Laurie Calhoun's Blog
July 1, 2025
“Smart War” and State Terrorism
On June 16, 2025, President Donald Trump threatened the 10 million inhabitants of Tehran, Iran, with death, for their government’s alleged nuclear aspirations: Iran should have signed the “deal” I told them to sign. What a shame, and waste of human life. Simply stated, IRAN CAN NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON. I said it over … Continue reading “Smart War” and State Terrorism →
July 17, 2024
Scott Horton & Laurie Calhoun Discuss U.S. Foreign Policy & Secretary of War Antony Blinken, et al.
Scott Horton and Laurie Calhoun have a wide-ranging discussion of current and recent U.S. foreign policy, focusing on the ongoing crises in Ukraine and Gaza, conflicts of interest, and the War Party duopoly. https://libertarianinstitute.org/scot... Here’s the article serving as the launchpad of the discussion: “Parody of a Statesman: Antony Blinken, Secretary of War,” at the … Continue reading Scott Horton & Laurie Calhoun Discuss U.S. Foreign Policy & Secretary of War Antony Blinken, et al. →
May 23, 2024
Life During Gaza Wartime
People are by now firmly entrenched in their respective positions regarding the conflict raging in Gaza since October 7, 2023. The Hamas attacks on that day have served as the pretext for a “war” on the Palestinian people for the past seven months. The announcement that the ICC (International Criminal Court) has applied for arrest warrants … Continue reading Life During Gaza Wartime →
February 26, 2024
Our Bloody Cultural Psychosis
Imagine someone who did not know the difference between right and wrong and felt that he could, and should, take anything he wanted from anyone he wanted because, as far as he could see, there was no reason not to. If he wanted to buy something but was low on funds, he would not hesitate … Continue reading Our Bloody Cultural Psychosis →
January 4, 2024
Moral Equivalence in War (Both Sides are Wrong)
It has become fashionable once again for regime apologists to denounce as “simpleminded,” even immoral, any assertion or intimation of moral equivalence between government killers and the factional fighters who undertake violent retaliation against them. Throughout the emotionally fraught dispute engendered by the events of October 7, 2023, and its aftermath, there has been a … Continue reading Moral Equivalence in War (Both Sides are Wrong) →
October 26, 2023
E-book GiveAway: Act Now!
Enter the contest currently underway at Goodreads for a free copy of my new ebook, Questioning the COVID Company Line: Critical Thinking in Hysterical Times–it’s a page turner! https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
October 8, 2023
September 29, 2023
Stone Cold Dead Republic: When Everything is Cast as a War
Several politicians have vaunted a muscular but myopic plan for dealing with the fentanyl crisis: to eliminate sources of the drug near the U.S.-Mexico border through the use of military force. The fentanyl crisis is being portrayed as an international conflict, not a failure of domestic policy, but a problem entirely caused by the evil … Continue reading Stone Cold Dead Republic: When Everything is Cast as a War →
July 3, 2023
Lethal Drones at the U.S.-Mexico Border?
Fentanyl has caused many overdose deaths in recent years, and much of it has entered the United States through Mexico. A number of politicians have thrown their support behind a proposal to officially label narcotics traffickers based in Mexico as “terrorists.” Not all of the Republican lawmakers who support this idea have openly embraced the … Continue reading Lethal Drones at the U.S.-Mexico Border? →
June 27, 2023
Turn Off, Do Not Automate, the Killing Machine
The quest to develop and refine technologically advanced means to commit mass homicide continues on, with Pentagon tacticians ever eager to make the military leaner and more lethal. Drone swarms already exist, and as insect-facsimile drones are marketed and produced, we can expect bug drone swarms to appear soon in the skies above places where … Continue reading Turn Off, Do Not Automate, the Killing Machine →
