Charlie Rangel and other liberals want a return to the draft on the basis of some ahistorical notion that it will prevent future wars. (See here for some background on all the wars conscription hasn't prevented.) For one thing, as Scott points out below, no draft...
Charles Rangel thinks that having a society where human beings own each other is perfectly okay as long as the slaves are destroying lives and property for the state rather than producing things for private plantation owners. From USA Today: "Americans would have to...
LewRockell.com linked to an article of mine today on the servile atmosphere in DC think tanks. The piece is at the Globalist.com website but, since yesterday, the page with my article has been converted into a membership/registration required page. Here's the core:...
Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman has died. He was 94. I know our readers have a wide range of views regarding his economics, but Friedman deserves the thanks of everyone opposed to conscription. A long-time opponent of the draft, Friedman served on the...
In light of House Democrats' choice of Rep. Steny Hoyer over Rep. John Murtha for House majority leader, Robert Scheer's Tuesday column (in today's Viewpoints section) is worth another look. Murtha is far from perfect – in fact, he's been a reliable friend to the...
If you don't know yet, the German Court system, claiming world-wide jurisdiction over torture, is re-hearing a complaint against former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, former CIA Director George Tenet and others, alleging that...
In reply to those who point out that we defeated the Nazis in less time than we have now been fighting in Iraq, National Review (Sept. 25, 2006) agrees that it only took three years and five months to defeat Germany, but then adds: "But is that how long it took to...
Over at The Corner, we learn today that: *Jonah Goldberg has lost whatever mojo he once imagined he had. *Ditto for Bush and Olmert. *The admission of defeat in Iraq may lead to the end of belligerent American exceptionalism.
People send us all sorts of byzantine plans about what to do in Iraq – a change in tactics, a redeployment, a gradual draw-down, etc. – but there's no way out but out.
Thousands of U.S. troops have been disqualified from overseas duty because they are considered security risks. One reason: many soldiers are in debt way over their head. According to the Pentagon, there are two concerns: "Financial problems can distract personnel from...
