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].

THE TWO FACES OF RONALD RADOSH

While my opinion of the War Party’s propaganda and tactics has always been low, I never thought they would stoop to the tactics employed by Ronald Radosh, the neoconservative author and frequent writer for Frontpage, whose recent piece in the Boston Globe [10/13/02] characterizes me as nothing but a …. faggot. And a leftist – … Continue reading “THE TWO FACES OF RONALD RADOSH”

Iraq – First Stop on the Road to Empire

We’re ki cking off our Fall campus tour, and Justin Raimondo is on the road: what follows is the text of a speech delivered on October 9, 2002, at Washington University, Missouri. Why war? Why Iraq? And why now? As the editorial director of Antiwar.com, and a columnist for that site, half of the many … Continue reading “Iraq – First Stop on the Road to Empire”

LARRY ELLISON’S GOLDEN AGE: PROFITEERS OF THE WARFARE STATE

We’re starting our Fall Campus Tour this week, and Justin Raimondo is on the road. In lieu of a regular column, we’re offering a special treat: a feature article by Raimondo written especially for Chronicles, and made available to you on the web: "Larry Ellison’s Golden Age: Profiteers of the Warfare State." By the way: … Continue reading “LARRY ELLISON’S GOLDEN AGE: PROFITEERS OF THE WARFARE STATE”

9/11: WHAT DID ISRAEL KNOW?

Israel had foreknowledge of 9/11 – that was Carl Cameron’s explosive contention, made last year in a blockbuster series of reports on Fox News exposing an Israeli spy ring in the U.S. New evidence confirms his story – and points to a rather ominous conclusion…. Reporting the round-up and deportation of scores of Israeli agents … Continue reading “9/11: WHAT DID ISRAEL KNOW?”

WHY JIM McDERMOTT IS A HERO

There was Colette Avital, a Labor Party member of the Israeli Knesset, on a trip to Capitol Hill, worried about the prospect of war in the Middle East. Rep. Tom Lantos, the ranking Democrat on the House Committee on International Affairs, took her by the hand, and, according to Ha’aretz, tried to reassure her with … Continue reading “WHY JIM McDERMOTT IS A HERO”

THE LIE MACHINE

The lovely and personable Peggy Noonan wants us to have an "epochal" debate over going to war with Iraq, and disdains the personal attacks that have characterized the discussion so far: "In the past 48 hours we have witnessed Bush vs. Daschle, Hitchens vs. Cockburn, Democrats vs. Republicans, The American Conservative vs. The Weekly Standard … Continue reading “THE LIE MACHINE”

POLITICIZE THE WAR!

Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle is shocked – shocked! – that President Bush and the Republicans are playing politics with the onrushing war. In a emotional speech on the Senate floor, Daschle demanded an apology from the White House for remarks cited in a Washington Post story that accused the (Democratic-controlled) Senate of not caring … Continue reading “POLITICIZE THE WAR!”

AL GORE, WARMONGER LITE

If you read only the headlines about Al Gore’s speech on Iraq, one would have to think that he has suddenly been catapulted to the head of the antiwar movement – and also acquired a backbone, along with some principles. The Los Angeles Times averred that “Gore Assails Bush’s Stance on Iraq“: further North, Carla … Continue reading “AL GORE, WARMONGER LITE”