I'm traveling today, and so there's no real column. I'm on my way to New York, where I'm speaking at the state convention of the Libertarian Party, an event I look forward to: as a longtime libertarian (small-'l'), I have a lot to say, and you'll be reading it next...
President Bush May Never Have Read Bin Laden Brief
President Bush may never have actually read the memo contained in his President's Daily Brief (and here) titled "Bin Ladin [sic] Determined To Strike in US." The brief has been at the center of a controversy about whether President Bush took appropriate action to...
Neo-Crazy Coup d’Etat
Perhaps you haven't noticed certainly the neo-crazies hope you haven't but we have just experienced a coup d'etat. What's a "coup d'etat"? Well, according to Edward Luttwak, author of Coup D'etat: A Practical Handbook, "A coup consists of the...
A Hypothetical Memo from Osama bin Laden
http://www.independent.org/tii/antiwar/e040420.html
A Country Destroyed
Once there was a time when American conservatives defended their country from government. No more. Today conservatives defend Bushs warmongering neo-Jacobin government at all costs. In a recent column, "Feeling a Draft" (April 15), I reported that the US has now...
Thinking the Unthinkable
"I hope you got a sense of conviction about what we're doing," said the president, as he ended his primetime press conference. We certainly did. Indeed, listening Tuesday night, one must concede the convictions, the earnestness and the resolve of the president that he...
An American Caesar
Intentionally or stupidly, President Bush and his neocon overlords are on track for igniting general conflagration in the Middle East. In placing America's stamp of approval on Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's annexation of the West Bank, Bush jettisoned a half...
A Confederacy of Dunces
Salam Pax enchanted the warbloggers for two reasons. First, his account of life under Saddam pricked readers' hearts in a way that American politicians and PR firms never could, thus helping the case for humanitarian intervention. More importantly, Salam is, well, not...
Plan of Attack
It was a twofer for the serial killers at the helm in Tel Aviv. Israeli helicopter gunships had just taken out a blind paraplegic, Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, when his successor, Abdel Aziz Rantisi, also went up in a puff of smoke. The United States, as usual, exculpated...
Documenting the Creative Side of Peace
The US Governments 2003 invasion of Iraq spawned one of the most vocal, productive, and visible military protest movements in history, and inspired peace-minded artists the world over to create powerful images expressing and communicating their outrage. The new...


