Militia Armory Burns and Explodes; 15 Killed in Iraq
At least 15 people were killed, and two others were wounded in recent violence: Twelve people were killed in a fire and multiple explosion in Karbala. The incident reportedly occurred at a Hashd al-Shaabi munitions depot. This is the third such incident in Karbala...
Corbyn Smeared as Anti-Semite, For a Reason
The Labour party, relentlessly battered by an organized campaign of smears of its leader, Jeremy Corbyn – first for being anti-Semitic, and now for honoring Palestinian terrorists – is reportedly about to adopt the four additional working “examples” of anti-Semitism...
Electric Infrastructure Targeted; Six Killed in Iraq
America’s (Near) Thirty Years’ War
Originally posted at TomDispatch. Fair warning. Stop reading right now if you want, because I’m going to repeat myself. What choice do I have, since my subject is the Afghan War (America’s second Afghan War, no less)? I began writing about that war in...
Six Executed in Iraq; Six Others Killed Across Country
God, War, and Progressivism
Murray Newton Rothbard was a polymath who wrote 26 books, thousands of articles, and found the time to found and lead the libertarian movement. It was in his living room that the leading lights of the “liberty movement,” as we know it today, gathered to discuss,...
Murphy’s Law: Big Tech Must Serve as Censorship Subcontractors
In a recent tweet, US Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) warned that “Infowars is the tip of a giant iceberg of hate and lies that uses sites like Facebook and YouTube to tear our nation apart.” His solution: “These companies must do more than take down one...
Afghanistan Has Become Trump’s ‘Failed Narco State’
President Donald Trump is back on the stump, trumpeting his alleged triumphs since the 2016 election. Somehow, he never mentions Afghanistan. For years, Trump has denounced endless foreign wars, including Afghanistan. For example, he tweeted in 2012 that Afghanistan...
