[Editor's note, Nov. 1: Justin Raimondo is traveling. His column will return Friday.] (The following is the text of a talk given at Duke University before a joint meeting sponsored by the Libertarian Party of North Carolina and the Green Party.) The theme of this...
Poppy Wars
While the Iraqi catastrophe – and whether we are about to be at a post-midterm election "tipping point" in that country – preoccupies Americans, an older Bush administration Afghan "success" story has sprung enough holes to sink the Titanic and looks to be...
Sunday: 94 Iraqis Killed, 25 Injured
Updated at 11:05 p.m. EST, Oct. 29, 2006 At least 94 Iraqis were killed in today’s violence. Another 25 are known injured. No foreign deaths were reported, but two Iraqi journalists were murdered in the capital. Also, Prime Minister al-Maliki’s vehicle was...
Saturday: 91 Iraqis, 1 Marine Killed; 1 Coalition Soldier, 129 Iraqis Injured
Updated 11:15 a.m. EDT, Oct. 29, 2006 With the end of Friday curfews and the Eid al-Fitr holiday over, violence re-ignited today in Iraq. At least 91 Iraqis were killed and another 129 were wounded, so far. Today, the U.S. military reported that a Marine was killed on...
A Referendum on War?
I'm not much of a voting man myself. I agree with former Washington Post managing editor Howard Simon, who preferred (though he couldn't enforce it) that his political writers not vote because it might make them feel vested in a candidate they would have to cover once...
Bush Under Growing Pressure to Engage Syria
While U.S. President George W. Bush appeared this week to reject suggestions that Washington directly engage the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, pressure both here and in the region for Washington to work out some accommodation with Damascus is rising....
Punishing North Korea – Eh?
When George W. Bush became president, North Korea, Iraq, and Iran were signatories to the Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) and had made all their NPT proscribed materials, facilities, and activities subject to International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards. However, soon...
Friday: 41 Iraqis, 1 US GI, 1 UK Soldier Killed; 15 Iraqis Injured
Updated 5:30 p.m. EDT, Oct. 28, 2006 Violence diminished dramatically during the three-day, feast holiday of Eid al-Fitr, which ended yesterday. With various curfews in effect during today’s day of prayer, violence is expected to stay low. Yet, 41 Iraqis have...
50 Years After Suez,
US Hegemony Ebbing Fast
As the Middle East prepares to mark the 50th anniversary on Oct. 29 of the Suez Crisis that effectively ended European colonialism, a half century of U.S. hegemony in the region also appears to be coming to an end, according to a growing number of analysts. The...
America’s Kingdom of Heaven
On Oct. 18, President George W. Bush signed an executive order creating a new national policy which loudly proclaims that the U.S. will brook no restraint of any kind on its "rights, capabilities, and freedom of action" in space, and that it has the right to...