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].

Lessons of ‘Bridge-gate’

People talk about "the character issue" in politics, but is there really any other issue when it comes to judging a political candidate? After all, someone may be advocating Peace On Earth and Good Will Toward Men in public, while in private he could very well be hatching demonic schemes of revenge in retaliation for … Continue reading “Lessons of ‘Bridge-gate’”

How to Fight the NSA – and Win

I see innumerable news articles detailing the latest revelations from Edward Snowden, and a blizzard of pieces calling for leniency or a pardon for the world’s most famous whistleblower – but in the comments sections, including of my own columns on the subject, I find expressions of seemingly hopeless despair: "Yes, but what can we … Continue reading “How to Fight the NSA – and Win”

The Fight of Our Lives

The idea that this country is on a fast track to fascism was never taken very seriously by Americans, and for a very good reason: we have a Constitution that, whatever problems we’ve had living up to it, has generally been a bulwark against the imposition of anything resembling authoritarianism in these United States. Although … Continue reading “The Fight of Our Lives”

Demand An Unconditional Pardon for Edward Snowden

Benumbed as we are about the extent of the National Security Agency’s systematic spying on the American people, I thought nothing could surprise me anymore. I was wrong. The news that the NSA is intercepting newly-ordered computers en route to their purchasers and installing them with back doors really takes the cake: it conjures the … Continue reading “Demand An Unconditional Pardon for Edward Snowden”

The Big Issue of 2014: Iran

There’s no question what the big foreign policy issue for the Obama administration is going to be in 2014: Iran. How the US navigates the small space between war and peace in the volatile Middle East is going to determine the fate of our overextended and nearly bankrupt empire, and Tehran – the epicenter of … Continue reading “The Big Issue of 2014: Iran”

You Read It Here First

I’m feeling a bit out of sorts today – actually, quite rocky – so what you’re reading isn’t an actual column. However, I just want to note for the record that the big story everyone is talking about – the New York Times piece detailing the real on-the-ground story of what happened in Benghazi – … Continue reading “You Read It Here First”

Where Are Libertarians Going?

Since 1998, Antiwar.com has been in the forefront of the battle for peace and the restoration of the Constitution: I have personally written thousands of columns commenting on this or that aspect of the struggle, and my co–writers have contributed many tens of thousands of words to that same effort. And so I’m wondering: have … Continue reading “Where Are Libertarians Going?”

Look What’s Under My Christmas Tree!

It’s Christmas, no there’s no column today. But I’ll be back on Friday!As the world celebrates Christmas, one has to wonder what we have to be thankful for: after all, war rages around the world. The liberty our forefathers died for has dissipated like mist in the heat of our perpetual "war on terrorism." Our … Continue reading “Look What’s Under My Christmas Tree!”

Boycott Israel

Dear Readers, Aside from the holiday, I’ve got some personal business to take care of so there will be no Friday column, unfortunately. But I’ll be back on Monday, so please watch this space. My regular readers may recall one of my more controversial columns, wherein I made the case against boycotting Israel: my argument … Continue reading “Boycott Israel”

Who Was Robert Levinson Working For?

In March of 2007, former FBI agent and freelance investigator Robert Levinson traveled to the Iranian island of Kish, a resort hangout for smugglers and various dubious characters as well as tourists – and promptly vanished. For years, the US government stoutly maintained Levinson was on a private business trip, but now it turns out … Continue reading “Who Was Robert Levinson Working For?”