Ron Paul’s Hour of Decision
Is Ron Paul running for president in the wrong party? The results of the GOP primaries, so far, would certainly seem to suggest that. Paul’s support draws heavily from two constituencies one doesn’t normally associate with the Republican party: young voters, who are...
Who Are the ‘Terrorists’?
In the early morning hours of March 11, a US soldier assigned to “special ops” in Afghanistan, stationed near Kandahar, went into a local village and gunned down 16 people – including nine women and three children. At least three others were wounded....
The Syrian Gambit Unravels
Justin Raimondo is off today, but we've dredged up a particularly appropriate column from the distant past (originally publshed December 12, 2005): with Syria in the headlines and the prospect of regime-change looming large, it merits looking back on the Bush...
Western Hypocrisy and the Russian Election
Vladimir Putin wasn’t the only one with tears in his eyes as he exulted in his presidential election victory and shouted “Glory to Russia!” The entire American punditocracy, to say nothing of the Brits, responded as one with accusations the election...
Obama’s Red Line
“We’ve got Israel’s back” – that is the message President Obama sent out ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to the US for a crucial summit at the White House, and he did it in an interview granted to one of...
Netanyahu’s War
The ‘Trust Gap’
I had to laugh when I read the Associated Press piece on Israeli defense minister Ehud Barak’s message to a series of visiting US officials: “Israeli officials say they won’t warn the U.S. if they decide to launch a pre-emptive strike against Iranian...
Hope in the Belly of the Beast
Peter Beinart, former editor of The New Republic – a magazine instrumental in getting us into every major war we’ve ever been in – and a born-again peacenik when it comes to Iran, wonders aloud: “How can it be, less than a decade after the U.S....
Taking the Republicans Seriously
I was hoping never to have to write about the Santorum surge, yet I knew, in my hearts of hearts, it was meant to be. After all, the more Newt Gingrich talked – and talked, and talked – the more likely even Republican primary voters were to be repulsed by...
