23 May 2012 | Uncategorized | Andrew P. Napolitano
What if Memorial Day reminds us of times when we had more freedom? What if freedom is dying right under our eyes? What if the memory of the past is more fulfilling than the reality of the present? What if the federal government could write any law, regulate any behavior, and tax any event, no [...]
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23 May 2012 | Uncategorized | Nathan Fuller
On Friday, 93% of the U.S. House of Representatives affirmed a resolution escalating America’s already aggressive position on Iran from “crippling” sanctions to a zero-tolerance policy on nuclear weapons. The Congressional Research Service summarized the bill (emphasis mine): Affirms that it is a vital national interest of the United States to prevent Iran from acquiring [...]
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23 May 2012 | Uncategorized | Gareth Porter
Interviews with survivors, relatives of the civilians massacred in Panjwai on March 11, and other local residents add new evidence suggesting that the massacre was linked to the response by the U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF) unit to a roadside bomb that had blown up a U.S. troop carrier three days earlier. Sgt. Robert Bales, [...]
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23 May 2012 | Uncategorized | Jim Lobe
As at least two days of talks on the future of Iran’s nuclear program got underway in Baghdad Wednesday, neoconservatives and other hawks escalated their campaign against any compromise agreement, particularly one that would permit Tehran to continue enriching uranium on its territory. Fearful that the U.S. and the other members of the so-called P5+1 [...]
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23 May 2012 | Uncategorized | Margaret Griffis
Violence left at least 12 dead and 45 more wounded across Iraq. In one incident, Lebanese and Iranian pilgrims were among the dead and injured. Still, most of the casualties in other attacks were Iraqis.
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22 May 2012 | Uncategorized | Ivan Eland
With the media focused at the NATO summit in Chicago on the organization’s future role in Afghanistan, President Obama’s plan to strengthen the alliance passed largely under the radar. Even as the United States supposedly “pivots” to Asia to contain a rising China by augmenting alliances with China’s neighbors, the United States is once again [...]
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22 May 2012 | Uncategorized | Justin Raimondo
A recent Rasmussen poll has 51 percent of Americans favoring the pullout of all US troops from Europe – and yet not a single major American politician would even consider endorsing such a move. Why is that? I thought politicians were supposed to be consummate opportunists, whose weather vane-like views shift with the winds of [...]
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22 May 2012 | Uncategorized | Tom Engelhardt
As the country’s big wars on the Eurasian continent wind down, American war-making and war preparations fly ever more regularly under the radar. There has, for instance, been much discussion about the Obama administration’s policy “pivot” to Asia — the only warlike act in the region so far has, however, been a little noted drone [...]
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22 May 2012 | Uncategorized | Margaret Griffis
A formal letter has been sent to the National Alliance, asking the bloc to select a replacement for Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. At least 14 Iraqis were killed and 11 more were wounded in new violence
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21 May 2012 | Uncategorized | Rep. Ron Paul
Listen to Rep. Paul deliver this address. The bad news from last week’s passage of the 2013 National Defense Authorization Act is that Americans can still be arrested on U.S. soil and detained indefinitely without trial. Some of my colleagues would like us to believe that they fixed last year’s infamous Sections 1021 and 1022 [...]
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