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The 'Giuliani Moment' 10 Years On: What Does It Mean Today?

Ten years ago this week, at a South Carolina GOP debate, Rep. Ron Paul dared challenge the cherished shibboleth that "they attack us because we are rich and free." No, it is our foreign policy that provokes hatred and inspires attacks like 9/11, he dared say. That was too much for then-frontrunner Rudy Giuliani. That short exchange made history -- and was also a shot in the arm for the non-interventionist movement. Ron Paul reflects on that moment and what it means for us today.

The US Postal Service is Dying. Let it.

By Thomas L. Knapp

Like most monopolies, the US Postal Service isn’t interested in changing its business model. An enterprise hemorrhaging cash  in a free market would cut prices, improve service, look for new revenue streams, or simply close its doors. The USPS solution, as usual, is to raise prices and hope for the best.

Alternative proposal: Let’s put it out of its misery.

The Service posted losses of $562 million in the first quarter of 2017, the Associated Press reports.  This year will lik...

U.S. Military World’s Largest Polluter – Hundreds Of Bases Gravely Contaminated

By Whitney Webb

Last week, mainstream media outlets gave minimal attention to the news that the U.S. Naval station in Virginia Beach had spilled an estimated 94,000 gallons of jet fuel into a nearby waterway, less than a mile from the Atlantic Ocean. While the incident was by no means as catastrophic as some other pipeline spills, it underscores an important yet little-known fact – that the U.S. Department of Defense is both the nation’s and the world’s, largest polluter.

Producing more h...

'Russiagate' -- National Security Threat...Or Just Politics?

The unproven claim that the Trump Administration is somehow in cahoots with Russia's Putin is the story that won't go away. Every day the mainstream media churns out a new "gotcha" story said to prove this evil conspiracy. All sources, of course, are "unnamed." What's behind it? A real difference of opinion on policy? A battle between factions of the deep state? Politics?

Global Warming is a Hoax: Here’s Why!

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The Escape From Collectivism

By Jeff Thomas

Recently, I penned an article entitled “A Chicken in Every Pot,” which described the reasons why countries that have delved into collectivism are likely to slide further down the slippery slope once its addictive qualities have been introduced to the brain.

Since then, I’ve received requests to address whether it’s ever possible to fully escape collectivism once it has taken hold in a country. The short answer is “yes.” It’s always possible to kick an addiction, but it’s no...

Trump Should Meet With Kim Jong-un

By Justin Raimondo

The launching of yet another ballistic missile test by North Korea dramatizes the conundrum we face in dealing with Kim Jong-un. The trajectory of the missile – it traveled around 430 miles and landed some 60 miles from Russia, in the Sea of Japan – limns the trajectory of North Korea’s course in its confrontation with what Pyongyang views multiple threats to its sovereignty.

Previous missile tests landed off the Japanese coast: this one splashed down close to Russia. I...

Ditch Net Neutrality Now

By Chris Calton

Anybody who has ever dealt with internet lag should realize that bandwidth is a finite resource. Like any other economically scarce commodity, the price and profit mechanisms of the market serve to direct the allocation of this resource as efficiently as possible. This is why people pay more for faster speeds or larger data caps.

The economic reality of bandwidth scarcity is the source of hostility between companies and consumers. When cell phone companies started limiting...

Jeff Sessions' Authoritarian Drug Crackdown Won't Work

On Friday, US Attorney General Jeff Sessions sent a directive to US Federal Prosecutors to pursue the most severe penalties possible for drug infractions, even if it triggers large mandatory minimum sentences. Like the drug war itself, this new/old approach will prove a dismal failure. We'll tell you why...

President Trump: Toss Your Generals’ War Escalation Plans In the Trash

By Ron Paul

By the end of this month, Defense Secretary James Mattis and National Security Advisor HR McMaster will deliver to President Trump their plans for military escalations in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria. President Trump would be wise to rip the plans up and send his national security team back to the drawing board – or replace them. There is no way another “surge” in Afghanistan and Iraq (plus a new one in Syria) puts America first. There is no way doing the same thing over agai...