Why Socialism Fails

Israel launches attacks on several locations in southern Lebanon on any given day. That’s barely news in and of itself anymore, but one of the sites most persistently targeted in recent weeks was the town of Mansouri, in Tyre District. In early August, Israel’s military imposed a full evacuation order on Mansouri, and the attacks […]

Zero Sum: Cities Have Little To Show For Big Spending Authored by Jeremy Portnoy via RealClearInvestigations, America’s largest cities are increasing their spending at almost unprecedented rates. A RealClearInvestigations (RCI) analysis of cities with at least 500,000 residents found they cumulatively raised their per-person spending by 18 percent over the last 10 budget cycles, accounting for inflation. The only equivalents on record are the spending surges ignited by the Great Society programs of the 1960s and Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal during the 1930s. But unlike those past eras, today’s cities do not have...

Allegations Of Pentagon "Casualty Cover-Up": The Intercept Well-known national security news site The Intercept has issued fresh reporting which alleges a Pentagon cover-up when it comes to mounting US casualties from Trump's Operation Epic Fury. Speculation and questions have lately surged among the public and analysts given that casualty updates put out by the Pentagon have been very few and far between. It actually accuses the Pentagon of shoddy record-keeping going back significantly before the current Iran war. Currently the official numbers... "Since the start of Operation Epic Fury, approximately 303 US service...