In his famous dissent in Olmstead v. United States, Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis in 1928 called the right to be left alone the most comprehensive of rights and the right most valued by civilized men. He was referring to the right to be left alone from the...
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We were ‘deceived and gaslit for years’, all in the name of ‘democracy’; then ‘poof’, it collapsed overnight
by Alastair Crooke | Jul 10, 2024 | Featured Articles
The Editor at Large for the Wall Street Journal, Gerry Baker, says: ‘We’ve been “gaslit’ and deceived” – for years – “all in the name of ‘democracy’”. That deceit “collapsed” with the Presidential debate, Thursday’. Until the world saw the truth … [against] the...
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Government: Rep. Goldman Insists that the Country is Safe in the Hands of Others
by Jonathan Turley | Jul 5, 2024 | Featured Articles
Douglas Adams, author of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, wrote “The President [of the Galaxy] in particular is very much a figurehead—he wields no real power whatsoever. […] His job is not to wield power but to draw attention away from it.” This week,...
Twilight’s Last Gleaming
by Andrew P. Napolitano | Jul 4, 2024 | Featured Articles
When a presidential debate devolves into an argument over golf scores and afterward the public argues about the candidates’ mental acuity or personal honesty, when the question for voters is who is the sharper debater rather than who would be more faithful to the...
Former Israeli PM Admits Israel’s War Crimes Can’t Happen Without US Support
by Caitlin Johnstone | Jul 3, 2024 | Featured Articles
Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert has been launching a forceful attack on Benjamin Netanyahu in both US and Israeli media for sabotaging peace in Gaza and pushing Israel to the brink with Hezbollah in Lebanon, during which he inadvertently...
The Republican Establishment’s Sterile Foreign Policy Perspective
by Ted Galen Carpenter | Jul 2, 2024 | Featured Articles
Those Americans who might hope that the growing public opposition to continuing U.S. aid to Ukraine might signal a wave of fresh thinking about foreign policy in the Republican party are likely to be disappointed. Most members of the establishment cling to the idea...
The West – Indubitably – has Lost Russia, and is Losing Eurasia Too
by Alastair Crooke | Jul 2, 2024 | Featured Articles
There perhaps was a momentary shrugging-off of slumber in Washington this week as they read the account of Sergei Lavrov’s démarche to the US Ambassador in Moscow: Russia was telling the US – “We are no longer at peace”! Not just “no longer at peace,” Russia was...
The Art of Being Eternally Shocked: How the Press and Pundits are Again Mystified by the Obvious
by Jonathan Turley | Jul 2, 2024 | Featured Articles
No one would think of the Beltway as being a place of the naive innocents of our society. Washington is the only ecosystem composed entirely of apex predators. Yet, this week everyone seems to be eternally shocked by what has been obvious for years. The press and...
The Debate Should Be a Wake-Up Call For Americans
by Ron Paul | Jul 1, 2024 | Featured Articles
There were plenty of surprises in last week’s presidential debate. For one, Americans who rely on the mainstream media for their news learned that they had been lied to for the past three years about President Biden’s capability to do the job he was elected to do. The...
The Last Wunderwaffe
by William Schryver | Jun 29, 2024 | Featured Articles
F-16s, Romanian bases, and NATO pilots I shall return yet again to the prospect of “Made in the USA” F-16s sallying forth boldly into eastern Ukraine to "teach the cabbage heads what Airpower (capitalized) really means." From what information I've been...
What an Awful Choice!
by Eric Margolis | Jun 29, 2024 | Featured Articles
This week’s presidential debate made me both horrified and dismayed. Here was the world’s most powerful nation trying to decide which elderly candidate to select as its presidential candidate. Maybe the best expression is ‘cringe-worthy.’ Joe Biden was left looking...
Julian Assange Is Free!
by Andrew P. Napolitano | Jun 27, 2024 | Featured Articles
“I prefer the tumult of liberty to the quiet of servitude.”-- Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) It wasn’t until 1969 that the Supreme Court’s modern First Amendment jurisprudence made it clear that whenever there is a clash between the government and a person over the...
Lost in the Labyrinth: Left and Right in Geopolitics
by Oscar Silva-Valladares | Jun 26, 2024 | Featured Articles
The current ideological debate between the right (which normally defends private enterprise, market economies with minimal government interference, democratic forms of government and traditional family values) and the left (which supports social solidarity, government...
‘Draft Notice’ from the Shop of Horrors
by Dennis J. Kucinich | Jun 26, 2024 | Featured Articles
The coming wars are not patriotic. They are the result of the abject failure of political leadership and a long trail of lies stretching back decades. Those who control the narrative and push for ever-increasing war as a solution to all ills are leading America,...
Putin’s ‘War’ to Re-Shape the American Zeitgeist
by Alastair Crooke | Jun 25, 2024 | Featured Articles
The G7 and the subsequent Swiss “Bürgenstock Conference” can – in retrospect – be understood as preparation for a prolonged Ukraine war. The three centrepiece announcements emerging from the G7 – the 10 year Ukraine security pact; the $50 “billion Ukraine loan;” and...
Ideas for Candidates Beyond Talking Points
by Douglas Macgregor | Jun 25, 2024 | Featured Articles
American political, economic, and military global hegemony—sustained by America’s past economic productivity, the dollar’s reserve status, and the reliance on forward-deployed American military power—is over. In a new world shaped by sweeping technological change in...
The Myth of the European ‘Far-Right Surge’
by David Thunder | Jun 24, 2024 | Featured Articles
There has been much talk of a “far-right surge” in the European Parliament. For example, BBC ran a headline, “Far right eyes Europe vote surge…,” shortly before the elections. On June 5th, Politico reported, “As the far right surges, this week’s...
Stop Taxing Tips
by Ron Paul | Jun 24, 2024 | Featured Articles
Donald Trump recently promised that, if he wins the November election, he will support eliminating taxes on tips as part of his proposal to renew and expand the 2017 tax cuts. This tax law change would be a long overdue boost for millions of Americans. Tips often...
What If It’s Dangerous to Be Right When the Government Is Wrong?
by Andrew P. Napolitano | Jun 20, 2024 | Featured Articles
What if the government is a myth? What if it doesn’t produce what we pay it for? What if it fails to safeguard our lives, liberties and property from its own agents? What if nothing changes after these failures and after elections? What if we’re stuck with it? What if...
Macron’s Idiotic Ukraine Policies Have Paved Way For Triumph Of The French Right
by Tyler Durden | Jun 19, 2024 | Featured Articles
The EU, NATO, and a number of European capitals are watching France's political turmoil with growing alarm, as President Emmanuel Macron is clearly on the ropes, having called early elections, leaving a path open for the French 'far-right' to triumph. The...
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