This morning I received a request to sign an “Economists’ Statement in Support of John McCain’s Economic Plan.†The statement laid out his plans to prevent taxes from rising, to reduce some taxes, such as the corporate income tax, to support free trade...
A couple hundred Ron Paul supporters gathered in front of the Capitol today to hear speakers organized by the Granny Warriors. I stopped by mid afternoon. I was told by one attendee that “Ron Paul came by and spoke around 11:15. Unfortunately, the sound system was...
Dick Cheney is a liar. A lousy one. He is again threatening that "al Qaeda in Iraq" (which he would have you believe is interchangeable with the "al Qaeda in Waziristan" he let escape in 2001) will take over the fertile crescent if U.S. forces withdraw. In this...
Justin is completely right to criticize Bob Barr for failing to adhere to libertarian, non-interventionist foreign policy principles concerning Latin America. But for the sake of clarification for our readers, I must take issue with something Justin said regarding the...
For 3 Years! On Monday, the Israeli Knesset passed a law imposing a penalty of three years imprisonment on Israeli vehicle-owners who take their vehicles to mechanics in the West Bank. I cannot even guess at the justification.
The crimes of war don't stop on the battlefield. Here is an account of how fighting in the first Iraq war changed Timothy McVeigh: McVeigh was assigned as a Bradley gunner, and his Army buddies report that he was "just thrilled" when he blew up his first Iraqi...
These people have a campaign to get John Yoo fired from UC Berkeley's Boalt Law School.
Ron Paul gets 5 minutes to question General Patraeus. Check it out. A longer statement and questions will be submitted in writing and will be available within a day or so.
ABC has a bombshell tonight about how Cheney and other top Bush administration officials would sit around in the White House and decide exactly how Muslim detainees would be tortured. ABC noted: "The high-level discussions about these 'enhanced interrogation...
The talent pool of the military officers is shrinking : The army is losing its best and brightest. West Point, the alma mater of American generals going back to Ulysses S. Grant, has seen a relentless rise in the number of officers who leave at the earliest...
