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Ron Paul on Afghanistan and Perpetual War
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How Many Needles Can Obama Thread?
To answer Jim Bovard's earlier question -- will President Obama "out-BS" Bush? -- I think no, after watching Obama tonight, it seems that Bush set a perverse standard that even an over-achiever like Obama can't exceed. But that didn't seem to be Obama's goal tonight....
Until the King Speaks …
While we’re all waiting for the Dear Leader to come down from the mountain and deliver his address to the nation on his plans for Afghanistan, I thought I’d alert my readers to my blogging for The Hill – Capitol Hill’s newspaper of record – where I’ve been...
WHICH ‘safe haven,’ Mr. Obama?
If things run on schedule, Mr. Obama will announce tomorrow that he and his organization will be sending approximately 34,000 more U.S. troops to harass and sometimes kill men, women and children (as "collateral damage") in Afghanistan. And then he has to sell...
Minarets: Ban Them, or Bomb Them?
Well, the Swiss – or, more accurately, a majority of voters in democratic Switzerland – have gone and done something wrong and dumb, approving a referendum that bans the construction of minarets. Libertarian demerits are certainly in order. But one very wrong,...
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Raimondo on the Stimulus
Go on over to The Hill, Capitol Hill’s newspaper of record, and check out my latest commentary, this time on the impact of the "stimulus" and the prospect of yet another boondoggle to cover up the failure of the first one.
Somali-American ‘Terrorists’ Victims of Unfortunate Labeling
I wish it weren't always necessary to lay out the recent history of Somalia every time it comes up. But it seems with every current event -- like US bombings and piracy -- Americans are starting with a fresh mental slate. And so it is with the recent cases of...
Clarion’s Clothiers
Insights into who funded the mysterious Clarion Fund remain few and far between, but new information about two funders surfaced this week giving a better outline of the network of donors who supported Clarion’s activities. The obituary for ‘’retail magnate’’...
Torture Still Prime-Entertainment
Three Cheers for Doonesbury today! Unfortunately, prominent half-wits take their own values from this TV show. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia told an assembly of judges in the summer of 2007: "“Jack Bauer saved Los Angeles . . . . He saved hundreds of...
