Justin Raimondo has no column today due to a power outage in Sebastopol, California. Perhaps the Russians hacked the local power grid (that's a joke). Assuming no further problems, he will return with Wednesday's column. NOTES IN THE MARGIN You can check out my...
Is That All There Is? Intel Community Releases Its Russia ‘Hacking’ Report
The much-anticipated Intelligence Community report backing up its claims that the Russians hacked the US elections in November has just been released. Titled "Declassified Intelligence Community Assessment of Russian Activities and Intentions in Recent US Elections,"...
Sadr City Bombing Offsets Mosul Gains; 145 Killed in Iraq
288 Killed in Iraq; Most in Simultaneous Military Operations
Inquiry Points Toward a Pentagon Plot to Subvert Obama’s Syria Policy
Airstrikes by the United States and its allies against two Syrian army positions Sept. 17 killed at least 62 Syrian troops and wounded dozens more. The attack was quickly treated as a non-story by the U.S. news media; US Central Command (CENTCOM) claimed the strikes...
It’s Not Too Late for Two States in Palestine
During World War II, when German bombers terrorized Britain, a small group of gallant airmen faced them every day. Their life expectancy was numbered in days. Once, a genius at the propaganda ministry devised a poster: "Who is afraid of the German...
Avoiding Accidental Nuclear War
One of the great pleasures in publishing and writing for The American Conservative is the civilized discourse, knowledge, and profundity of the comments sections. Our survival and reach today is quite astounding considering how we started as such a lonely voice in...
Militants Attack Army Outpost; 175 Killed in Iraq
New McCarthyism Targets Trump
When President Obama expelled Russian diplomats over the hysterical and unproven accusation of Russia “hacking the election,” Russian President Vladimir Putin refused to be drawn into a petty squabble, saying he would delay any response until Donald Trump assumed...
Purge the CIA
Director of National Intelligence James Clapper testified at a hearing on “Russian interference” in the election that there’s a difference between “skepticism” of the intelligence community’s assessment and “disparagement” of said community. While stopping short of...


