Obama’s Potemkin Afghanistan
In a message to US troops in Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Robert Gates praised the soldiers who fought in the recent Marjah offensive, averring: " "You all have had a very tough time. You came into an area totally controlled by the Taliban. You fought for a...
The Trial of Azzam the American
Author’s note: It now looks like the subject of this column, the "top al-Qaeda commander" arrested in Pakistan, is not Adam Gadahn: CBS News is reporting that the original story was "false." Instead, the man arrested has been tentatively identified as Abu Yahya...
Against ‘Special’ Relationships
The War Party: A Paper Tiger
The reaction to Ron Paul's runaway victory in the CPAC presidential poll continues to roll in, and I wouldn't dwell on it as much as I have except for its significance as indicative of a sea-change on the right and in the country generally. And also, for another...
The Road to Dictatorship
That 56 percent of all Americans "think the federal government's become so large and powerful that it poses an immediate threat to the rights and freedoms of ordinary citizens" isn't really all that surprising. After all, ever since the 9/11 terrorist...
Ron Paul vs. the Naysayers
Ron Paul’s Victory: How Sweet It Is!
Ron Paul is to neocons what a silver bullet is to vampires, and, for me at least, a great deal of the joy accompanying Ron Paul's CPAC victory has been anticipating the squeals of outrage, shock, and real pain coming from those circles. This may be my sadistic streak...
Ron Paul!
The annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), which has been going on for many years, is a bellwether of where the action is on the right side of the political spectrum – and the news from the latest gathering has both the traditional Buckley-style right...
