Losing I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, perhaps the most influential national security official without a formal cabinet rank, marks a serious blow to the George W. Bush administration and particularly to the hawks who led the drive to war in Iraq. Like his boss...
Last week, James Moore, a former television news correspondent and the co-author of the bestselling Bush's Brain: How Karl Rove Made George W. Bush Presidential, wrote an op-ed piece entitled "Fitzgerald's Historic Opportunity" that appeared originally at...
"It's not over." Out of Fitzgerald's hour-long press conference, these three words had the most resonance. Before we get into that, however, let's look at the man who has come out from behind the screen of this very closely-held investigation. Fitzgerald's debut at...
Powell Aide Blasts Rice, Cheney-Rumsfeld 'Cabal'You once disputed my insistence that we are face to face with fascism. Do you still feel that we are not?~ Hal O'LearyJim Lobe replies:I think fascism has a number of attributes that don't apply, the most important...
Watch Ron Paul's speech on video. We have been warned. Prepare for a broader war in the Middle East, as plans are being laid for the next U.S.-led regime change – in Syria. A UN report on the death of Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri...
On Oct. 19, 2005, the American secretary of state, AKA the Tea Lady, did something extraordinary for the Bush administration. She told the truth. According to the Oct. 20 Washington Times, in testimony to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Ms. Rice said "that it...
From a military or strategic standpoint, to be sure, there's not that much significance to the figure of 2,000 U.S. military personnel – Staff Sgt. George Alexander Jr., 34, of Killeen, Texas, was the sad milestone, although some will dispute whether he was #...
Dresden In Dresden, I visited the daughter of my mother's old friend Guenter Reimann, author of The Vampire Economy: Doing Business Under Fascism, a seminal study known to many classical libertarians. Karen showed me around and told me how the German economy strangled...
Just before the January 2005 Iraqi elections, I was quoted in one media outlet: "Those who believe that the elections will result in a calming effect in Iraq are just wrong. The violence will increase and get uglier." I went on to say: "And if 150,000 U.S. troops...
Those in the anti-fascist struggle of the 1930s who went off to fight in the Spanish Civil War were later termed "premature antifascists." Perhaps, in the same spirit, I might be considered a premature Bush-administration implodist. On Feb. 1, 2004, reviewing the week...
