Coerced military conscription – also known as the draft – is perhaps the single most anti-freedom action governments regularly take against their own citizens. The draft represses indiscriminately by directly stealing not only the "treasure" of our...
With the U.S. elections for emperor – uh, president – just six weeks off, people in the Democratic camp are apparently thinking that Americans are nostalgic for Bill Clinton's imperialist policies, rather than his charm or (supposed) social or economic...
President Bush said Tuesday that the Iraqis are refuting the pessimists and implied that things are improving in that country. What would America look like if it were in Iraq's current situation? The population of the U.S. is over 11 times that of Iraq, so a lot of...
TOKYO – As the legal drama unfolds soon in the desertion trial of Charles Robert Jenkins, wanted by the U.S. Army for abandoning his patrol, close attention will be paid to his testimony for possible secrets into North Korea – the place where Jenkins made...
NAIROBI - The conflict in northern Uganda, which has claimed thousands of lives and displaced about a million people, is losing momentum and slowly grinding to a halt, religious leaders and human rights groups say. "The situation [in northern Uganda] is quiet....
BAGHDAD - Iraqi leaders and officials are getting jittery over the now-partial elections proposed for January next year. The government of U.S.-appointed prime minister Iyad Allawi has said, with U.S. and British backing, that elections will be held as planned even if...
Dear Senator Santorum, I see that you are sponsoring legislation supporting "regime change" in Iran, which suggests you have had the neocons whispering in your ears again about the "axis of evil." You are probably going to get support for your bill...
BANGKOK – A major shakeup of Burma's cabinet over the weekend sends a signal to the outside world that military hardliners have strengthened their control over the country. Over the weekend, Burma's military leaders axed Foreign Minister Win Aung and his deputy...
The other day I happened to notice a little piece from the Washington Times headlined, "Pentagon seeks ideas to fight 'urban' wars." Journalist Jennifer Harper had come across a "solicitation" from the Pentagon's futuristic research arm, DARPA (the Defense...
NAIROBI - The killing remains vivid in their minds. And the deep scars on their bodies will for a long time remind them of the slaughter of their compatriots at a refugee camp in the tiny central African nation of Burundi. These are the survivors of the Aug. 13...
