Boris Berezovsky, RIP

The death of Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky will doubtless provide plenty of grist for numerous conspiracy mills – indeed, he was the fount of many such tall tales, claiming the Russian government was behind not only the death of Alexander Litvinenko, but also...

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A Note to My Readers

My apologies for the lack of a column – and please don’t ask. I’m sure I’ll recover…. At any rate, I thought I’d revive an old Antiwar.com tradition: on those days where I was absent due to circumstances apparently beyond my control, we used to feature an "oldie...

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A Generation of War

The youthful Left was once the most active antiwar current on campus: recall the days of the Vietnam era antiwar movement, when "Hey, hey, LBJ, how many kids did you kill today?" was heard on college campuses from Berkeley to NYU and all points in between....

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Ten Years Later: When is the Reckoning?

Ten years after the invasion of Iraq, the war criminals are still at large. Saddam Hussein is dead and buried, but the cabal that lied us into war is still around – and not only that, they are mocking us from their podiums in the media, justifying and obscuring their...

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The Politics of Anti-Interventionism

The response to Rand Paul's historic filibuster continues to generate waves – I keep calling it "historic," and I know some of my more skeptical readers think I'm simply being hysteric, and yet… I have never listened to Rush Limbaugh's radio program, but...

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Neocons and Obamaites Unite Against Rand Paul

Note: Justin's regularly scheduled column will be delayed. His next piece will be posted for Friday. The response to Rand Paul's historic filibuster against the nomination of John Brennan met with rapturous applause from civil libertarians and anti-interventionists on...

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#StandwithRand

I started writing this as Rand Paul entered the 9th hour of his historic filibuster against the nomination of John Brennan as CIA director, but I had to stop. As I listened and watched, real tears clouded my vision, raining down on the keyboard – tears of pure joy....

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The Libertarian Republican Heritage
(Part II)

Editorial note: The following is the second and final part of a speech to the Republican Liberty Caucus of California, delivered March 2, 2013. The first part appeared on Monday, and can be seen here. In the summer of 1983, there was a major split in the Libertarian...

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The Libertarian Republican Heritage

Editorial note: The following is the first part of a speech to the Republican Liberty Caucus of California, delivered March 2, 2013. The second and final part will appear on Wednesday. The Republican party wasn't always the party of war, unlimited military spending,...

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The Syrian Back Door to War With Iran

Secretary of State John Kerry has long urged increased US support for Syria's Islamist rebels, and now he has his wish: shortly after being confirmed, he announced the US would now directly aid rebel groups, rather than "indirectly," as we've supposedly been...

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