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The State Owns You: The Problem with “National Service”

February 9, 2020 – Tyler Curtis …… All arguments in favor of mandatory service rest on the idea that an individual’s life belongs not to him- or herself, but to the state. Continue reading →

The World Looks to Abandon the Dollar as US Sanctions Tighten Their Grip

January 27, 2020 – Ryan McMaken …… The US’s enthusiasm for sanctions means Europe is learning the price of doing business with the United States and with the dollar. They’re now developing new ways to work around the US-dominated financial system. Continue reading →

Huge Debt Got Us Hooked on Petrodollars — and on Saudi Arabia

January 15, 2020 – Ryan McMaken …… Petrodollars and petrodollar recycling are at the heart of what keeps the US debt and money-printing mechanism going. The geopolitical stakes are very high. Continue reading →

How the US Wages War to Prop up the Dollar

January 12, 2020 – Ryan McMaken …… After decades of Cold War spending, the US had to find a way to keep its massive war budgets and domestic spending going without ruining the dollar. Controlling the flow of dollars spent on oil turned out to be a fix. Continue reading →

Now is the Time to De-Escalate War with Iran

January 6, 2020 – Ryan McMaken …… The Iraqi parliament response to the recent US airstrike — expelling all US troops from Iraq — suggests that an escalation of the ongoing US-Iran conflict would not be as simple as pro-war factions of the US regime would like it to be. Continue reading →

This President Was Impeached for Being Insufficiently Pro-War

January 5, 2020 – Ryan McMaken …… There are certainly good reasons to impeach presidents, but Trump’s alleged “treason” isn’t one of them. Continue reading →

The US’s Latest Bombing Shows the US Lost the Iraq War

January 3, 2020 – Ryan McMaken …… “To recognize that the Baghdadi government is an enemy of the United States is to acknowledge that not only was the Iraq war a mistake, but that its outcome was a boon for Iran.” Continue reading →

It’s Trump vs. the Deep State vs. the Rest of Us

November 20, 2019 – Ryan McMaken …… Even The New York Times now admits there is a deep state — and that it serves its own agenda while ignoring the elected civilian government. Continue reading →

A Huge Empire Requires a Huge Government

November 11, 2019 – Jacob G. Hornberger …… The shift toward empire has brought about the destruction of American liberty and privacy here at home. That’s what the surveillance, torture, and indefinite detentions of American citizens are all about — to supposedly protect us from the dangers produced by U.S. intervention abroad. Continue reading →

Politicians Live in a Parallel Universe

October 24, 2019 – Jacob Hornberger …… I’m convinced of it. Many politicians definitely live in a parallel universe, one that could easily be called Bizarro World. Continue reading →