Despite the sweeping victory of staunchly anti-U.S. conservatives in Iran’s elections last month, analysts here believe the tentative détente between the two countries that began late last year will continue at least through the November U.S. elections. Since January, a series of developments have suggested that neither country is seeking confrontation with the other, in …
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National Endowment for Democracy: Paying to Make Enemies of America I appreciate BOTH Ron Paul AND his take on NED. Thanks. I wonder, though, if the ideology driving some of the redder NED outcomes has been actually so red as Ron Paul seems to suggest. The red outcomes so far in formerly Iron Curtain countries …
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It wasn’t very long ago that Congresswoman Barbara Lee, of my district here in Berkeley, California, stood up and cast a single dissenting vote against authorizing the use of military force in response to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. She was praised by antiwar voices nationwide–mostly leftists–who commended her vote against the Afghanistan …
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For the fourth time in the past 100 years, U.S. army boots are marching on Haitian soil. Humvee armored cars rumble down the main boulevards of the capital and camouflaged tanks train their long cannons towards the pedestrians and drivers who pass the proud gleaming white National Palace and stately prime minister’s office. When President …
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While world attention is focused on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, a crisis is brewing among Israel’s own Arab citizens. "This is not a democracy, it is an ethnocracy," complains Assad Ghanem, senior lecturer in political science at Israel’s Haifa University. Ghanem is an Arab Israeli, a descendent of the indigenous population that did not flee, or …
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An interview conducted by Saul Landau on “Hot Talk” radio Cal Poly Pomona. Check out his other interviews.
Aesop once told the story of a jaybird that ventured into a yard where peacocks used to walk. There the jay found a number of feathers fallen from the majestic birds when they had last molted. He tied them all to his tail and strutted toward the peacocks. His cheat was quickly discovered, and the …
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It took barely 24 hours for the spirit of celebration over the fact that the Iraqi Governing Council’s unanimous approval of a relatively liberal – at least on paper – interim constitution to be overshadowed by a series of attacks and explosions that left about 280 Iraqi Shiites dead on the festival of Ashoura, the …
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An interview conducted by “Philip Dru.” Check out his other interviews with prominent libertarians and antiwar personalities. Recorded February 28, 2004 WMV format (requires Windows Media Player) MP3 format (download requires any MP3 player)Ivan Eland is a Senior Fellow at the Independent Institute, the Director of The Center on Peace and Liberty, and OnPower.org.
Best Collection of Lies I enjoy Antiwar.com, which I recommend to everyone over here in Malaysia as proof positive that not every American is a stark raving loonball. A majority, yes. All of us, no. My question is where can be found the best collection of lies uttered by our president and his men re …
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