Through stupidity, forgetfulness, poor geography and bad luck as much as anything, I found myself caught up in the 'great' anti-war march in London last week. Can't say the crowd was anywhere near as congenial as the pro-Palestine lot earlier in the year, nor was the...
LARRY ELLISON’S GOLDEN AGE: PROFITEERS OF THE WARFARE STATE
We're starting our Fall Campus Tour this week, and Justin Raimondo is on the road. In lieu of a regular column, we're offering a special treat: a feature article by Raimondo written especially for Chronicles, and made available to you on the web: "Larry Ellison's...
Congress Must Say Yes or No to War
Last week, during a hearing in the House International Relations committee, I attempted to force the committee to follow the Constitution and vote to declare war with Iraq. The language of Article I, section 8, is quite clear: only Congress has the authority to...
War For Frivolous Reasons
This is being written before President Bushs address to the nation Monday night, but news reports say he doesnt expect to deliver any startling new evidence beyond what has already been widely reported. He seems to think that what is already known about...
CALL CONGRESS!
What is there left to say about this onrushing war? It isn't in our interests; it has nothing to do with getting the terrorists responsible for 9/11; it's a war for Israel's sake, not ours; it's the first step on the road to Empire; it'll wreck our economy, embolden...
Rush to War Ignores U.S. Constitution
p>Senator Byrd delivered the following remarks as the Senate opened debate on Senate Joint Resolution 46, a resolution authorizing the President to use whatever force he deems necessary in Iraq or elsewhere. Listen to portions of these remarks in .mp3 format. The...
Is Congress Relevant with Regards to War?
The last time Congress declared war was on December 11, 1941, against Germany in response to its formal declaration of war against the United States. This was accomplished with wording that took less than one-third of a page, without any nitpicking arguments over...
Lamenting Funk Street
Throughout China there exist dirty alleys and streets lined with decrepit old one-story houses harboring strange and amazing odors. A smorgasbord of goods are hawked in these streets underneath the shadows of new apartment buildings and towering Bank of China...
Will the Real Hitler Please Stand Up?
President Bush is justifying his proposed pre-emptive war against Iraq on the grounds that Saddam has weapons of mass destruction, and that this dangerous dictator has ties to the international terrorists, Al Qaeda. Some say that this U.S. justification for...
9/11: WHAT DID ISRAEL KNOW?
Israel had foreknowledge of 9/11 that was Carl Cameron's explosive contention, made last year in a blockbuster series of reports on Fox News exposing an Israeli spy ring in the U.S. New evidence confirms his story and points to a rather ominous...