See Chapter One of The Bush Betrayal appearing today on Antiwar.com. Bovard begins his book by defining a new concept: Though Bush continually invokes freedom to sanctify himself and his policies, Bush freedom is based on boundless trust in the righteousness of the...
BELGRADE, SERBIA-MONTENEGRO - Anger and incredulity erupted from the crowds gathered around TV screens in Belgrade's outdoor cafes Monday night, as they realized their national team was going to lose to China by just one point. For the once-proud winners of the world...
Finally, the conflict in Darfur in western Sudan is a focal point for diplomats and the media. This is the least one could expect after months of murder, rape and, dare I say, ethnic cleansing, starting as early as February 2003. Almost all parties who have recently...
James Bamford, veteran journalist and author of A Pretext for War: 9/11, Iraq, and the Abuse of America's Intelligence Agencies, discusses neoconservative foreign policy. Interview conducted by Scott Horton. Check out Scott's other interviews with prominent...
From Bush press conference on Tuesday: "QUESTION: You're not going to Athens this week, are you? BUSH: Athens, Texas? (LAUGHTER) QUESTION: The Olympics in Greece. BUSH: Oh, the Olympics. No, I'm not. QUESTION: Have you been watching? BUSH: Yes. It's been...
NAJAF - Najaf was in the grip of eerie silence Tuesday despite the U.S. jets flying across clear skies and the sound of mortar blasts that shook the town. After three weeks of often pitched battles between armed followers of radical Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr on the one...
Pre-trial hearings that began Tuesday at the U.S. military base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, of prisoners taken in the U.S. "war on terrorism" are "designed to convict," says one expert. The lack of attorney-client confidentiality, absence of an...
It was all too delicious for words. Francis Fukuyama, the boy wonder of the neocons who had famously pronounced the End of History, sat listening to a lecture by War Party stalwart and neocon comrade Charles Krauthammer, and wondered if the former psychiatrist had...
Writing for the public has always been a challenging task. However, President Bush's declaration that "you are with us or against us" has intensified readers' tendency to see columnists in the same way. Awareness is fading that a writer could be an independent thinker...
Rise of EmpireLoved your column on Garet Garrett's book. Your columns are a frequent topic at our Libertarian/ Constitution Party lunch table discussions.As engineers and analysts, we have often speculated about how you (Raimondo) acquire the information and insight...
