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US Strikes Iran In Retaliation To Hormuz Ship Attack Update (5:00pm ET): As was expected, the US retaliated against Iran one day after Tehran struck a commercial ship in the Strait of Hormuz, a tit-for-tat exchange similar to one observed a week ago, and one which threatened to break the two countries’ fragile ceasefire although we doubt there will be further escalation. US Central Command said that American aircraft on Friday hit Iranian missile and drone storage sites as well as coastal radar installations, reportedly on Sirik Island located near the Strait...

Trump Open To Pardoning Cohen After Former Attorney Says He Was Pressured Authored by Tom Gantert via The Epoch Times, President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he would consider giving his former personal attorney Michael Cohen a pardon after Cohen said he felt he was "pressured and coerced" while testifying against Trump in a criminal trial. "If everything is checking out, it's something I would consider," Trump told reporters when asked if he would pardon Cohen. "I appreciate that at least he came out, although late, he came out and rectified the situation." A...

Economists like Harold Demsetz and Ronald Coase based their property rights views on utilitarianism. Murray Rothbard based his on justice.