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].

Charlie Hebdo and the ‘Blowback’ Debate

The vicious murder of the editors and writers of Charlie Hebdo magazine in Paris has had an effect similar to the hysteria that followed the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon: demands that we invade Iraq (again!) and also Syria, as well as a campaign of vilification directed at anyone … Continue reading “Charlie Hebdo and the ‘Blowback’ Debate”

The Uses of Charlie Hebdo

Six months ago, 20-year-old Christopher Lee Cornell, an American convert to Islam living with his parents in Green Township, Ohio, attracted the attention of the FBI. We don’t know the reason for their initial interest, although it’s likely Cornell’s vocal adherence to Muslim religious beliefs had much to do with it. In any case, he … Continue reading “The Uses of Charlie Hebdo“

The Sick Man of Europe

The Paris terrorist attacks are an alarming symptom of sickness: a matrix of cultural, economic, and political diseases that, taken together, spell Europe’s doom. Can we diagnose the illness, and, perhaps, prescribe a cure? An examination of the European body politic is the first order of business: how healthy is this creature? For diseases don’t … Continue reading “The Sick Man of Europe”

March of the Hypocrites

It was only natural that "world leaders" would place themselves at the head of the Paris "unity" demonstration held to express outrage at the vicious Charlie Hebdo murders. Daniel Wickham, a student at the London School of Economics, compiled a list of the enemies of free speech who elbowed their way to the head of … Continue reading “March of the Hypocrites”

Charlie Hebdo and the Profiteers of Tragedy

At this point, the justified expressions of outrage and the paeans to the dead have long surpassed the need for duplication. What remains is to ask, with the cold clarity of an observer looking down from a great height: Who profits, and who loses, from the terrorist strike at the Paris offices of Charlie Hebdo? … Continue reading “Charlie Hebdo and the Profiteers of Tragedy”

The Triumph of Stupid

Has anyone noticed how stupid everything is getting? Now of course it could be that I’m just getting crankier as I get older, but I could swear the intelligence level of the political class is dropping precipitously. The evidence seems overwhelming: Exhibit #1 – Marco Rubio’s December 31 interview with the New York Times, wherein … Continue reading “The Triumph of Stupid”

Jim Webb – The Alternative?

If you’re sick of our foreign policy of perpetual war and yet have an instinctive disdain for all things Republican, you have an alternative to Rand Paul in 2016 – Jim Webb. Yes, I know we’re all supposed to believe Hillary Clinton has the Democratic nomination locked up. Yet we were told that in 2008, … Continue reading “Jim Webb – The Alternative?”

The Sony Hack Fraud

The progression of the government’s case indicting North Korea for hacking Sony’s computer system – and revealing the petty ego-trips of Hollywood’s glitterrati – was succinctly summed up by computer security expert Jeffrey Carr in a pithy tweet: "NK did it 100% OK, NK did it w/ help OK, NK outsourced it OK, NK was … Continue reading “The Sony Hack Fraud”

2014: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

In last year’s New Year’s column I contended that the Iranian nuclear issue is undoubtedly the most important question the United States would be facing in the coming year, and – for once – my prediction turned out to be largely correct. The ongoing negotiations, which began in January, were recently extended into 2015 – … Continue reading “2014: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly”