Our good friends at the Independent Institute are putting on a very important forum tonight in Oakland, California. Terrorism expert James Bovard, Margaret Russell of the ACLU, and Georgetown University Professor of Law David Cole will explain the dangerous PATRIOT...
Iraqis Being Arrested for Making Anti-US Statements
US "Democracy" in Iraq: Within the past month, I have seen more and more stories that mention Iraqis being arrested for making anti-US or pro-Saddam statements. Most of these news items have been buried in other stories or appear as captions on news photos. Today's UK...
As US Looks to Dump Iraqi Council, US Guards Kill One of Its Leaders
Occupation Officials, angered and disappointed by their own hand-picked Iraqi Governing Council, let it be known that they are looking to dump the council. Within hours of the release of this story, it was announced that US guards shot and killed the leader of the...
Not Enough Troops at Home for Veterans Day Parades
They're all in Iraq and Afganistan (and Korea, Kuwait, Qatar, Pakistan, Germany, Uzbekistan, Japan, Colombia, etc.
Feds Pull Selective Service Announcement from the Web
Within the past week, there has been a bunch of articles about the Pentagon's announcement that they were trying to fill local draft boards. Within the past 24 hours, the announcement has been pulled from the "Defend America" site run by the DOD. You can still view...
Jack Wheeler Still Hates Rothbard
Long-time liberventionist Jack Wheeler identifies the connections between Murray Rothbard's anti-interventionism and the new anti-interventionist right, which he calls "The Anti-American Right" in this article on Newsmax.
Stealing Your Land to Build My Fence
I often hear the argument that it is perfectly acceptable to build a wall to keep out your enemies. I have no problem with building a fence or wall on your property. This story is a perfect example of why this is not that kind of fence. Israel has handed out...
Attention Jim Lobe Fans
Check out this interview with Jim Lobe on the history of the neocons. If you have problems with the streaming version, you can also download the .mp3 version. Thanks to "Philip Dru," whose Website has a great selection of interviews with notable libertarians and...
More Evidence of Bush’s Eroding Influence
Senate Confirms Bush Error on Indonesia Military Aid Earlier this month President Bush said that Congress had "changed their attitude" toward resuming the US program to train Indonesia's military, and was ready to "go forward with" funding the program. Last week a...
Neocons Want to Bomb Al-Jazeera?
"Take out Al Jazeera, one way or another," says rabid neocon Frank Gaffney. He praises the US-backed Iraqi council decision to ban Al Jazeera reporters from Iraq, but says they don't go far enough: "Under present wartime circumstances, though, the United States has...


