"The social system of private property and limited government is the only system that tends to debarbarize all those who have the innate capacity to acquire personal culture." ~Ludwig von Mises
If you neglect economics, which is really just shorthand for understanding how the world works, you will not achieve the goals that you have convinced yourself are far removed from economics.
~ Tom Woods, "Austrian Economics in the Age of Donald Trump," The Tom Woods Show, August 7, 2025
(Speech was given at 2025 Mises University.)
The fog of war may have lifted for now and the phony ceasefire between Israel and Iran has paused the immediate bloodshed, but don’t be fooled. The respite is to allow an exhausted Israel to rearm with US provided weapons so the neoconservatives and the Israel Firsters aren’t done. The war drums are still beating, and Trump’s America First movement is starting to fracture under the strain, with a growing divide inside MAGA over America’s pointless wars for Israel. One group wants to stay out of foreign conflicts while the other is ready to back Israel completely, no matter the cost. Trump is either consciously or inadvertently playing his usual role of spewing contradictions and sowing confusion and instability every time he speaks or acts. Israel cannot retreat, it can only continue on its path of blood and slaughter, and Iran will not surrender. This might create in the near and long run the potential for a major false flag operation by Israel to draw the US in and trigger a full-blown war against Iran.
~ Philip Giraldi, "Trump Rolls Over for a New War," The Unz Review, June 30, 2025
