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3 weeks ago | lewrockwell.com | Laurence Vance |Its Translators

On April 30, 1975, the city of Saigon fell to the North Vietnamese communists. A big military parade in front of hundreds of thousands of flag-waving Vietnamese was held last month in what is now called Ho Chi Minh City to mark the fall of Saigon 50 years ago. Many conservatives have been reflecting on this event. I don’t agree with what some of them are saying because they are apologists for the immoral, unnecessary, undeclared, senseless, criminal Vietnam War.

1 month ago | lewrockwell.com | Laurence Vance |Its Translators

“Whatever they tax us, we tax them.” ~ Donald TrumpOn April 2—President Trump’s “Liberation Day”—he imposed, then changed, and then delayed, reciprocal tariffs on nearly all U.S. trading partners. Said Trump: “We’re going to charge countries for doing business in our country and taking our jobs, taking our wealth, taking a lot of things that they’ve been taking over the years.”Nothing could be further from the truth.

1 month ago | lewrockwell.com | Laurence Vance |Its Translators

Brass knuckles, which can be made of any material, metal or not, are worn around the knuckles of the hand to increase the force and damage of a punch. Although they are not illegal on the federal level in the United States, they are illegal in about 20 states and in many foreign countries—but not in “Red” China. A 1931 law in Michigan, MCL 750.224(1)(d), imposes severe penalties, including a possible prison sentence, for possession of brass knuckles.

2 months ago | lewrockwell.com | Laurence Vance |Its Translators

The county of Burma or Myanmar has seen its share of natural disasters. A devasting cyclone in 2008 killed tens of thousands of people and left hundreds of thousands more homeless. To make things worse, the country has suffered from internal conflict for 50 years, and is currently in the midst of a civil war. Last month it was a devasting 7.7 earthquake that hit Myanmar. Over 2,000 people are confirmed dead, thousands are injured, and countless numbers of people are still buried.

2 months ago | lewrockwell.com | Laurence Vance |Its Translators

“America should side with the rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo,” says Michael Rubin, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), a beltway conservative think tank. The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), formerly known as the Congo Free State, the Belgian Congo, and Zaire, is the second largest country in Africa. It should not be confused with the smaller Republic of the Congo.