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Searching for Monsters

Searching for Monsters

by | Aug 29, 2024 |

“America goes not abroad in search of monsters to destroy …She might become the dictatress of the world,But she would no longer be the ruler of her own spirit.”-- John Quincy Adams (1767-1848) In the middle of his term as Secretary of State, the future president John Quincy Adams addressed a joint session of Congress. What prompted this unusual event? The United States had just fought Britain to a draw in the War of 1812. It was fought almost entirely in Canada. Some historians believe the...

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Democrats Lose Effort to Block Cornel West from Michigan Ballot

Democrats Lose Effort to Block Cornel West from Michigan Ballot

by | Aug 27, 2024 |

For months, we have been discussing the concerted effort of Democrats to bar challengers to President Joe Biden from primary ballots and block third-party candidates like Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Cornel West from appearing on the November ballots. As both Joe Biden and Kamala Harris insisted that “Democracy is on the ballot,” their allies sought to deny the ability of voters to cast their ballots for other candidates. Now, a state judge has issued a stinging denial of the...

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The Western Way of War – Owning the Narrative Trumps Reality

The Western Way of War – Owning the Narrative Trumps Reality

by | Aug 27, 2024 |

War propaganda and feint are as old as the hills. Nothing new. But what is new is that infowar is no longer the adjunct to wider war objectives – but has become an end in and of itself. The West has come to view “owning” the winning narrative – and presenting the Others as clunky, dissonant, and extremist – as being more important than facing facts-on-the ground. Owning the winning narrative is to win, in this view. Virtual “victory” thus trumps “real” reality. So, war becomes rather the...

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Israel Says US Has Delivered 50,000 Tons of Military Aid Since Start of Gaza Slaughter

Israel Says US Has Delivered 50,000 Tons of Military Aid Since Start of Gaza Slaughter

by | Aug 27, 2024 |

The Israeli Defense Ministry said Monday that the US has delivered over 50,000 tons of weapons and other military equipment since the start of Israel’s genocidal campaign in Gaza, demonstrating the Biden administration’s staunch support for the slaughter. Since October 7, 107 ships and 500 transport planes have brought US military aid shipments to Israel. The Israeli Defense Ministry said the deliveries have included “armored vehicles, munitions, ammunition, personal protection gear,...

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Do We Finally Have a Peace Ticket?

Do We Finally Have a Peace Ticket?

by | Aug 26, 2024 |

Just as the Harris/Walz campaign was looking for a boost from the content-free Democratic National Convention last week, real drama broke out that pulled the country’s attention back toward Republican candidate Donald Trump. Rumors had been swirling for days that Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. might suspend his independent run for the White House and endorse Donald Trump and on Friday he did just that. In his powerful speech explaining the decision, RFK, Jr. made it clear that suspending his run was...

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Russia Is Not Our Enemy

Russia Is Not Our Enemy

by | Aug 23, 2024 |

Given the ongoing war between the United States and Russia in Ukraine, it’s natural for Americans to conclude that Russia is our enemy. Not so. Our enemy is instead the US national-security establishment — i.e., the Pentagon, the CIA, and the NSA — the entity that is responsible for the war in Ukraine and that is destroying our lives, liberties, and well-being here at home. Our American ancestors would have understood this phenomenon. If the Constitution had called into existence a...

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Democrats Release Insanely Hawkish Middle East Policy Platform

Democrats Release Insanely Hawkish Middle East Policy Platform

by | Aug 22, 2024 |

Celebrity progressive Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez falsely claimed that Vice President Kamala Harris “is working tirelessly to secure a ceasefire in Gaza” at the Democratic National Convention on Monday night. There is literally no evidentiary basis anywhere for this assertion. She made it up. Kamala Harris is not “working tirelessly” to do anything at this time besides become the next president. Her own staff are saying she is opposed to an arms embargo on Israel...

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The Political Matrix Sustains the Illusion of Freedom

The Political Matrix Sustains the Illusion of Freedom

by | Aug 22, 2024 |

What you smell is the stench of a dying republic. Our dying republic. We are trapped in a political matrix intended to sustain the illusion that we are citizens of a constitutional republic. In reality, we are caught somewhere between a kleptocracy (a government ruled by thieves) and a kakistocracy (a government run by unprincipled career politicians, corporations and thieves that panders to the worst vices in our nature and has little regard for the rights of American...

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The Right to be Left Alone

The Right to be Left Alone

by | Aug 22, 2024 |

Don't miss Judge Napolitano LIVE at the RPI 2024 DC Conference! “Every move you makeAnd every vow you breakEvery smile you fakeEvery claim you stakeI’ll be watching you.” -- “Every Breath You Take,” song by The Police The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees the right to privacy. Like other amendments in the Bill of Rights, it doesn’t create the right; it limits government interference with it. Shortly before he announced his withdrawal from the presidential race, President Joe...

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US Calls For Ceasefire But Keeps Supporting War

US Calls For Ceasefire But Keeps Supporting War

by | Aug 22, 2024 |

On August 12, the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, issued a press statement commemorating the anniversary of the adoption of the Geneva Conventions. He said: “The 75th anniversary of the adoption of the 1949 Geneva Conventions is a fitting occasion to reaffirm our commitment to respecting international humanitarian law … We call on others to do the same.” Except Israel. Blinken added: “Faced with the horrible reality of war, parties to armed conflict must comply with international...

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Washington Needlessly Entangles Its Small Allies

Washington Needlessly Entangles Its Small Allies

by | Aug 20, 2024 |

America’s founders were extremely worried that the Republic might become entangled in quarrels that were, or should be, irrelevant to America’s own security and well-being. Several prominent founders, including George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, emphasized that danger. Today’s proponents of a new foreign policy based on realism and restraint highlight similar concerns. That worry is entirely legitimate. Since World War II, U.S. leaders have meddled in quarrels around the world, snaring...

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The EU Just Declared War on Free Speech in America. It is Time to Fight Back

The EU Just Declared War on Free Speech in America. It is Time to Fight Back

by | Aug 20, 2024 |

Below is my column in The Hill on the move of the European Union to force Elon Musk to censor X users, including political speech leading up to the 2024 election. The column discusses this Rockwell painting, which we often use in discussing free speech controversies. Here is the column: Eighty years ago, the U.S. government launched a war bond campaign featuring a painting by artist Norman Rockwell in the struggle against the authoritarian threat from Europe. The picture they chose was...

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Anti-Democratic Dem Manipulators Strike Again (and Again)

Anti-Democratic Dem Manipulators Strike Again (and Again)

by | Aug 19, 2024 |

The Democrats continue to run to course — manipulating — most recently, Joe Biden out of the presidential race. Their history for the last decade has been one of manipulation and dirty tricks, false promises and anti-democratic actions. They campaign claiming Trump is out to destroy democracy when at the same time can’t seem to find enough anti-democratic ways to behave themselves. Dirty tricks have long been a part of politics, but in the last decade the Democrats have turned the machine up...

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Do We Finally Have a Peace Ticket?

Donald Trump Does Not Know the ‘Correct’ Interest Rate

by | Aug 19, 2024 |

Former President and current Republican Presidential Nominee Donald Trump recently renewed his criticisms of the Federal Reserve. He suggested that, if he returns to the White House next year, he will push Congress to pass legislation giving the president at least a say in the Fed’s decisions regarding interest rates. President Trump thinks that because he “made a lot of money” in business he has “a better instinct” as to what interest rates should be than do the members of the Federal Reserve...

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America’s Search for New Enemies

America’s Search for New Enemies

by | Aug 17, 2024 |

Does anyone really think that Iran threatens the United States? It’s only plausible if you can be convinced by a congenital liar and war criminal like Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu or by a buffoon like Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina. My head was still throbbing recently due to the damage done while watching Netanyahu’s 56 standing ovations from a bought and paid for Congress when I came across among my old books a volume bearing a title that summed up what I have been...

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Want More Freedom of Speech? Try Less Government.

Want More Freedom of Speech? Try Less Government.

by | Aug 16, 2024 |

Below is my column in The Hill on my call for a bill that would bar federal funding of any program and grant to censor, blacklist, or target individuals or sites based on their content. It is time to get the U.S. government out of the censorship business. The column discusses the proposal in my new book, “The Indispensable Right: Free Speech in an Age of Rage” to block any further funding for the current system of corporate, academic, and government programs targeting...

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Peace & Prosperity Blog

Shut Down the CDC Already

Shut Down the CDC Already

by | Jan 25, 2023

What is the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) supposed to do? Here is the answer from the CDC website’s “about” page: Saving Lives, Protecting People TM CDC is the...

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Killer Shots and Justice

Killer Shots and Justice

by | Jan 4, 2023

A Rasmussen Reports survey of American adults conducted last week found that 28 percent of the polled individuals “personally know” someone whose death “may have been caused by...

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