The Bureaucracy Strikes Back

In the first installment of this series, I offered 42 names to begin what now seems an endless – and ever growing – list of top officials as well as beleaguered administrators, managers, and career civil servants who quit their government posts in protest or...

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Snags Surface in India-US Nuclear Deal

NEW DELHI - The chairman of India's Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) has sent shock waves through the Indian establishment by accusing the United States of "changing the goal post" while finalizing a far-reaching, one-of-its-kind nuclear cooperation deal with India,...

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Rebirth

Zhuang Jian is at once typical and atypical of his generation. He was born in the midst of the Cultural Revolution and was but a small boy when it ended. For him, being "Sent Down to the Countryside" was one of the best times of his life, running wild in the...

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Hey Bush: Obey the Law

It was appropriate that the issue of government domestic spying was raised at the recent funeral of Mrs. Coretta Scott King. Martin Luther King Jr. and his family were victims of a vicious domestic spying program instigated by the federal government. The parallels...

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Smoking Laptop

Since February, 2003, Director-General Mohamed ElBaradei and his inspectors at the International Atomic Energy Agency have been conducting intrusive investigations into Iran’s Safeguarded nuclear programs. Since December, 2003, Iran has been voluntarily adhering...

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Whistleblowers Are Not Protected, Mr. Goss

Dear Mr. Goss, the timing of your recent op-ed in the New York Times interestingly coincides with the upcoming congressional hearing by the House Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats & International Relations on National Security Whistleblowers....

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Scooter’s Choice

The indefatigable Murray Waas has yet another Scooter Libby-related scoop, one that points to a developing split between the White House and Scooter's lawyers – a conflict with the potential to rock this administration to its core. In court papers filed by...

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Another Stellar Week in the War on Terror

What is still fascinating and, as far as I know, almost unknown regarding the cartoon controversy, is why this brand of outrage over this particular provocation, and why now. We know certain things. Apparently some imams from Denmark traveled to the Middle East to...

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Backtalk, February 10, 2006

Pledge Week I want to thank all those whose efforts go into this wonderful Web site. I especially enjoy Justin Raimondo's articles and as I read them I feel that I have met a friend who shares my exact sentiments on many issues across the board. I donated $100 today...

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