Regarding Putin, NPR ran an anti-Putin story today in which it was stated: "Parliament is now dominated by a pro-Putin majority that speeds through Kremlin-issued legislation, often too quickly for deputies even to read new bills." I don't know why this is so...
Lew Rockwell writes: I know that Scooter Libby, like any high-ranking apparatchik, has blood on his hands. Still, I find it hard to celebrate his conviction. First, punishing anyone for the crime of naming a CIA spy violates the first amendment. Second, he was not...
Overblown: The Bogus War on Terror
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As I was watching the Libby verdict come in on CNN, a legal analyst was explaining how Libby's defense team will try to stall their client's incarceration until the president issues a pardon, probably in January 2009. Incredulous laughter began bubbling up from some...
It is encouraging that the jury found Scooter Libby guilty on most charges. It will be amusing to watch the conservative elite howl that the verdict is a violation of their sacred right to rule by deceit. If Libby turns state’s evidence to reduce his prison...
Iraq Redux: Same Neocons, Same Goals, Same Tactics, Next Target
I just want to reiterate the fact that Andrew Sullivan actually used a photo of a guy with a Nazi/Commie combo flag as his symbol of beleaguered Russian liberalism. Don't get me wrong: Nazis and Commies have a right to free speech, too, but doesn't this reek of Putin...
The biggest taboo in America, even among those who oppose the war, is criticizing the military. Point to Abu Ghraib or Haditha, and they cry "Exception to the rule!" And I'll grant them that (though I'd dispute the degree of exceptionality). I'll also grant that there...
Not content with having done much to gin up a disastrous war in the Middle East, Andrew Sullivan joins the ranks of the New Cold Warriors in targeting Vladimir Putin as the neo-Stalin, implying that a Washington-based critic of Putin was attacked by the KGB even while...
