Nobody expects the American Inquisition

The Spotlight article for today offers a somber and foreboding analysis of The Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act. It certainly gives me warm and fuzzy feelings inside. Be sure to check out Andrew Napolitano’s latest book “A Nation of Sheep” (here is a review by Thomas DiLorenzo) in which he critiques and details [...]

How Can You Have Any Pudding If You Don’t Eat Your Meat?

Headmaster Sullivan tells us to clean our plates: Imagine an Obama-McCain race: adult, graceful, necessary, and good for us. Ah, Mr. Platitude vs. Mr. Come-Unglued: yep, it’ll be a regular Metamucil martini. Very adult!

Actions Have Reactions?! Nonsense! Witchcraft!

Today’s nugget of conventional wisdom comes from liberal hawk George Packer: In this election, the isolationist candidate is the Texas congressman Ron Paul. He frequently attacks the core rationale of Bush’s foreign policy, and receives enthusiastic applause for doing so, which indicates that Republican views about the war in Iraq might be more heterodox than [...]

The Biggest Gas-Guzzler of them All

After Al Gore won the Peace Prize I mentioned that he did next to nothing to dismantle or even criticize military intervention during his terms as a senator and Vice President. Yet, despite his fawning over a government controlled “green” world, neither he nor the rest of the political class have done anything to stymie [...]

US State Dept: Shi’ite-Led Govt Larger Threat than al-Qaeda

The November 21 Iraq Weekly Status Report, published by the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs of the US Department of State: Senior military commanders now portray the intransigence of Iraq’s Shiite dominated government as the key threat facing the U.S. effort in Iraq, rather than al-Qaida terrorists, Sunni insurgents or Iranian-backed militias. Several U.S. military [...]

Robert Parry

Neocons Think They’ve Won Iraq

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