Another Bush Bootlicker Bites the Dust

Australian voters kicked Prime Minister John Howard out of office yesterday.  Howard was even more of a groveler to Bush than Tony Blair.  One step Bush took to try to help Howard win reelection was to release Australian David Hicks from Guantanamo earlier this...

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Secret Society

Peter Hitchens files a fascinating report from North Korea, where the regime's pursuit of security at all costs keeps the public in constant darkness, literally and figuratively: The main feeling the visitor has in Pyongyang is one of pity at the pathos of the...

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Ron Paul, the 2002 Szasz Civil Liberties Award Winner

Some supporters of Ron Paul’s presidential campaign may not know that congressman Paul was a champion of civil liberties even in the era before the U.S. government legalized torture. Paul won the Szasz Award for Outstanding Contributions to Civil Liberties in...

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David Bernstein: Peace Is for Nazis!

This country is truly blessed with brilliant law professors, and Glenn Reynolds may not even be the brightest. Here's David Bernstein of the Volokh Conspiracy: Ron Paul is a tempting protest vote, and I did support him in 1988 when he ran as a Libertarian, but he...

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Pakistan Displacing Iran as Crisis of ’08?

Visit Lobelog.com for the latest news analysis and commentary from Inter Press News Service's Washington bureau chief Jim Lobe. It’s unquestionably premature to conclude that Pakistan may displace Iran as the most urgent foreign-policy challenge likely to be faced...

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You Can’t Hug Your Dictators With Nuclear Arms

The New York Times is reporting that the Bush Administration has spent almost $100 million helping Pakistan's on-again, off-again dictator Pervez Musharraf secure the country's weapons of mass destruction. This is the same Bush Administration that has spent hundreds...

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