I just had what has to be the most extraordinary day I've spent in quite some time. This requries a little backstory: I just went through a major hassle with my previous bank, somebody stole my check card number and bought some stuff online, I filed a fraud complaint,...
I hate Michael Moore for making me defend Bush. I hate Bush for making me defend Michael Moore. I hate Bush for making me root for Democrats. I hate Kerry for making me agree with Ralph Nader. And Edwards. I hate Edwards, too. Mostly because I can't stand his corny...
Henry Hazlitt famously (Well, it’s famous in some circles) wrote that: "The art of economics consists of looking not merely at the immediate but at the longer effects of any act or policy; it consists in tracing the consequences of that policy not merely for one group...
In a speech typical of the kindergarten rhetoric, Jacobin black/white good vs. evil simplistic worldview and bad logic we've come to expect from Bush and his court jesters and sycophants, King George served up the same lame justifications for his murderous romp...
LewRockwell.com is running an article by John Laughland, from the UK Spectator, regarding the disastrous attempt to prosecute Slobodan Milosevic in the Hague. Milosevic is defending himself, and doing a splendid job. Now that Milosevic's defence is about to begin, the...
Ravi Nessman of AP reports:Iraqi interim President Ghazi al-Yawer said his government will soon offer an amnesty to those who have fought against the U.S.-led coalition, a British newspaper reported Monday. "We are offering an amnesty definitely, for people who have...
Virtually nothing, thanks to an Ashcroft gag order. See the highlighted list of questions she's allowed to answer in a deposition here. And make sure you check out our exclusive interview with the FBI whistleblower here.
Hey, Gene - that happened to us, too! We managed to prolong the agony by signing up for our new DSL with an appalling company that rivals AOL for crayola colored useless software that tries to take over your life, a really bad modem that refused to work with our...
When I was lad I served a term as security guard at a ship repair firm. Navy guys my age told me tales of rural recruiters' lies: they'd expected to be learning useful radio technology skills while romancing exotic ladies in foreign ports, instead they were cleaning...
Saturday must've looked like a promising day to Palestinians. The International Court of Justice had just declared the Israeli wall illegal, the UN was in the process of drafting resolutions criticizing Israel about it. Ariel Sharon's position was weakening, he had...
