By Ron Paul, MD
The Ron Paul Institute
December 16, 2025
Unless President Trump reverses course, the "Lower Prices Bigger Paychecks" banner that hung behind him at his "affordability" speech this month will be remembered as being to economic policy what President George W. Bush's "Mission Accomplished" banner was to foreign policy.
According to a Politico poll, many Americans are having difficulty paying for food, housing, transportation, and health care.
How the filters we adopt shape the flow of practice of medicine, our success in life, and the flow of society
By A Midwestern Doctor
The Forgotten Side of Medicine
December 16, 2025
A recurring theme in human society is how frequently groups of people will hold viewpoints that are diametrically opposed to another group yet both groups will be absolutely certain they are completely correct and the other is completely wrong.
By Laurence M. Vance
December 16, 2025
There have now been 22 "lethal, kinetic strikes" by the U.S. military against "narco-terrorists" in international waters who were supposedly transporting drugs to the United States. It recently came to light that the opening salvo of these strikes, on September 2, resulted in two survivors who were killed with a double-tap strike.
Many on the Left, and some on the Right, have denounced the second strike as a war crime, and called for the firing of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.
By Paul Craig Roberts
PaulCraigRoberts.org
December 16, 2025
Virginia, formerly a proud and distinguished state, is the home of many of the founding fathers of the United States-George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, George Mason-has fallen into the hands of people ashamed of Virginia's proud heritage.
The state of Virginia was destroyed by the influx of lobbyists and federal government bureaucrats who serve every interest except the public's.
Moon of Alabama
December 16, 2025
The European Union is trying to eliminate sources of information that do not confirm with its official interpretation of real world events.
One of the latest persons hit with official EU restrictions is the former Swiss intelligence official and author Jacques Baud:
I have quoted Baud in several of my pieces on Ukraine and have linked to his writings in the magazine Postil.
It's so gross watching the tail-wagging excitement of Israel supporters in response to this shooting. They're so happy they have another rhetorical weapon with which to bludgeon pro-Palestine voices into silence. They can barely contain their glee.
By Caitlin Johnstone
CaitlinJohnstone.com
December 16, 2025
Two shooters attacked a Jewish Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach on Sunday, killing fifteen people and injuring dozens of others.
By Jacob G. Hornberger
The Future of Freedom Foundation
December 16, 2025
One of the things about America's welfare-state way of life that has long fascinated me is how welfare-state advocates are convinced that this way of life reflects the goodness of the American people. By the same token, anyone who opposes this way of life is considered to be heartless, uncaring, selfish, and self-centered.
By Michael Snyder
End Of The American Dream
December 16, 2025
If there is going to be peace, why are we witnessing the largest military buildup in Europe since the end of the Cold War ? When it comes to the major players on the geopolitical stage, it is far more important to watch what they do than it is to listen to what they say. And right now the actions that the major European powers are taking are telling us that they are preparing for a huge war with Russia.
SchiffGold.com
December 16, 2025
On Thursday's episode of The Peter Schiff Show, Peter walks through the Federal Reserve's stealthy pivot on monetary policy and explains why that move matters more for inflation and markets than talk of tariffs. He also highlights how precious metals - particularly silver and mining stocks - are leading this leg of the bull market, and he closes by drawing a clear distinction between tokenized gold and Bitcoin.
This represents a dangerous escalation in the conflict, as well as making British citizens legitimate targets.
By Lucas Leiroz de Almeida
InfoBrics
December 16, 2025
For the first time, the UK government has officially acknowledged the death of a British soldier in Ukraine. London's admission that British citizens are deployed to Ukraine leaves many questions unanswered, as the UK should explain why its soldiers are involved in a foreign war.
Many Saints have described prayer as an unseen tether connecting us to God. It seems that now, however, we've preferred to tether ourselves to a more distorted reflecting surface.
By Daniel Fitzpatrick
Crisis Magzine
December 16, 2025
The calendar year draws onward to its end even as we Christians find ourselves already living the new liturgical year. Time is not the same in the City of God as it is in the city of man.
publié le 16/12/2025 Par Frédéric Farah
L'Union européenne poursuit sa trajectoire commerciale fondée sur le libre-échange : en septembre, elle a signé un accord avec l'Indonésie et continue de dérouler son calendrier de négociations. Tout cela se fait sans véritable débat au sein des nations, si ce n'est de manière très indirecte, par l'intermédiaire du Parlement européen. Depuis près de vingt ans, l'Union européenne réaffirme sa foi dans le libre-échange : plus de quarante accords ont été ratifiés, la plupart restant méconnus des populations, alors même qu'ils les exposent à de nouvelles concurrences extérieures.
Par Palestine Will Be Free, le 14 décembre 2025
L'un des épisodes les plus emblématiques de la résistance palestinienne contre l'occupation israélienne est celui du "tunnel de la liberté", en septembre 2021. Six Palestiniens purgeant de longues peines à la prison de Gilboa, l'un des centres de détention les plus tristement célèbres d'Israël, où sont pratiqués le viol et la torture, ont creusé un tunnel de 100 mètres de long à mains nues et avec des cuillères pour s'évader.
Par Clémence Houdiakova
Nous étions les seuls journalistes en direct avec les agriculteurs autour de la ferme du Mouriscou, dès l'aube et jusqu'à la nuit pour suivre cette résistance extraordinaire contre un abattage sommaire et injustifié de vaches saines.
Il y eut des moments tristes, des moments forts, nous avons vu les gendarmes rendre leurs armes en même temps que tomber des larmes.
Un détritus du passé: la vieillerie OTAN
Andrea Marcigliano
Source: electomagazine.it
Notre monde, celui de la politique internationale, est envahi de débris. Des restes du passé, laissés sur la plage après un naufrage.
Et ces débris, de vieilles babioles désormais inutiles, encombrent le rivage. Rendant, en substance, difficile la compréhension de la réalité.
L'OTAN, c'est un tel déchet.
Evgueni Vertlib
À une époque où la victoire de la vision du monde libérale semblait définitive et où l'on proclamait la « fin de l'histoire » comme un fait irréversible, le monde s'est retrouvé au bord d'une nouvelle réalité post-atomique, où les conflits idéologiques et civilisateurs ne disparaissaient pas, mais se transformaient en formes plus complexes et ontologiquement inconciliables.
Alan Macleod
Did your engagement ring help fund a genocide in Gaza ? Quite possibly. Despite possessing no mines of their own, Israel is a major player in the world's diamond business, buying up minerals across Africa and selling them to the West, netting billions in the process. Diamonds are Israel's most important export, and directly bankroll the country's ongoing genocide against the people of Gaza.
Giulio Chinappi
La visita di Vladimir Putin in India tra il 4 e il 5 dicembre offre una chiave di lettura decisiva anche per lo sviluppo delle relazioni russo-cinesi. Il dialogo con Nuova Delhi rilancia BRICS e multipolarismo, smentisce l'isolamento di Mosca e rafforza il ruolo stabilizzatore della Cina in Eurasia.
La due giorni del Presidente Vladimir Putin in India a inizio dicembre ha ricevuto grande attenzione da parte degli osservatori internazionali, trattandosi di un evento rilevante non solo per la diplomazia bilaterale.
Par MSF
Dans une tribune publiée dans le journal « Le Monde », des soignants, dont certains de Médecins sans Frontières (MSF), appellent la France, qui dispose à la fois de la capacité et de l'expertise nécessaires, à participer de toute urgence à l'évacuation médicale des civils palestiniens, comme elle l'a fait pour l'Ukraine.
Nous, médecins, exerçant dans les milieux hospitaliers, associatifs, universitaires, publics et privés, en France, ne pouvons rester indifférents à la situation désespérée dans laquelle se trouvent des milliers de patients à Gaza.