Connor Freeman

Originally appeared at The Libertarian Institute. We should never forget that American civilians were blindsided twenty-three years ago this month when a small group of mostly Saudis and Egyptians hijacked our civilian airliners in a kamikaze mission that murdered thousands. Though none of them were Palestinian, the nineteen hijackers’ indefensible terrorist attack was motivated largely by … Continue reading “Will Americans Pay for Israel’s Crimes Again?”

From Richard Nixon to the Israel lobby, the late Republican Congressman Paul Norton “Pete” McCloskey Jr. challenged the most powerful elements of the ruling class on the American people’s behalf. On September 29, 1927, McCloskey was born in San Bernardino, California. He was raised in South Pasadena. After graduating high school in 1945, McCloskey joined … Continue reading “Goodbye to Pete McCloskey, an Antiwar Hero”

This article was extended and updated on 11/10/23, including to reflect the latest tolls of death and destruction in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. Intifada On October 7th, a large group of armed Hamas fighters broke out of the Gaza Strip to launch an unprecedented attack – by air, land, and sea – … Continue reading “Netanyahu’s Support for Hamas Backfired”

On October 7th, a large group of armed fighters broke out of the Gaza Strip to launch an unprecedented attack – by air, land, and sea – in southern Israel, thousands of rockets were launched, military bases as well as kibbutzim were targeted and briefly seized. During the operation, dubbed Al-Aqsa Flood, over a thousand … Continue reading “Netanyahu’s Support for Hamas Backfired”

Gen. Mark Milley retired on Friday as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and handed over command to Air Force chief Gen. Charles Q. Brown. In 2019, Milley took up the post after being nominated by President Donald Trump. He oversaw massive escalations in the buildup for war with China, the Ukraine proxy … Continue reading “As General Milley Retires, His Legacy Is Brinkmanship with Russia and China”

Sergei Karaganov, who has served as a presidential adviser in the Kremlin both under Boris Yeltsin as well as Vladimir Putin, is making the case that Russia should lower the threshold for nuclear weapons use. His reasoning stems from the perspective that intellectual and moral degradation has Western elites dead set on escalation in its … Continue reading “Influential Foreign Policy Thinkers in the US and Russia Advocate Nuclear Escalations”

Elizabeth Gilbert, the best-selling American author, announced last week that she would soon be publishing a novel set in Russia. In light of a Russo-phobic public relations campaign unleashed against her, the Eat, Pray, Love author has since rescinded those plans. In a "massive outpouring of reactions," Ukrainian readers expressed "anger, sorrow, disappointment and pain," … Continue reading “Best-Selling US Author Cancels Her Own Book in Response to Anti-Russian PR Campaign”