Justin Raimondo

Justin Raimondo passed away on June 27, 2019. He was the co-founder and editorial director of Antiwar.com, and was a senior fellow at the Randolph Bourne Institute. He was a contributing editor at The American Conservative, and wrote a monthly column for Chronicles. He was the author of Reclaiming the American Right: The Lost Legacy of the Conservative Movement [Center for Libertarian Studies, 1993; Intercollegiate Studies Institute, 2000], and An Enemy of the State: The Life of Murray N. Rothbard [Prometheus Books, 2000].

Antiwar Breakthrough!

Thanks to the editors of The American Conservative for putting my piece on the antiwar movement online – that means I don’t have to write a column today! Not that I’m going to be idle. Because, you see, I have to get together yet another fundraising letter (moan). My last one raised nearly $6,000 – … Continue reading “Antiwar Breakthrough!”

The Lying Game

We are now being inundated with hosannas to Colin Powell’s UN speech as having “delivered the goods” and, supposedly, a knockout blow to the “give inspections a chance” crowd, but I don’t believe a word of it because, well, I can’t say it any better than my friend Jim Henley: “Because they lie. Routinely and … Continue reading “The Lying Game”

The Kook Factor

We’ve heard much about the "radicalism" of the antiwar movement, even as it becomes more mainstream. The War Party focuses on the most marginal elements in an effort to characterize the movement as kooky. This is not only a smear, but an effort to divert attention away from the essential craziness of their own movement, … Continue reading “The Kook Factor”

Israel’s Amen Corner

[Justin Raimondo is on the road. What follows is the text of a speech he delivered on Thursday to the Palestine Center conference, at the National Press Club, in Washington, D.C.] How is it that U.S. policy in the Middle East has essentially nothing to do with vital American interests? How is it that, in … Continue reading “Israel’s Amen Corner”