Bending Posse Comitatus Brings Bad Results

Perhaps I should not have been surprised, but I was at least somewhat appalled that with the wall-to-wall coverage the issue received almost no attention. But the use of a military surveillance plane to try to capture the notorious Beltway murderer raises serious questions about the already-tattered separation between military activity and domestic civilian law … Continue reading “Bending Posse Comitatus Brings Bad Results”

SMEARING THE ANTIWAR MOVEMENT

As if to confirm what some opponents of this war have been saying – but not too loudly – about this being a war for Israel, the Bush administration is now "weighing an Israeli proposal for a joint operation in Iraq’s western desert to disarm Iraqi missiles before they could be launched against Israel." That … Continue reading “SMEARING THE ANTIWAR MOVEMENT”

NORTH KOREA’S HALLOWEEN SURPRISE

Another day, another threat of war – this time on the North Korean front. Surely Pyongyang’s startling admission that indeed it is actively pursuing the nuclear option – "and more powerful things as well," according to this New York Times report – has pulled the rug out from under the War Party, even as the … Continue reading “NORTH KOREA’S HALLOWEEN SURPRISE”

THE SNIPER

Monomania is the chief characteristic of most madmen, and so it is with those who are clamoring for war. By monomania I mean a fixation, or obsession, that colors perceptions and makes normal interaction with the world difficult, if not well nigh impossible. Your typical monomaniac might be, say, an anti-Semite, who interprets virtually all … Continue reading “THE SNIPER”

The Future of East-West Rapprochement

Since Old Deng’s Open Door policy toward the world and the West in particular, foreigners have been pouring into China in greater numbers. Excluding the few years following the Tiananmen Tragedy, the number of travelers, businessmen, scholars and teachers arriving in China has increased with each passing year. The focus has been on the business … Continue reading “The Future of East-West Rapprochement”

The Euro-Soviet Threat

They say that committing murder becomes easier after you have done it the first time. The same is true of killing democracy. Next Saturday, Ireland will vote on the Nice Treaty, having already voted No to it in a referendum held in June 2001. This is the clearest possible betrayal of democracy and it bodes … Continue reading “The Euro-Soviet Threat”

Pipsqueak Adversaries

In the wake of Congress having voted, after a desultory debate consisting mostly of three-minute statements written by aides, to give the president authorization to attack Iraq if he feels so moved, the most striking impression one gets is of how the appalling people who rule us love to pump up their chosen adversaries. But … Continue reading “Pipsqueak Adversaries”