and unaccountable for its failures as the Federal Reserve. For, unlike its top rivals for this most dubious of distinctions, like the CIA, NSA, or DOD, which do their law bending and money wasting largely of sight and […]
- The Israeli State’s Assault on Gaza Must StopSince the horrific atrocities perpetrated by Hamas against Israeli civilians on October 7, 2023, Israel has been engaged in a devastating military operation in the Gaza Strip. Over 25,000 Palestinians have been killed, 70% of whom have been women and children, and tens of thousands injured. About 85% of Gaza’s 2.2 million inhabitants have been internally displaced with […]
- Ukraine’s Corruption has Poisoned AmericaThe U.S. Congress is working towards a bill which would fund Ukraine into 2025. This, of course, is into the next presidential term. As Senator JD Vance recently explained to Tucker Carlson, the idea behind this is that if Donald Trump is again elected it will obligate him to continue supporting Ukraine and bring about […]
- Trump Railroaded: Will Investors Flee?You’ve surely heard about Justice Arthur Engoron in New York imposing a ludicrous $455 million in fines and interest on Donald Trump and his corporation. Kathy Hochul, governor of New York, obviously approves of the decision, but somehow wants to punish Trump in this way without spooking all New York real estate investors. The best […]
- CPI Numbers Aren’t Just Bogus, They’re Oppressive to IndividualismThe British government and the BBC are celebrating that there has been “the first monthly fall in food prices since 2021” due to inflation remaining flat. It’s being welcomed as a huge win in the government’s battle against inflation; they had set a target to halve inflation and they have done it! That’s what you […]
- Protect the First Amendment: Impeach Joe Biden!Protecting democracy and the Constitution from Donald Trump and the “MAGA extremists” is a major theme of President [Joe] Biden’s reelection campaign. As is often the case in American politics, President Biden is just as, if not more, guilty of posing an “existential threat” to the Constitution as those he smears as “extremists.” For example, […]
Being Libertarian
- Official Twitter Account NoticePlease follow our Official Twitter Account, over 116,000 followers and growing! @beinlibertarian Link: http://twitter.com/beinlibertarian The post Official Twitter Account Notice appeared first on Being Libertarian.
- Ron Paul Revolution Takes Over The Libertarian PartyIn a huge shift in leadership, the Mises Caucus swept the floor and took control of the Libertarian Party. The post Ron Paul Revolution Takes Over The Libertarian Party appeared first on Being Libertarian.
- Secession: The Lost Aspect of FederalismWhen one looks at America in the modern age, it is a country in turmoil and conflict. The American Right and the American Left are in conflict like many have not seen for decades. Blue States and Red States stand opposed to one another, and the House of Representatives, as well as the Senate, are […] The post Secession: The Lost Aspect of Federalism appeared first on Being Libertarian.
- Sympathy & Empathy & HierarchyWhoopi Goldberg was suspended from The View for saying the Holocaust was not a racial issue, but she was only elucidating that without race as the fuel the fires of social justice burn less bright and hot. Google the 2021-22 University of Pennsylvania’s Women’s Swimming and Diving roster and you’ll find 40 of the 41 […] The post Sympathy & Empathy & Hierarchy appeared first on Being Libertarian.
- Biden Announces Treasury Will Print Other Countries’ CurrenciesPresident Joe Biden spoke yesterday morning at an impromptu press conference at the east appointment gate of the White House, adjacent to the US Treasury building, just after signing executive order “EO 14088 Guidance to Bureau of Engraving and Printing on Issuing Global Currencies to Combat Inflation (2022).” The president issued the executive order immediately […] The post Biden Announces Treasury Will Print Other Countries’ Currencies appeared first on Being Libertarian.
- Bad Guy Pro Wrestle Psychology: Why Do You Hate Justin Trudeau?Justin Trudeau remains one of the most despised leaders in the G-7. If you speak to Canadians about why this is, they’ll likely give a plethora of answers – the left might say that he was disingenuous (about his feminism or promises of electoral reform), the right might say that he’s incompetent, more centrists will […] The post Bad Guy Pro Wrestle Psychology: Why Do You Hate Justin Trudeau? appeared first on Being Libertarian.
- Why Are There So Many White Progressives?Remember the good old days when to be disparaged as “white” meant you couldn’t dance or jump? “White” has evolved as a pejorative: it used to mean a person was lame and uncool but common usage in the context of political ideology it means to embody privileged, segregationist, supremacist, etc. policies. “Identity politics” has also […] The post Why Are There So Many White Progressives? appeared first on Being Libertarian.
- What Happened To Young Americans For Liberty?The Liberty side of social media has been abuzz with shocking revelations surrounding the beloved liberty organization Young Americans for Liberty (YAL) over the recent removal of their Vice President of Communications, Reed Cooley, and questionable statements made by their new CEO Lauren Daugherty. I sat down with Cooley surrounding the controversy, problematic changes in […] The post What Happened To Young Americans For Liberty? appeared first on Being Libertarian.
- Democracy & Freedom: A Contradiction in Terms“Modern absolutism, which we find the most natural thing in the world, would have been quite beyond the dreams of the most absolute of kings.” ― Bertrand De Jouvenel, Sovereignty: An Inquiry into the Political Good. Every political Regime, whatever be its form has had to justify its position of power and authority, be it […] The post Democracy & Freedom: A Contradiction in Terms appeared first on Being Libertarian.
- Catholic Church – The Amaranthine Enemy of FreedomCatholic Church history is filled with an avalanche of incidents that proved useful for a critique of the catholic doctrine. Crusades, inquisitions, witch-hunting, and ever-continuing anti-gay stances are all perfectly molded ammunition for the opponents in the likes of Dawkins, Harris, and Hitchens. Unfortunately, no less apologetics is required to combine laissez-faire with infallible papal […] The post Catholic Church – The Amaranthine Enemy of Freedom appeared first on Being Libertarian.
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- What Is Self-Determination?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. Israel passed a law declaring that principle in 2018. Unfortunately, I see too little thought … Continue reading "What Is Self-Determination?"
- When Students Are a Shock to the SystemOriginally appeared at TomDispatch. Once upon a time, in another era, maybe even another universe, the head of a university refused to call on the police, the National Guard, or even federal troops in the face of student and other protests. Instead, he opened the doors of his school to the demonstrators. I’m thinking of … Continue reading "When Students Are a Shock to the System"
- Conflicts of Interest: Congress Seeks to Label Campus Protesters as Terrorists: COI #591On COI #591, Kyle Anzalone and Connor Freeman discuss the Israeli onslaught in Gaza. Subscribe on YouTube and audio-only.
- Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal: Warmongering and U.S. Imperialism – An Interview with Jeremy KuzmarovThe Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal is holding accountable – through video testimony of witnesses – U.S. weapons manufacturers who produce and sell products which attack and kill not only combatants but non-combatants as well. Each week the Tribunal issues a new video segment offering evidence of guilt for the commission of War Crimes … Continue reading "Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal: Warmongering and U.S. Imperialism – An Interview with Jeremy Kuzmarov"
- Killing Fields of Rafah Become Political Nightmare for BidenOn today’s Ron Paul Liberty Report: As the Israeli military moves into Rafah, the former “safe haven” for displaced Palestinians from elsewhere in Gaza, against the expressed wishes of the Biden Administration, a new poll shows how much Biden’s Israel policy is hurting him with voters. Does he have any moves? Also today: WHO “pandemic … Continue reading "Killing Fields of Rafah Become Political Nightmare for Biden"
- Conflicts of Interest: Will the Invasion of Rafah Impact US Support for Israel?On COI #590, Kyle Anzalone breaks down the latest news from the war in Gaza. Subscribe on YouTube and audio-only.
- The Insanity of the Regime-ChangersGarry Kasparov calls for more regime changes in The Wall Street Journal: A war can’t be won by following the rules set in peacetime. The only way to win this long war is through regime change in Moscow and Tehran. Such change will be brought closer by isolating Russia and Iran politically and economically and … Continue reading "The Insanity of the Regime-Changers"
- Unfurling Love from the WindowOn April 30, when Columbia University student protesters took over Hamilton Hall, they renamed it “Hind’s Hall,” dropping a large banner out the windows above the building’s entrance. This was a hall famously occupied by students in the 1968 protests against the Vietnam War and against Jim Crow racism in the United States. The students … Continue reading "Unfurling Love from the Window"
- An Important Message From John MearsheimerDear Antiwar.com Reader, There are two problems in the United States these days and they are closely related. The first problem is that the Biden Administration is in deep trouble on the foreign policy front and the trouble is almost certainly going to get worse. The Ukraine war is going badly for both Ukraine and … Continue reading "An Important Message From John Mearsheimer"
- War, Money, and US Universities’ Response to Israel Divestment ProtestsPeaceful protest, violent response – that says it all. Human politics – from global to local – remain mixed with hatred, dominance and… well, dehumanization. We’ve organized ourselves across the planet around one primary principle: the existence of an enemy. The division between “us” and “them” can be based on anything: a difference in race, … Continue reading "War, Money, and US Universities’ Response to Israel Divestment Protests"
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