Author: Thomas L. Knapp

Source: Center for a Stateless Society
by Kevin Carson

“From an anarchist perspective, the idea of using the state bureaucracy to transfer tax revenue to people in the form of a Basic Income sounds eyebrow-raising. As an adherent of Chris Sciabarra’s idea of dialectical libertarianism — the idea that policies should be evaluated in terms of their functionality within larger systems — I think a good case can be made that Basic Income is actually, in functional terms, a net decrease in substantive statism. And that’s even more true of less ambitious proposals like replacing the welfare bureaucracy with a negative income tax. Let’s consider the nature of the current system within which a UBI or negative income tax would be introduced.” (02/26/25)

https://c4ss.org/content/60133

Source: Future of Freedom Foundation
by Jacob G Hornberger

“Former Secret Service agent Clint Hill recently passed away. He was the Secret Service agent who jumped on the back of the JFK limousine after Kennedy had been shot in Dallas in November 1963. He pushed Kennedy’s wife Jacqueline, who had crawled out on the back of the limo, into the back seat. As the limo then proceeded to Parkland Hospital, Hill covered JFK’s body with his own body in an attempt to protect him from any more shots. In the process, Hill was in a position to view the back of the president’s head all the way to Parkland. Why is that significant? Although he apparently didn’t realize it for the rest of his life, Hill unwittingly helped to establish that the assassination of President Kennedy was a regime-change operation …” (02/26/25)

https://www.fff.org/2025/02/26/secret-service-agent-clint-hill-and-the-fraudulent-jfk-autopsy/

Source: Washington Post
by Bruce E Yannett

“As President Donald Trump embarks on his promised campaign of ‘retribution’ against his political enemies, there’s little reason to hope that the leadership of the Justice Department will curb his worst impulses — just consider the specious dismissal of the case against New York Mayor Eric Adams. But those willing to do the president’s bidding might have forgotten one important protection built into the justice system: Lawyers are governed by ethical rules regulated by state bar associations and state courts. And those authorities can and do discipline — and even disbar — lawyers who order, assist or engage in unlawful conduct.” (02/26/25)

https://archive.is/v4PKe

Source: Antiwar.com
by Ted Snider

“Normally, it is the country that defeated you in war, and not the country that defended you, that pillages you after the war. Unfortunately for Ukraine, its biggest military defender is set to pillage its resources as the two countries have now signed a minerals agreement after Trump warned that a refusal to sign would have led to ‘a lot of problems’ for Ukraine. Many mistakes have been made in the war over Ukraine’s minerals: Zelensky may have made a mistake in his strategy, and Trump may be mistaken in facts.” (02/26/25)

https://original.antiwar.com/ted_snider/2025/02/25/trumps-mineral-deal-and-pillaging-ukraine/

Source: The Atlantic
by Jill Filipovic

“Much has been written about Trump’s widening appeal to men, and to young men in particular. MAGA, the story goes, is making masculinity great again. But the version of manhood on display not just from Trump but from many of his closest advisers and appointees isn’t the kind of traditional manhood championed by his vice president, J. D. Vance; it’s a manhood imagined by adolescent boys. (Although of course, plenty of adolescent boys do not look up to Trump.) And at his core, Trump is an adolescent president, surrounded by adolescent flunkies, cheered into office by adolescent men.” (02/26/25)

https://archive.is/pn15L