Smearing Ron Paul

The Smear Bund never rests — not even on Christmas. Especially not on Christmas. And they’ve been really active lately, what with Ron Paul gaining in the polls and in the hearts and minds of a growing number of young people: we can’t have that! I’ve waded through the muck and mire, so you don’t [...]

Ali Shafeya al-Moussawi, RIP

On Dec. 14, Ali Shafeya al-Moussawi, a correspondent for Alive in Baghdad, was killed. He had been working on a series of stories about a militia in Baghdad. See Reporters Without Borders and the Committee to Protect Journalists for more.

George Washington: No Torture on My Watch

“Should any American soldier be so base and infamous as to injure any [prisoner]. . . I do most earnestly enjoin you to bring him to such severe and exemplary punishment as the enormity of the crime may require. Should it extend to death itself, it will not be disproportional to its guilt at such [...]

New Radio Site

Please note the following changes for Antiwar.com Radio: The new site is located at http://antiwar.com/radio The new podcast is located at http://feeds.feedburner.com/AntiwarRadio

Time to Become Slightly More Readable

Since they will be dumping Bill Kristol and Charles Krauthammer.

What Is the Purpose of the Military?

As I have written about over and over and over again, the purpose of the military should be to defend the country. That’s it. One would think that the Secretary of Defense would know that. Yet, in a recent speech before the Association of the United States Army, Robert Gates articulated the following role for the [...]