Thomas E. Woods Jr.'s Politically Incorrect Guide to American History, recently put out by Regnery, the venerable conservative publisher, has caused a storm of controversy, the outlines of which define the parameters of the politically permissible. In today's...
Bye-Bye, NPT; Hello, Mushroom Cloud
"This notion that the United States is getting ready to attack Iran is simply ridiculous," President Bush said as he emerged from talks with European Union leaders. Ridiculous? Let's hope so. For, according to Sirus Naseri, a senior member of Iran's...
Democracy, a Free Press, and Other Fantasies
S.Y. Agnon, the famous Israeli writer, once toyed with the idea that the German culture was all but forgotten, with German scholars traveling all over the world, desperately looking for exiled German Jews who were the last to preserve the lost German culture and save...
Pyongyang Waits for Spring
If you go back to its Nuclear Posture Review of 2001 and its National Security Strategy of 2002, the Bush administration was then keen to posit an American-dominated globe until the end of time. According to those documents, such domination would involve allowing...
Backtalk, February 28, 2005
Sex, Lies, and Jeff Gannon Dear Mr. Raimondo, I am a frequent reader of your articles and admire your writing. In your recent article, you write: "As a gay man, I can't say that I understand Gannon's appeal to his clients in the escort business – a 47-year-old...
Senator Seeks to Curb Controversial PATRIOT Act
Senator Russ Feingold, a Wisconsin Democrat, is on a collision course with President George W. Bush over how much leeway should be given to intelligence agencies and law enforcement to wage their "war on terror." Feingold has introduced three bills to limit...
Not Another Osiraq
"Stopping Iran short of achieving a nuclear weapons capability – by diplomacy if possible; by other means, if necessary – is a vital U.S. interest." That's essentially the message President Bush has been laying on the Europeans, but it's actually a...
Hezbollah May Hold the Key in Lebanon
BEIRUT - Ever since the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Hariri earlier this month, the radical Shi'ite group Hezbollah has been much sought after by politicians opposed to the Syrian presence. Hezbollah, a group that few took seriously when it...
Relations Take Another Hit as Canada Rejects U.S. Missile Shield
OTTAWA (IPS) – Bowing to pressure from the public and his own parliamentary colleagues, Canada's prime minister has risked the ire of the Bush administration by rejecting Canadian participation in Washington's ballistic missile defense (BMD) system. Prime...
Man, Technology and State
Listen to Scott's interview with Brian Doherty stream download mp3 It's clear at this point in the history of our nation that the national government is not limited in any serious way by the restrictions placed upon it in the Constitution. The...