Over at Slate, Jack Shafer cites our very own David R. Henderson in a discussion of the War on Drugs.

Liam Madden from Iraq Veterans Against the War sends the following: In 1969, the My Lai massacre helped fuel popular opposition to the Vietnam War. U.S. political and military leaders insisted that such crimes were isolated exceptions. Members of Vietnam Veterans...

Headmaster Sullivan tells us to clean our plates: Imagine an Obama-McCain race: adult, graceful, necessary, and good for us. Ah, Mr. Platitude vs. Mr. Come-Unglued: yep, it'll be a regular Metamucil martini. Very adult!

Today's nugget of conventional wisdom comes from liberal hawk George Packer: In this election, the isolationist candidate is the Texas congressman Ron Paul. He frequently attacks the core rationale of Bush’s foreign policy, and receives enthusiastic applause for...

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...

From last night's Democratic debate: Who among us is going to pick up the phone and immediately interface with Putin and tell him to lay off Georgia because Saakashvili is in real trouble? Just don't phone Saakashvili while he's attacking unarmed protesters. Good way...

Daniel Koffler douses the Ron Paul fund-raising brouhahardy-har-har cooked up by Jamie Kirchick and Daniel Sieradski. (Shockingly, Sieradski is employed by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, which I used to think was a serious news outlet.) I have nothing to add to...

Read this post by Arthur Silber, then sign this petition in support of the Illinois high-school students now facing expulsion or even criminal charges for their participation in a peaceful antiwar protest.

Ultra-hawk blog Blackfive reports on David Horowitz's dazzling opening of Islamofascism Awareness Week: What a let down. My buddy Ebo and I attended Horowitz' opening night of Islamo-Fascism Awareness week and if this is our answer to sharia, then I guess Dirka Dirka...