Defying Despair

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...

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The Neocon Civil War

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...

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Against Bush, but Not for Kerry

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...

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A Pretext for War

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...

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Bush’s Unwilling Poster Children

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...

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People of Najaf Trapped in War They Don’t Want

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...

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Gitmo Trials ‘Designed to Convict’

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...

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Backtalk, August 24, 2004

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...

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Former Exiles Dominate Iraqi Puppet Govt

In what had been touted as Iraq's first democratic election, last week's tumultuous Iraqi National Conference closed with a four-judge panel selecting a list of candidates for the Interim National Council, leaving the hundreds of delegates invited to the conference to...

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