Month: March 2007

(Author’s note: I had planned to write “How Much is the Iraq War Costing You? Part 2” for this week, but due to the timeliness of what I discuss below, I’ll delay Part 2 until April.) As a libertarian who has generally focused on economic issues – I am an economist, after all – I … Continue reading “Working With the Left
on the War”

Updated at 1:08 a.m EST, March. 26, 2007Although there were less attacks today, at least 78 Iraqis were reported killed or found dead, and another 63 were wounded in violent incidents. The U.S. military reported that four American soldiers were killed today when a roadside bomb blasted their patrol in Diyala. Meanwhile, another roadside bomb … Continue reading “Sunday: 5 GIs, 78 Iraqis Killed; 63 Iraqis Wounded”

Updated at 12:28 a.m. EST, Mar. 25, 2007At least 128 Iraqis were reported killed or found dead today and another 160 were wounded in various incidents, including bomb attacks in Baghdad, Haswa, Qaim and Tal Afar. Also, A U.S. soldier was blasted dead in Baghdad on Friday, a second was killed in combat in Anbar … Continue reading “Saturday: 128 Iraqis, 3 GIs Killed; 160 Iraqis Wounded”

How seriously and to what ends is the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush willing to engage the new Palestinian government of national unity? As Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice makes her seventh visit to the Middle East in the last eight months, that is the question that foreign policy analysts and diplomats here … Continue reading “Tentative Moves Toward New Palestine Govt”

Earlier this week another of the Bush administration hawks fairly quietly left the State Department, apparently upset at the deal the administration struck with North Korea. Robert Joseph occupied a "special perch" in the administration, according to David Sanger in the New York Times. And now – like Paul Wolfowitz (the architect pushed upstairs to … Continue reading “Nuclear Transformations”

Past and present Congresspersons from across the political spectrum insist that if they had known then, what they know now, they would never have allowed President Bush to use the conditional authority they had provided him to launch a pre-emptive war against Iraq. Of course, they should have known when they gave him that authority … Continue reading “Fooled Again”

Updated at 1:34 a.m. EST, Mar. 24, 2007At least 74 Iraqis were killed or found dead and 48 Iraqis were wounded. Several notable events also took place. An assassination attempt on Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Salam al-Zobaie killed nine people and injured the deputy prime minister. The US military reported on the deaths of five … Continue reading “Friday: 5 GIs, 74 Iraqis Killed; 48 Iraqis Wounded”

A liberal Congressman who represents California’s picturesque central coast region is under fire for trading his vote on the Iraq war for spinach. Rep. Sam Farr, a Democrat from the hippy college town of Santa Cruz, originally voted against the Iraq war and has voted against proposals to fund it each of the last four … Continue reading “Congressman Trades Iraq Vote for Spinach”

The announcement earlier this month that the United States will pursue the design and construction of new nuclear weapons has not been warmly embraced by the rest of the world. In fact, most people outside the country view the move as more evidence of a policy favoring unilateralism and the pursuit of absolute military superiority, … Continue reading “US Nukes Plan Viewed as Provocative”

Congressman Ron Paul is a Republican from Texas. An obstetrician by profession, Paul is noted for never voting for legislation unless it is authorized by the U.S. Constitution. He is an advocate of limited government. He has also opposed U.S. military interventions overseas, including Iraq. Michael Shank: You’ve said that "It’s nothing more than a … Continue reading “Rep. Ron Paul on War, Peace, and the News Media”