From James Taranto's "The Ugly Side of Libertarianism":[David Bernstein] probably thinks of [libertarians] as cute little nerds who have basically sound (if somewhat extreme) ideas about economics along with various eccentric enthusiasms: private toll roads,...

Howard Kaloogian, California congressional candidate and co-founder of Move America Forward, gets busted passing off a photo of Istanbul as evidence of a bloodless, bustling Baghdad. Kaloogian pleads confusion (scroll down to actual Baghdad photo, apparently taken by...

In a brief on the Hamdan case before the Supreme Court, Senators Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) argue that a a bill passed last December invalidates Hamdan's suit. They cite their own remarks in the Congressional Record during the debate on the Detainee...

As the wingers turn on serial plagiarist Ben Domenech – with the sort of righteous indignation others might reserve for oh, I don't know, presidents who lie us into war – Michelle Malkin shares her pain:As someone who has worked in daily journalism for 14 years, I...

Ukraine will hold parliamentary elections on Sunday. From the AP:Opinion polls show no party will get a majority, which means Ukraine's future government will be determined by who joins in a coalition. A strong showing would give [Yulia Tymoshenko] the upper hand in...

From the Washington Post:Three United States senators came to one of China's most prestigious universities on Wednesday, ostensibly to talk about trade. What they delivered was an expansive, almost evangelical campaign for American values – one that received pushback...

More visionary brilliance from the neolibertarians at TechCentralStation:For the 2006 midterm elections, Republicans should propose an idea so big that it stretches to the stars. Republicans should commit the government to building a space elevator by 2020. … Space...

Niall Ferguson reminds us that when a president's got nothin', he's got nothin' to lose.

Andrew Sullivan: I'm aware of one person who clearly stated before the war that he believed that Saddam had no WMDs. That was Scott Ritter. This is not the same as saying that we didn't know for sure, or should have waited some more; or that containment could have...

Andrew Sullivan – for whom every topic is ultimately just another opportunity for navel-gazing – offers his mea sorta culpa. Let's have a mercifully abridged look: In retrospect, neoconservatives (and I fully include myself [We know, Andrew, we know - Ed.]) made...