Justin Raimondo

National Review Online‘s Rod Dreher starts out his column on the meaning of the Fortuyn assassination with a caveat: "We will not be able to gauge the full impact of Pim Fortuyn’s murder on European politics until we know who killed him, and why." Well, I’ve settled the first question, thanks be to Google: the … Continue reading “Assassins of Liberty”

Editorial note: We don’t often give previews of Justin Raimondo’s column before it’s posted, but this one contains breaking news and so here is an excerpt: National Review Online’s Rod Dreher starts out his column on the meaning of the Fortuyn assassination with a caveat: "We will not be able to gauge the full impact … Continue reading “Fortuyn’s Killer Identified”

Who runs America’s foreign policy? The answer to this vexing question seems to vary, depending on the day of the week – which could mean it has something to do with the position of the Moon. Some days, it’s Colin Powell over at the State Department. Other times, control is ceded to the super-hawks in … Continue reading “Showdown with Sharon”

Today’s Wall Street Journal [May 2] proclaims, with a flourish of editorial trumpets, "The Fall of the Libertarians." The cause of the movement’s alleged demise? 9/11. Oh yes, "everything’s changed" since that awful day, including the possibility of getting Big Government off our backs: "The great free-market revolution that began with the coming to power … Continue reading “Long Live Libertarianism”

As Crown Prince Abdullah left Rancho Dubya, neoconservative princeling Bill Kristol stamped his foot and shrilly demanded to know “What was the point of Saudi crown prince Abdullah’s trip to Crawford, Texas? Nothing substantial emerged from the so-called summit.” Less than 24 hours later, the President had sprung Arafat from his Ramallah jail. Does that … Continue reading “Reading the Tea Leaves”

If war is the health of the State, as Randolph Bourne put it, then the Israeli state must be bursting with a monstrous vitality – and so it is. The beleaguered and shrinking private sector groans under the burden of a parasitic state that grows fat on an endless stream of American "aid," both economic … Continue reading “Israel: A Socialist Sparta”

How’s this for a pincer movement? The same issue of the Wall Street Journal that ran Benjamin Netanyahu’s screed calling on the US to "expand democracy" and "free speech" to the Middle East – presumably by overthrowing the current brutes in power – featured WSJ deputy features editor Tunku Varadarajan demanding that the parameters of … Continue reading “Winning Through Intimidation”

The stunning victory of the French National Front‘s Jean Marie Le Pen over Socialist Prime Minister Lionel Jospin has European and American elites in a tizzy. They are right to tremble. For the grandfatherly ex-paratrooper represents everything they hate – nationalism, traditionalism, populism – and threatens the values they seek to ensconce: Euro-federalism, multiculturalism, and … Continue reading “The Meaning of Le Pen”

Jenin – the name is now a synonym for the brutality of the Israeli war machine, and for the heroism of the Palestinian people as they seek to defend themselves against a merciless assault. The Israelis and their amen corner aren’t going to spin their way out of this one, and they know it. Here’s … Continue reading “The Meaning of Jenin”

At the end of every edition of The McLaughlin Group, the panelists are called upon to make their predictions. On a recent broadcast of the show, Pat Buchanan looked into his crystal ball and saw the following: "A huge Israeli spy ring using alleged art students was broken up last year. The story will surface."Well, … Continue reading “Smearing Alex Cockburn”