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Free Speech and Its Discontents
Free Speech and Its Discontents
A government that can silence the speech you hate today can silence the speech you love tomorrow
26.09.2025
We Are All Antifa Now
We Are All Antifa Now
The designation of the amorphous group antifa as a terrorist organization allows the state to brand all dissidents as supporters of antifa and prosecute them as terrorists.
25.09.2025
Who Benefits from Kirk Murder?
Who Benefits from Kirk Murder?
As of now, we have only our questions about the who and the why of the murder of Charlie Kirk. But questions, the right ones, have a power all their own.
22.09.2025
A Charlie Kirk Ministry of Truth
A Charlie Kirk Ministry of Truth
The proposed “Charlie Kirk Act” would give the U.S. government sweeping new powers to decide what does and does not constitute propaganda and untruth and administer penalties accordingly.
19.09.2025
The Department of War Is Back!
The Department of War Is Back!
But Victoryless Culture Remains
19.09.2025
The Right to Be Left Alone
The Right to Be Left Alone
What if the federal government captures in real time the contents of every telephone call, email and text message and all the fiber-optic data generated by every person and entity in the United States 24/7?
14.08.2025
From Carthage To Berlin, A Modest Proposal
From Carthage To Berlin, A Modest Proposal
The First Punic War began in 264 BC, lasted 25 years, and was fought between the Romans and the Carthaginians, a civilization in what is today modern Tunisia.
18.07.2025
American Authoritarianism
American Authoritarianism
Torture, rotating judges and prosecutors and incarceration for a generation without charges or trial are all hallmarks of an authoritarian government, writes Andrew P. Napolitano.
18.07.2025
From Media Darling to Persona Non Grata: Greta Thunberg’s Journey
From Media Darling to Persona Non Grata: Greta Thunberg’s Journey
Alan MacLeod looks at how the Swedish climate activist widened her focus to the capitalist system and Israeli genocide in Gaza and lost the attention of the corporate press.
14.07.2025
Is BRICS the Way Forward?
Is BRICS the Way Forward?
After witnessing Cuba’s ailing economy in a recent visit, Asoka Bandarage looks beyond BRICS for an alternative to both authoritarian socialism and neoliberal capitalism.
11.07.2025
A Police State Coming to a Town Near You
A Police State Coming to a Town Near You
Andrew P. Napolitano examines the moral and historical errors in the argument that less freedom produces more safety.
27.06.2025
AI & the End of Thinking?
AI & the End of Thinking?
Wolfgang Messner explores the risks that mediocrity and conformity will accompany an AI-powered cognitive revolution.
05.06.2025
Inside Labour’s Plot to Take Down Corbyn
Inside Labour’s Plot to Take Down Corbyn
Richard Sanders on Get In, a book on Morgan McSweeney, the Labour strategist who focused on bringing down Corbyn and propelling Keir Starmer to power.
29.04.2025
Liberation or Obliteration?
Liberation or Obliteration?
President Trump was elected in part because he promised to reduce prices and not drag the country into foreign wars. Sadly, President Trump has adopted a tariff policy that will raise prices and abandoned his “America First” foreign policy in favor of a return to Bush-era neoconservatism.
08.04.2025
American Freefall
American Freefall
The extent to which the U.S. has embarked on a departure from reality is only a question for empires in their waning decades.
04.04.2025
Free Speech Is Worth Fighting For
Free Speech Is Worth Fighting For
We do not have free speech to talk about the weather. Our Founders, particularly James Madison who drafted the Bill of Rights, understood that our rights are not privileges granted to us by government.
01.04.2025
A Brief History of "The" Freedom of Speech
A Brief History of "The" Freedom of Speech
The government’s respect for speech is often at its lowest ebb in wartime, when it is also most important and timely.
31.03.2025
Losing Academic Freedom
Losing Academic Freedom
The neoliberal university doesn’t need overt censorship. It’s perfected the art of silent control. It’s not that one is explicitly told what can’t be written — it’s that over time, one simply learns what is too dangerous to say.
28.03.2025
Perilous Times for Freedom in the US
Perilous Times for Freedom in the US
The U.S. government, in its zealous enforcement of the nation’s immigration laws, has become lawless.
21.03.2025
Canada at the Crossroads
Canada at the Crossroads
With Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau’s globalist policies, unchecked immigration, and high taxes threatening Canada’s sovereignty, the question arises: Is it time for Canada to bjoin the United States?
21.02.2025
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Right-wing US Army soldier massacres 18 people in Lewiston, Maine
Right-wing US Army soldier massacres 18 people in Lewiston, Maine
Fooling with history
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Australia hosting anti-China Malabar naval exercises
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Arms Control Experts Criticize US for Not Sending Russia Proposal to Curb Nuclear Weapons Deployments
Arms Control Experts Criticize US for Not Sending Russia Proposal to Curb Nuclear Weapons Deployments
NATO Countries Agree to Start Training Ukrainian Pilots on F-16s in August
NATO Countries Agree to Start Training Ukrainian Pilots on F-16s in August
China-UK trade celebrates 70th anniversary of the "Icebreaking Mission"
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China and Russia
China and Russia
US feels sidelined
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Emmanuel Macron and Olaf Scholz Seek a Reset After Lingering Tensions
Emmanuel Macron and Olaf Scholz Seek a Reset After Lingering Tensions
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