How Defense-Contractor CEOs Get Rich on the Taxpayers’ Dime
When someone in DC wants more money for the troops, just remember that what they’re actually talking about are troops of overpaid defense contractors.
War and Foreign Policy
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Don’t Trust the US Government on Missile Defense
The US state is empowered by the idea that it can wage wars at will without the American domestic population facing any risk of retaliation.
Mexico’s Disastrous War on Drugs
Ordinary street gangs could never ascend to the levels of criminality made possible by the US-sponsored drug war in Mexico.
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.
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.
