The Committee on the Present Confusion

With full-page ads in The Washington Post, The New York Times and The Washington Times trumpeting its slide down the spillways, The Committee on the Present Danger has been relaunched. The 1970s committee of Republican hawks and neoconservatives denounced détente and...

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Do We Want a War Criminal as President?

Antiwar activists who thought they were going to be able to communicate their views to Democratic party delegates in Boston this week are in for an unpleasant surprise: "Protesters for the next few days will be enclosed in a shadowy, closed-off piece of urban...

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Peace With China, Peace With Taiwan

Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) enunciates the moral, logical, and Constitutional case against meddling in the China/Taiwan dispute. This speech was delivered in the U.S. House of Representatives July 14, 2004.

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Backtalk July 26, 2004

Daily Show with George Bush I must say I have several things in which I disagree with the Bush administration, just as I had several things I disagreed with when Pres. Clinton was in office. I am 58-years-old, follow politics on a regular basis, have watched our...

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Exactly How Has Bush’s War Made Us Safer?

President Bush claims that his war on Iraq has made Americans safer. His primary rationale is that by removing from power a foreign dictator who was supposedly bent on acquiring weapons of mass destruction, Americans are safer as a result. Unfortunately for the...

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The Puzzling 9/11 Report

The countdown is finally over, and a 567-page 9/11 Commission report [pdf] is out. According to the Commission Chairman, they have seen "every single document" and have interviewed "every single relevant witness and authority." According to all Commission members,...

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Iran’s Challenge to the Bush Doctrine

Recent press reports have left little doubt where George W. Bush, if reelected in November, will be tempted to train his sights. A senior White House aide said last week that the U.S. president, fresh from toppling the Taliban and Saddam Hussein, may well decide to...

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Survey: US Public Rejects Torture

Two-thirds of U.S. citizens believe their government should "never use physical torture" against detainees, and 90 percent reject sexually humiliating prisoners, as was done by U.S. soldiers at Baghdad's Abu Ghraib jail, according to a major survey of attitudes here....

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India, Pakistan Optimistic About Peace Talks

KARACHI - For no clear reason, the atmosphere around the resumption of the long-delayed India-Pakistan peace dialogue is marked by effusive official optimism on either side, and an aura of hope and expectation among both peoples. The two governments, whose foreign...

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