Robert Murphy Articles on Mises.org

GOP Senator Opposes More Than 60 Days Of War On Iran Without War Declaration In what could become a key milestone in an unpopular US-Israeli war on Iran that has the world on the edge of economic catastrophe, a Republican senator from one America's reddest states has announced his opposition to continued action against Iran beyond 60 days from the Feb 28 commencement of hostilities -- unless Congress approves it.  "I support the president’s actions taken in defense of American lives and interests," wrote first-term Sen. John Curtis in an opinion piece...

Israel has carried out overnight attacks on the Syrian military in the Suwayda Governorate, claiming to have hit a military headquarters as well as multiple army camps and weapons storage in the area in what they presented as retaliation for violence against the region’s Druze minority. Defense Minister Israel Katz accused the Syrian government of […]

When Do Protest Observers Become Lawbreaking Participants? Authored by Ben Weingarten via RealClearInvestigations, When an ICE agent shot and killed Minneapolis resident Renee Good after she allegedly obstructed immigration authorities with her vehicle, disobeyed their commands, and attempted to flee – drawing fatal fire from an officer nearly struck by the vehicle – politicians and pundits decried her death as murder. They called it particularly unjust because she was not acting as a protester but a legal observer. After federal agents arrested Don Lemon for allegedly disrupting a St. Paul church service in...