Foreign Policy

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Donald Trump Wants Lebensraum

OK I exaggerate for your attention holy cow this is amazing. I think Kelly Evans was getting excited because she knew millions of people would watch this with jaws dropped. (HT2 Glenn Greenwald)

One of my favorite Free Advice posts (yes I have favorites) was my reaction to Mark Levin’s response to a critique by Jim Manzi. If you go refresh your memory–or read it for the first time, if you’re new–you’ll see that Levin does the rhetorical equivalent of kicking people in the family jewels when the […]

Ron Paul and Lew Rockwell Get Pretty Radical on Fox!

It’s Judge Napolitano’s show, of course, but still: BTW, I was pleased to hear that Ron Paul also favors a transition period, rather than a one-shot “End the Fed on Tuesday.” This is the approach Carlos and I take in our new book. I think we accommodated the twin goals of ending injustice immediately, and […]

Imagine You Were Someone in Afghanistan…

…and you saw this news story. (HT2 LRC) In addition to hating Americans for their bicameral legislature, wouldn’t this kind of thing really get your juices flowing? (Make sure you watch the whole thing. The last part is the best.)

Manning Didn’t Understand the Rules of the Game

Glenn Greenwald comments on the government’s formal charges against accused WikiLeaks informant Bradley Manning: The 22-year-old whistle-blower faces 52 years in prison….I just wanted to review the contemporary rules governing the Rule of Law in the U.S.: * If you torture people or eavesdrop on Americans without the warrants required by the criminal law, you receive Look-Forward Imperial Immunity. […]

Glenn Greenwald Lets Obama Rest Up, Hits National Review

To his credit, Glenn Greenwald switched from bashing right-wingers to bashing Obama once the latter had gained power. But Greenwald couldn’t resist hitting National Review’s Jay Nordlinger who, when commenting on the fact that Hamas wasn’t letting the Red Cross visit an Israeli soldier (Gilad Shalit) in their custody, wrote: “…there’d be mass demonstrations in […]

Obama vs. Ron Paul

The Austrian economics stuff is just bonus. Look at the difference between these two. *swoon* (HT2 LRC)

Bernanke Calls to End the Fed! He Endorses ABCT!!

OK not quite, but I am not making up this quotation: US FEDERAL Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke has warned against government interference in monetary-policy setting, saying it contributes to boom-bust cycles and inflation risks. “Political interference in monetary policy can generate undesirable boom-bust cycles that ultimately lead to both a less stable economy and higher […]