Commentary

by Charles Hugh Smith The erosion of community in America has been a topic of discussion and concern for decades, most notably in Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community (2000) by Robert […]

Interesting conversation about the prospects of libertarian candidates at the presidential level in ’16 and beyond by prominent operative Trippi. TLB recommends you visit http://www.dailypaul.com for more great articles and pertinent information. See original article […]

By Jim Karger “Ain’t you ‘fraid livin’ down there?” This was the inquiry of the good old boy wearing a Homeland Security uniform as we passed through the 26-mile border security checkpoint outside Laredo, Texas, […]

by Chris Hedges President Barack Obama announces James Clapper, left, as director of national intelligence during a ceremony in the Rose Garden at the White House on June 5, 2010. (AP/J. Scott ApplewhiteOn Thursday the […]

Through means I am unable to disclose, I have obtained a copy of the Devil’s New Year’s missive to his minions in America. Though it appears He delivered his letter on January 1, it has […]

By Tyler Durden Ordinarily we would ignore the news of another banker’s death – after all these sad events happen all the time – if it wasn’t for several contextual aspects of this most recent […]

By Dave Cohen I discussed the elite as opportunistic predators in my long essay Economics As A Moral Science?  That essay was a follow-up to my post Homo sapiens — The Rationalizing Animal. In that […]

By Tom Carter Referring to America’s mass internment of people of Japanese ancestry during the Second World War, current Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia declared: “[Y]ou are kidding yourself if you think the same thing […]

By Scott Stenholm During his fifth State of the Union address, President Obama touched on Al Qaeda’s resurgence in nations around the globe like Yemen and Iraq. Though noticeably absent was mention of the negative […]