DOES SPANKING VIOLATE THE NON-AGGRESSION PRINCIPLE?

A flurry of Israeli strikes on Thursday has killed at least 16 people in the areas around Lebanon’s Nabatieh District, including women and children, and wounded dozens of others. The casualties largely came from Israeli attacks on residential buildings in southern towns and villages. As with yesterday, there were high casualty incidents in Jebchit. Today’s […]

US Defense Stocks Take Epic Fury Beating, Leaving UBS Asking Why Despite the launch of Operation Epic Fury against Iran in late February, U.S. defense stocks have moved lower rather than higher, prompting a UBS analyst to pen a note to clients this week attempting to answer why the makers of missiles and tanks failed to sustain a wartime rally. Analyst Allyson Gordon asked the question: "Why Is US Defense Performance Lackluster?"  Let's start with iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF, or ITA, a basket of major U.S. defense firms. ITA caught...

Having amassed the heaviest US air power in the Middle East since the disastrous 2003 Iraq invasion, President Trump is now considering an initial, limited strike on Iran to force it to bow to the maximalist demands of Israel and the United States. The idea is based on two deeply questionable premises: Reported by the Wall Street Journal, the single-strike scenario […]