Quotations of Chairman Jonah (II)

Hey, what's the moon in? The reason I ask is because I actually agree with something written by Jonah Goldberg!: "[Woodrow] Wilson, by my lights, was the worst president of the 20th century and did more damage to that century than any other American statesman. Much of...

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RE: Collective punishment

RE: Justin's post Life in Sparta, referring to Dahr Jamail's article on al-Dora. There is an album on Jamail's website that illustrates the story.  See here.

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Breaking bones in Gaza

Ran HaCohen has one of his infrequent but always worth waiting for articles on the main page of Antiwar.com. Much discussion is ongoing as we watch the spectacle of Israel's Sharon struggling to cope with the loss of his favorite scapegoat. (See peacepalestine here...

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Quotations of Chairman Jonah

"Amid the media din about the tsunami, Dan Rather's implosion, and the usual grim news from Iraq, an amazing story has been unfolding -- but has received scant appreciation from the chattering classes. Democracy is on the march." -- Jonah Goldberg, National Review,...

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Politically Correct Interventionism

The first black female Secretary of State testified yesterday at her confirmation hearing that we now have an adjunct to the infamous "Axis of Evil" -- the Outposts of Tyranny: "To be sure, in our world there remain outposts of tyranny and America stands with...

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When in Rome…

Jonathan Chait, writing in the Los Angeles Times has an, er, interesting suggestion: "The Bush administration's foreign policy is centered around fighting a highly expensive counterinsurgency in Iraq. The administration's domestic policy is centered around driving...

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“Iraq the Model” — or the Bad Example?

Neocon bloggers are in such a tizzy over Sarah Boxer's New York Times piece, provocatively titled "Pro-American Iraqi Blog Provokes Intrigue and Vitriol," that they can barely contain themselves. We haven't seen such a roiling of the waters since a certain...

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Rice diced by Boxer

Tim Dunlop has a good summary of the Rice confirmation hearings:At the confirmation hearings for Condoleeza Rice today, Senator Barbara Boxer did to Rice what the Bush administration has been doing to the country for the past four years....Read the restUPDATE: Arthur...

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