Niger: Finally, A War John McCain Doesn’t Love
John McCain's hatred of Donald Trump has driven America's most ardent warmonger to question the American intervention in Niger. And that's a good thing.
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Pentagon Pushes Plan for Female Draft Registration
If the US faces a crisis in tax revenues, forced labor via conscription will suddenly become a very attractive option. So why not include women?
Everyone Has Property Rights, Whether They Know it or Not
Even if the Native Americans didn't understand property rights at all, that still wouldn't justify stealing their land, and killing them.
America: The Dictatress of the World
John Quincy Adams warned that if the US sought to run the world, "she would be no longer the ruler of her own spirit."
Come, You Masters of War
Andrew Bacevich is not optimistic that the American state's drive for constant war will end soon.
The American Militia and the Origin of Conscription: A Reassessment
The history of American militias is a complex and often-misunderstood story of both public and semi-private militias.
George Orwell and the Cold War: A Reconsideration
What Garet Garrett called a "complex of vaunting and fear" has been the hallmark of the American Empire, and previous empires.
Massacres and Marijuana: Vietnam and the Drug War
Chris Calton explains how the US government escalated the War on Drugs at home, while serving as a drug runner in Southeast Asia.
Nothing Humanitarian About the US’s Actions in North Korea
The descent of US/North Korea “crisis” to schoolyard taunts should be remembered as one of the most disgraceful chapters in US foreign policy history.
The Supreme Court Failed Us On Vietnam
The Supreme Court justices knew that there was no way that the president would comply with a court ruling against the war.
