In the 1960s, during the Vietnam era, the radicals of Students for a Democratic Society vowed to "bring the war home." It was meant as a threat: that they would visit the same destruction on the U.S. that American troops were visiting on Vietnam. In the present age,...
President Bush recently suggested that the military be given broader powers to deal with domestic crises like Hurricane Katrina or a potential bird flu epidemic, but emergency response and security groups in the U.S. say the military already has the power it needs to...
The Democrats Are Irrelevant There have been any number of articles on Antiwar.com in recent weeks from leftists complaining about the lack of support from leading Democrat politicians in Washington for a pullout from Iraq. They also are complaining that very few of...
"Commuters headed to work today under the watchful eyes of police after a newly disclosed terror threat against the New York subway system raised the specter of an attack with explosives concealed in a baby stroller." (Oct. 7, 2005) "Police with bomb-sniffing dogs...
These are tremulous times for the Republican establishment. A poll released this past weekend by Ipsos/Associated Press confirms that Bush's agenda has slid right off the table and into the trash bin. The president's popularity has plummeted to a meager 39 percent,...
Iran will not be deterred "by anything short of a threat of force," said Arieh Eldad, a member of Israel's right-wing National Union Party, part of a delegation of Knesset members visiting Washington this week. What programs is he threatening? Well, apparently the...
Police states are easier to acquire than Americans appreciate. The hysterical aftermath of September 11 has put into place the main components of a police state. Habeas corpus is the greatest protection Americans have against a police state. Habeas corpus ensures that...
U.S. Marine Leandro Aragoncillo, a naturalized U.S. citizen who worked in the vice president's office and later at the FBI as an analyst, was arrested last month and accused of downloading classified FBI reports and sending them to political figures in the...
Supporters of the war in Iraq, as well as some non-supporters, warn of the dangers if we leave. But isn't it quite possible that these dangers are simply a consequence of having gone into Iraq in the first place, rather than a consequence of leaving? Isn't it possible...
I just read an excellent book on World War I, and it made me incredibly sad. World War I was the beginning of all the horrors of the 20th century and of problems we still have to deal with in the 21st century. It all started there. What's so sad is that we really...
