A group of South Korean military officers is pressing a court to overturn the military’s ban, announced earlier this year, on books which it considers dangerously pro-North Korean, anti-US, or anti-capitalist. The military says the “seditious†books would hinder the concentration of soldiers, and harm the military’s “mental power.†The officers say the move is [...]
Iranian-born British Army interpreter Daniel James, who is accused of spying for Iran, has too interesting of a backstory not to mention. With a background in body building and kick boxing, James says he eventually rose to the title of “Danny James, King of Salsa.” And that’s not even the funny part. He apparently also [...]
Does your portfolio continue to take a hit in this helter skelter market? Have you thought about boosting it with some nitroglycerin-filled firepower? Bloomberg is reporting that Raytheon not only turned a profit but beat analyst estimates. This is great news for the defense industry which only received a nominal increase in new appropriations for [...]
This is the 25th anniversary of the bombing of the barracks in Beirut that killed 241 Marines. President Reagan sent in U.S. troops to try to help stabilize Lebanon after the Israeli invasion (and massacres by Israeli proxies in Palestinian refugee camps) the prior year. This was Reagan’s biggest antiterrorism debacle. He failed the Marines [...]
For those interested, here is my debut in the American Conservative — a review of Justin Raimondo’s Reclaiming the American Right. And Jim, I don’t know who these pro-Palin libertarians are, but I sure ain’t one!! In fact, I was an early detractor.
Is anyone closely tracking Sarah Palin’s continued popularity with libertarians? Charles Murray, one of the Beltway’s favorite libertarians (ensconced at the manically pro-war American Enterprise Institute), told the New York Times that he is “truly and deeply in love” with Palin. Joe Bast, the head of the Heartland Institute, said that Palin “was a great [...]
