NPR's All Things Considered recently completed a six-part series on the relationship between the West and Middle East. On top of being a good historical overview, the series essentially demonstrates the ill-effects of "blowback." The last part of the series concludes...
When I put up my last post, I was worried that the punchline – a reference to Rush Limbaugh's comparison of Abu Ghraib torture to fraternity pranks – might be a little overplayed. Thank God for torture prober James Schlesinger, who again invoked this...
Eric Garris, Webmaster of Antiwar.com, was interviewed on Saturday by radio host Scott Horton, aka Philip Dru: Administrator , for his new show. Eric took a few calls, and had spirited debates with a Vietnam vet, and someone who thinks that the U.N. wasn't tough...
How does an occupying force amuse itself in a country where booze, dope, and hookers are hard to come by? From today's Washington Post:An Army investigation into the Abu Ghraib prison scandal has found that military police dogs were used to frighten detained Iraqi...
Jeffrey Tucker, of the Mises Institute, blogging on LewRockwell.com, takes me to task for "adoring" Patrick J. Buchanan’s new book, Where the Right Went Wrong:I'm happy that Justin adores Pat's new book, and it may be as good as he says. But just last week, I happen...
I'm not sure what it's called to blog for two sites, but I'll be guesting over at Liberty & Power for awhile. If you're not reading L&P already, get with it.
I notice that neither Tex nor the New York Times nor the Washington Post nor the LA Times, nor in fact any of the media who are so eager to call the Swift Boad Veterans "lying" seem to ever be able to utter the word "Cambodia." Kerry said that his "Christmas in...
This is a mini blog tour because I had a crazy day! How about that Iraqi soccer team? How bad IS the missile defense system the Bushies are insisting on deploying pre-election? Noah Schachtman at Defense Tech posts that the former Pentagon testing chief Phillip Coyle...
The San Francisco Chronicle ran a very nice obituary of Mike Mayakis, longtime libertarian and antiwar activist, and my best friend. Following is the article: Mike Mayakis – Libertarian activist and agile debaterby Charlie Goodyear, Chronicle Staff WriterAugust...
Chapter 7 meticulously chronicles the arrival and actions of the nineteen hijackers. Little interesting information is found in the chapter. However, one is surprised by the remarkable ease at which many of the men moved around and in and out of the United States....
