A Jog Through Cyberspace

*Jim Henley serves an ace on the libertotalitarians at Volokh *Arthur Silber’s back, asking “How many liberations does it take to power a lightbulb?” *Gene Healy doesn’t give a f**k what Cheney says – except when he’s shredding the Constitution and lying us into war

Propaganda and History

Monday was the 90th anniversary of the Sarajevo assassination, the event that sparked (but did not cause) World War One. Though most media were trying to deal with the early transfer of bogus sovereignty to the puppet regime in Iraq, wire services found time to note the anniversary. Some, like the Associate Press, used boilerplate [...]

The Kids Are All Wrong

On the verge of his departure from National Review, William F. Buckley sends a message to the snotty punks now running his magazine: Mr. Buckley said there was a growing debate on the right about how the war in Iraq squared with the traditional conservative conviction that American foreign policy should seek only to protect [...]

Promises to keep-NATO

A bit of a reality check has crept into this article from Stars and Stripes on NATO’s promise to train Iraqi security forces: The North Atlantic Council decided on Monday it was “possible” for NATO to train Iraqi security forces, though it wasn’t clear how or when, or even where.

The Good, the Bad, and the Taliban

Taliban Targeting Women in Afghan Election Registration EffortsThose loathsome dudes, the Taliban, are doing their despicable best to squelch the women of Afghanistan, having killed two Saturday and an unknown number on Friday when 16 folks were gunned down for carrying – voter registration cards! The Friday attack was reported by various news sources as [...]

“Reformer” wins Serbian election

According to preliminary results of the runoff election, Boris Tadic of DOS – I mean, DS – is the new President of Serbia, having won 54% of the votes by 48% of the Serbian electorate. Notes our resident Balkans observer Chris Deliso, the results were accompanied with much self-congratulatory rhetoric from the Empire and the [...]