Or so says the lead editorial from Friday’s Wall Street Journal: â€Since the Treasury story broke, as it happens, no one but Congressman Ed Markey and a few cranks have even objected to the program, much less claimed illegality.†That’s funny, I could have sworn it was the Wall Street Journal who did the most [...]
Excerpts from “Roads to somewhere,” The Economist …[H]ighways began expanding rapidly after President Dwight Eisenhower, 50 years ago this month, signed the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 which committed the government to invest heavily in a national network of interstates. …[T]he network that he authorised was often referred to as the National System of Interstate [...]
Christopher Hitchens’ pathetic decline picks up speed. (By the way, this recent cry for attention aided Eros about as much as Hitchens’ following non sequiturs should help Ares.) [M]ay I propose some ways in which those who don’t want to be associated with Michael Moore, George Galloway, Ramsey Clark, and the rest of the Zarqawi [...]
In an odd turnabout, some Democratic “antiwar” politicians are explaining their vote against the recent “stay the course” resolution passed by Congress on the grounds that it means supporting amnesty for insurgents. “I support our troops and goals in Iraq,” says Tennessee Democrat Harold Ford, Jr., currently a congressman and a candidate for U.S. Senate, [...]
Scott P. Richert has more on the WMD non-story, and why Sen. Santorum may be so hot for it. Arthur Silber writes to remind me that the WMD matter is largely irrelevant, and I agree, but it’s always good to remind people how dishonest – and ridiculously so – the warbots are.
The Coalition for a Realistic Foreign Policy held a forum on Wednesday: “The Right Against War with Iran.” Videos of the event speakers are now available on The Free Liberal website. The speakers included: Ivan ElandIndependent Institute, Antiwar.com Columnist“The United States Might Have to Accept a Nuclear Iran” Philip GiraldiFormer CIA officer, partner in Cannistraro [...]
