The Defense Budget Keeps Ballooning To Fund Fleeting U.S. Primacy
The proposed defense budget reaches $813 billion, and politicians still can’t think critically about how to spend it.
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'Fear Is the Tool of Totalitarians': Ron Paul on War, Money, and the Libertarian Moment
The former Texas congressman and presidential candidate says his goal was to get people to think about freedom.
Biden Has His Eye on Bitcoin
The president's anticipated executive order stopped short of feared regulations but suggests federal unease with uncontrolled development.
More Defense Spending Does Not Equal More Safety
Congress continues to allocate funds to produce weapons that the Pentagon itself says it doesn't need.
Ukraine Can't Defend Its Freedom With an Army of Conscripts
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has barred men aged 18-60 from leaving the country.
The Stossel State of the Union
"If I do my job right, you should barely know I'm here."
There Are Few Good Options in Ukraine Crisis
Western governments made promises they didn’t keep and offered assurances they can’t fulfill.
The Government's Coronavirus Response Was a Complete Failure. Who Will Be Held Accountable?
From the CDC to the FDA, there are too many missteps to list.
Public Confidence in the Military Is Slipping
The drop in public trust has finally come for the Pentagon too.
A Skeptical Public May Stop War With Russia
After disappointment in Afghanistan, Americans show no eagerness for a new conflict.
Congress Spends More on Defense Than the Next 10 Countries Combined
We can't afford to keep funding defense contractors' cost overruns.
Dump the Draft Forever Instead of Making Women Register
Why is registration for involuntary servitude still a thing?
Could the CIA and FBI Have Stopped 9/11?
We may have misinterpreted 9/11 as a harbinger, when it was really just an outlier.
9/11's Lesson: War Doesn't Work
Historian Stephen Wertheim says two decades of failed wars have finally made America more likely to embrace military restraint.
Don't Ask U.S. Troops To Solve Haiti's Problems
It’s unclear what a military intervention could even accomplish.
The Publication of the Pentagon Papers Still Sets an Example 50 Years Later
Whistleblowers and publishers are crucial for keeping government officials reasonably honest.
America Is Back to Bombing Syria
Plus: Remembering Steve Horwitz, Oregonians can temporarily pump their own gas, and more...
On Memorial Day, Remember Skepticism Toward a Large, Standing Military
Thank the troops, but question the uses to which they’re put.
Does America Need To Be Involved in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict?
Neither side needs military aid funded by U.S. taxpayers.
Reckless Foreign Policy Gives the U.S. a Bad Reputation
A significant portion of the world views the U.S. as a threat to democracy in their home countries.
American Indifference Allowed the War in Afghanistan to Drag On
We’ll have to pay attention this time to ensure a conclusion to the accidental forever war.
Let the Afghan People Come
Joe Biden doesn’t have to feel bad about bringing the troops home if he lets the persecuted come here.
The U.S.-China Relationship Doesn't Have To Be 'Increasingly Adversarial'
Many U.S. complaints about China aren’t about actions that threaten U.S. security.
The Constitution and Biden's Syria Air Strike
The strike was probably legal (as were similar small-scale strikes by Trump). But there are serious constitutional problems with the overall US military presence in Syria.
Obama Official Still Defends Doctrine That Led to Disastrous Libya Strikes
Anne-Marie Slaughter hasn’t given up on intervention and the “responsibility to protect” doctrine.
Biden Cuts Support for Saudi War in Yemen, But It Should Only Be the First Step
What should come next for the U.S.-Saudi Arabia relationship
Sneaking Section 230 Reform Into the Defense Bill Is a Terrible Idea
Plus: Bar food police strike in New York, study finds COVID-19 circulating in the U.S. last December, and more...
COVID-19 Demonstrates the Need To Change Nuclear Weapon Launch Authority
Giving one man control of all nuclear weapons is a mistake.
Don't Sell Weapons to the UAE
Selling weapons to the UAE would stamp brutality and extremism abroad with American approval.
Even in Impeachment-Crazed D.C., It's Always a Good Time To Borrow and Spend!
Donald Trump, Democrats, and Republicans agree on trillion-dollar deficits for as far as the eye can see.
Marianne Williamson Wants To Defeat Dark Psychic Forces With New Department of Peace
True to form, the presidential hopeful is turning the conversation around war on its head.
A New Front in Trump's War on Amazon
Plus: Thousands of troops leaving Afghanistan, TV networks sue streaming site Locust, Gabbard calls Harris response "pathetic," and more...
House Votes To Stop Trump From Attacking Iran Without Congressional Authorization
An amendment to this year's military spending bill says the president must go to Congress before launching another war.
Defense Department Computer Network Among Top Sharers of Child Pornography
Plus: Florida legalizes vegetable gardens, Facebook bans anti-voting ads, and more...
Michigan Congressmen Blame Justin Amash After Their State Is Passed Over for Missile Defense Site
They were hoping to hit the Department of Defense jackpot.
Republicans and Democrats Spar Over Whether Defense Spending Should Increase by $20 Billion or $30 Billion
The depressing bipartisan consensus on ever-increasing defense spending shows no sign of breaking down anytime soon.
Good News, Ladies! The Military-Industrial Complex Is Ours Now!
No one wants to consider if casually blowing things up is a good idea in the first place.
Space Force: The Real Loser From Yesterday's Election Results?
If the Space Force goes down before it ever got up on its feet, that's probably for the best.
Makers of 3D-Printed Guns Follow In DIY Tradition of Ammunition Reloaders
Reloaders and DIY gunmakers alike are motivated by innovation and a willingness to make for themselves what the government doesn't want them to have.
Four Dead in Africa: The Addiction to World Policing Must End
Many Americans, including our nation's leaders, don't know where or why our military is deployed.
Trump Out of Touch With Reality on Afghanistan
The president's proclamations about Afghanistan are not a plan; they're a letter to Santa Claus.
U.S. Military Industrial Complex Gets Huge Subsidy in the Form of Record-Breaking Aid Package for Israel
Israel is fully capable of funding its own defense, but now they'll have billions more to spend on U.S. weaponry.
"It Will Be a Beautiful Day When the Air Force Bombs All the Schools Having Bake Sales"
Defense spending higher under Obama than Bush, who was himself a huge spendthrift...
Bankruptcy and the Case for Puerto Rico's Independence
The island commonwealth and the U.S. would benefit from giving each other more space and more freedom.
Would Hillary Clinton, Ted Cruz, Donald Trump, or Bernie Sanders Stop America From Being World Police?
U.S. military spending dwarfs that of every other country. And we're pledged to defend 25% of humanity.
NFL *Says* It Will Pay Pentagon Back for Patriotic Halftime Shows
That stirring multi-million-dollar display of patriotism you saw at halftime was brought to you by...your own tax dollars!
What Part of Pulling Out Does Obama Not Understand?
Will now leave almost 6,000 troops in Afghanistan in 2017.
