Bush & Killing in the Name of Democracy

The Future of Freedom Foundation today posted online the full text of my Freedom Daily article on “Killing in the Name of Democracy.” The parallels between the rhetoric of Presidents McKinley, Wilson, and others  and Bush’s recent doggerel is stunning.  America has been commiting righteous slaughter in the name of democracy for far longer than most people [...]

The Bush Eye Chart

Click here for a larger PDF to check Bush’s vision.

Mearsheimer and Walt on C-SPAN

John J. Mearsheimer and Steven M. Walt, authors of The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy made an appearence on C-SPAN Monday to discuss those very things. Watch it here.

Fun with Torture

The Los Angeles Times ran a piece of mine today that advocates using the same coercive interrogation methods on congressmen that Congress approve for Bush’s military tribunals. Full text of the piece is at the LATimes here (registration required?) and at my website here. Comments welcome at http://jimbovard.com/blog/2006/08/27/how-to-pry-the-truth-out-of-congressmen/

Don’t be scared

Why would anyone support the American president at this point? The answer is simple: Cowardice. Republicans are sissies. They talk tough and drive trucks, but in truth are very afraid that a scary Arabic Islamo-Fascist™ is going to come to hurt them – for no reason except perhaps jealousy – and because they are so [...]

Hadar on C-SPAN

Antiwar.com contributor Leon Hadar discusses his book Sandstorm: Policy Failure in the Middle East on C-SPAN.