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].

Putin’s Complaint

The idea that the United States must exercise "global leadership" is rationalized by our interventionists as a necessary prerequisite for maintaining some type of "world order." Who will guard the sea lanes? Who will deter "aggression"? Who will defend the "rules" against those "rogue states" just waiting for an opportunity to wreak havoc, if not … Continue reading “Putin’s Complaint”

‘We Can’t Have Perpetual War’: The Realism of Rand Paul

Senator Rand Paul is everywhere: campaigning for Republican candidates during the crucial midterm elections, on Fox News explaining to Hannity why going into Iraq with ground troops is a mistake, teaming up with Cory Booker to call for reform of federal sentencing guidelines – and, as Olivia Nuzzi points out, the media is scrutinizing his … Continue reading “‘We Can’t Have Perpetual War’: The Realism of Rand Paul”

A Note From the Recovery Room

I underwent surgery on Wednesday, and will be needing some recovery time. I’m not sure how much time I’ll need at this point, so suffice to say here that there will be no Friday column, and perhaps no Monday column either. I very much regret missing two whole columns in a row, but age catches … Continue reading “A Note From the Recovery Room”

Is Mexico a Failed State?

Every time they find a mass grave, they think it’s the one they’re looking for – but it isn’t. No, this isn’t a Halloween tale: it’s a real life story about 43 missing Mexican students who once attended the Escuela Normal Rural Isidro Burgos, a small teachers’ college in the southern state of Guerrero. The … Continue reading “Is Mexico a Failed State?”

Ebola, ‘Epistemic Closure,’ and the Political Class

Nobody likes a know-it-all. You know the type I mean: somebody who sits there with a smug-as-all-hell look on his/her face while pontificating on a subject with absolute certainty, secure in the knowledge that they’re echoing the Conventional Wisdom. Yes, they could be right, you think, but their tone conveys the distinct impression that any … Continue reading “Ebola, ‘Epistemic Closure,’ and the Political Class”

American Foreign Policy: Still Crazy After All These Years

Want proof of the craziness of US foreign and military policy? Just turn to Leon Panetta’s Worthy Fights: A Memoir of Leadership in War and Peace, wherein the former Secretary of Defense and longtime Democratic party hack congressman recounted a 2010 conversation with the top commander of US troops stationed in South Korea, who told … Continue reading “American Foreign Policy: Still Crazy After All These Years”

Ebola, ‘Scaremongering,’ and the Epidemiology of Interventionism

The U.S. government is good at doing what it’s not supposed to be doing – invading other countries without provocation, utilizing "soft power" in order to pull off regime change, enriching politically favored economic interests under the guise of promoting "democracy" – and very bad at doing what it really ought to be doing, i.e. … Continue reading “Ebola, ‘Scaremongering,’ and the Epidemiology of Interventionism”

The Hermit Kingdom in Crisis

They call it the Hermit Kingdom: ruled over by a dynasty of ostensibly communist despots who have established the world’s only Marxist monarchy, North Korea is a mystery wrapped inside an anomaly. News of the inner workings of the regime is sporadic, unreliable, and contradictory: not only that, but we in the West lack the … Continue reading “The Hermit Kingdom in Crisis”