Terrorists chose Russia's "National Day" – the celebration of Russia's rebirth in the ashes of the Soviet Union – to strike once again, as they did at Beslan. As the passenger train coming from Grozny, capital of war-torn Chechnya, approached the village of...
In case you haven't noticed it, the Bush administration's standard response to any criticism is to attack the critic. Ad hominem attacks are designed, of course, to avoid the subject of the criticism. Such a tactic greatly appeals to armchair patriots with petrified...
Guess what? The man President Bush wants to be our Ambassador to the United Nations has frequently interfered – as Under-Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security – in personnel and operations matters of various UN agencies in a manner...
If enthusiastic White House and Congressional support could solve Washington's public diplomacy problems, Dina Habib Powell would be well on her way to becoming a national heroine. The Egyptian-born Powell, currently the top personnel official at the White House, is...
The vanquished know war. They see through the empty jingoism of those who use the abstract words of glory, honor, and patriotism to mask the cries of the wounded, the senseless killing, war profiteering, and chest-pounding grief. They know the lies the victors often...
The top U.S. government official in charge of arms control advocates the offensive use of nuclear weapons and has deep roots in the militarist political camp. Moving into the old job of John Bolton, the administration's hardcore unilateralist nominee to be the next...
What are the color-coded revolutions about? Who's behind them and and why? What does the future hold for the American Empire? These were my questions for Justin Raimondo, and this is what he said: Stream wma Download mp3 Main Page
RIO DE JANEIRO – The U.S. government, whose proposal was voted down this week in the Organization of American States (OAS), is piling up defeats in Latin America because of a vision of the region that is "distorted" by its "war on terrorism,"...
The French may have spurned the European Union's Constitution for the wrong reasons, but overall their instincts were sound. That the pro-free market Dutch have seconded the non vote with a resounding nee ought to give pause to the collectivist superstate's illiberal...
As I travel around this country speaking about my experience as an unembedded journalist in Iraq, calling for an end to the occupation, I am inevitably asked the same question: "If the U.S. military leaves Iraq, won't there be a civil war?" This, I think, is the wrong...
