Editor's note: Justin Raimondo is sunning himself on the beach today, but we've gotten permission from the kind editors of The American Conservative to reprint this article from the August 2 issue. But, hey, if you haven't subscribed, you ought to: TAC is the best,...
Bush Wins, We Invade Iran
If not getting nuked in your jammies is high on your priority list, then maybe your best bet is to vote for John Kerry. Kerry has just endorsed last October's Brit-French-German agreement with Iran, whereby they pledged to facilitate "the fullest possible...
Hearsay Convictions at Guantanamo
The Pentagons decision to admit hearsay evidence at its military tribunals at Guantanamo Bay flies in the face of one of the most important principles in the administration of criminal justice the right to confront ones accuser and cross-examine him...
Taiwan’s Independence Gambit
A few days ago, Taiwan Premier Yu Shyi-kun spoke with think tank scholars at a breakfast gathering in New York. When the conversation turned to China, the Premier was solemn: “If the United States can help overthrow the regime of Saddam Hussein to establish democracy...
Inept President, Craven Congress
I'm going to vote against the president because I think he is dangerously inept and quite likely to crash the economy, get us into a bigger war or both. There is nothing personal about it. President George Bush is an affable man. He was probably fine as a governor in...
Headscarves Become a Life or Death Issue
PARIS - The French ban on Muslim headscarves at school was to have been a domestic, if controversial move when it came into force this week. But the abduction of two journalists over the issue has turned it into an international crisis. The so-called Islamic Army in...
Nepal Wracked by Religious Violence After Iraq Murders
KATHMANDU A haunting specter grips Nepal as the Himalayan kingdom mourns the deaths of 12 of its workers murdered in Iraq. There is a strong possibility that the relatives of the dead will never see the return of the bodies of the victims, and this has incensed...
The Endless War on Terrorism
It feels good when a public official, especially the president of the United States, speaks the truth, which is what happened on Monday when President George W. Bush uttered words that The Future of Freedom Foundation has been publishing ever since 9/11 I...
Neocons Preparing the Sequel to Plan of Attack
You might want to re-read Bob Woodward's Plan of Attack now that you know the FBI has been attempting for at least two years to determine whether or not the development of that plan and/or associated National Security Presidential Directives (NSPD) involved any acts...
What John Kerry Said in 1971
An excerpt from his Senate statement for Vietnam Veterans Against the War on April 22, 1971. Mr. Kerry: Thank you very much, Senator Fulbright, Senator Javits, Senator Symington, Senator Pell. I would like to say for the record, and also for the men behind me who are...


