Over the years our Viewpoints section has featured some interesting essays by artists of various sorts, including Monty Python's Terry Jones and chef-turned-author Anthony Bourdain. One piece I wish we had excerpted was this bit by English musician Robyn Hitchcock...
So there's a running debate in libertarian circles about whether Randy Barnett's a libertarian or not, and it's getting old. This is a superficially free country; Barnett and his buddies can employ any nomenclature they like. Barnett does seem to be true blue on all...
For your delight and diversion, a most entertaining bit of science fiction, one with no relationship whatsoever to reality. (Via Jim Henley.)
I can't watch much more of this vicious stupidity – the only relief I can find is that the biggest a**hole on stage, Joe Biden, has no shot of winning. But he's only the worst by a smidgen. Anyway, if you must have live blogging, David Weigel's doing an entertaining...
Here is Larisa Alexandrovna, of Raw Story, criticizing my most recent column on the Litvinenko affair -- at some length. It starts out: "Seriously, if one more person defends Putin based on the single reason that Putin stands up to Bush, I shall pull my hair out." My...
Antiwar.com's editorial director Justin Raimondo appeared last Wednesday on "The Sloan Ranger Show," on WGNU-AM in St. Louis. Listen to the audio archive.
Vietnam, Iraq and the Failure of Aggressive War
‘You Started This War and You Can End It’
The Tragic Legacy of George W. Bush
Sometimes you don't get the real picture without seeing the big picture. But you don't always get such a good example. An Associated Press news photo from today in Pakistan: Droves of people carrying banners, the front one reading "MODERATE EXTREMISTS!" (What could...
