I should not badmouth Stratfor. Granted, their star has dimmed a tad in the last few years, but they email me news articles every day or two gratis so who am I to quibble.I especially love the cozy, your one of us, insider tone of the articles. It may be ridiculous,...
Bipartisan criticism of the Export-Import Bank is all the rage these days, after new Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy spoke publicly about his intention to end its very existence. From the standpoint of a libertarian, the criticism and the shedding of light on such...
This originally appeared as a response to a column published in the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. It is reprinted with the author's permission.In response to the column by Rep. Greg Steube on June 26: The carnage, death and destruction brought about by the Iraq invasion...
On this month's Washington Watch, GOP Congressmen Walter Jones (R-NC) and Thomas Massie (R-KY) discuss the need to defend American constitutional rights against government overreach – particularly relating to the warrantless surveillance of U.S. citizens'...
Antiwar and anti-Fed demonstrations in Germany have spread to a hundred cities and now to two more countries . NATO and its expansionism play a material role in the protest movement, but why should Germans and other Europeans be protesting the U.S. Federal Reserve?...
The immediate origins of the 1914 war lie in the twisted politics of the Kingdom of Serbia.[1] In June, 1903, Serbian army officers murdered their king and queen in the palace and threw their bodies out a window, at the same time massacring various royal relations,...
From this week's Bill Moyers' Journal: As the exploding crisis in Iraq spotlights once again the tragic record of American policy in the Middle East, Bill speaks with investigative journalist Charles Lewis, whose new book, 935 Lies: The Future of Truth and the Decline...
This interview with Sarah Harrison of the Courage Foundation is based on a radio interview conducted by Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese on Clearing The FOG, originally heard on We Act Radio, 1480 AM in Washington, DC also available by podcast. Sarah Harrison is a...
Surveillance. It’s in the headlines and on the tips of tongues. As technology offers new possibilities for connection, it also offers new means to keep tabs on people. Surveillance has become seemingly ubiquitous, from the NSA reading emails to drones in the skies. As...
On this day in 1876, Gen. George S. Custer led his 7th Cavalry regiment to their demise in Montana. The Battle of Little Big Horn was one of the biggest defeats suffered by the U.S. Army in the war against the Indians. It is only in recent years that proper...
