29 June 2007 | Uncategorized | Matt Barganier
On Wednesday, Jim Henley, in a post titled “All Is Forgiven,” noted an important admission by Andrew Sullivan: “what marks conservatism is extreme prudence in initiating conflict, a principle I foolishly rushed past in the wake of 9/11.” That’s certainly all true, and it was mighty nice of Sully to link approvingly to an essay [...]
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28 June 2007 | Uncategorized | Eric Garris
The House of Representatives just narrowly defeated an amendment to deny funds to operate Vice President Dick Cheney’s office. Cheney had insisted that his office is exempt from Executive Department oversight by arguing that he is not part of that department. Rep. Rahm Emanuel proposed the amendment as a counter to that incredible [...]
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27 June 2007 | Uncategorized | Scott Horton
A Tragic Legacy: Bush Thinks His Evil is Good
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27 June 2007 | Uncategorized | Justin Raimondo
Michael Rubin, formerly of the Coalition Provisional Authority, writes a regular feature for National Review Online, a summary with links of the Iran-related news of the day. A hardcore neocon whose journalistic and other credentials have often been in conflict, today Rubin notes the following:
“Hardline, state-controlled press reprinting articles from U.S.-based Antiwar.com.”
If you follow the link you find [...]
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27 June 2007 | Uncategorized | Matt Barganier
In an effort to get to the bottom of this whole Whole Foods matter, I urge you to contact the company through this form and ask why they’re such a bunch of fascists. Be sure to include the fact that you heard they are fascists from [...]
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27 June 2007 | Uncategorized | Matt Barganier
Via David Weigel, I see that Jonah Goldberg’s hotly anticipated (and anticipated… and anticipated) tome Liberal Fascism has a new working subtitle. Instead of The Totalitarian Temptation from Mussolini to Hillary Clinton, it’s now The Totalitarian Temptation from Hegel to Whole Foods. Now the Hegel part is clearly a case of a flyweight thinking he’s [...]
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26 June 2007 | Uncategorized | Matt Barganier
Johann Hari reports that the latest National Review cruise wasn’t all caviar, pasty skin, and Pacific sun. There were also tempests:
“It’s customary to say we lost the Vietnam war, but who’s ‘we’?” Dinesh D’Souza asks angrily. “The left won by demanding America’s humiliation.” On this ship, there are no Viet Cong, no three million dead. [...]
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25 June 2007 | Uncategorized | Scott Horton
America and Russia post-Cold War – Now We’re Them
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25 June 2007 | Uncategorized | Matt Barganier
You’d never know it from reading the pacifist, Islamofascist-appeasing media, but apparently Switzerland is not a free, peaceful, sovereign nation. Who are you gonna believe, Mitt Romney or Big Cheese/Chocolate/Clocks/Cutlery?
Jim Henley pauses Mitt’s slide show to examine the evidence.
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23 June 2007 | Uncategorized | Charles Goyette
Abu Ghraib Torture Worse Than They Told You
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23 June 2007 | Uncategorized | Charles Goyette
The Current Iraqi Endgame and Some of the Earlier Ones
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22 June 2007 | Uncategorized | Eric Garris
Thursday night Stephen Colbert demonstrated that Ron Paul had gotten an incredible “Colbert Bump.” A wonderfully entertaining clip!
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