Chris Nelson, the venerable editor/author of the highly regarded daily Washington/Asia insider newsletter, “The Nelson Report,†reports tonight that the U.S.-Taiwan Business Council has appointed Paul Wolfowitz as its next chairman. Apparently, the Council’s...
Media Heavies Question ‘Pro-Israel’ Moniker
I understand that the J Street Project, which was launched officially only one month ago, is gathering supporters at a pretty good clip, and now its efforts to redefine what can be considered “pro-Israel†appear to be making some headway, at least in the two of...
Don’t Miss This Conference!
I am honored to be returning as a speaker to the second annual Future of Freedom Foundation conference on foreign policy and civil liberties, which takes place June 6 through June 8 at the Hyatt Regency Reston in Reston, Virginia, and, as last year, features a...
Justin Raimondo’s Speech in Maine
Antiwar.com's Justin Raimondo spoke to the Midcoast Forum on Foreign Relations in Maine April 21. Yesterday, Maine Public Radio broadcast the one-hour talk in its entirety. Listen here.
Terrorist Cabal on Potomac?
I don’t know for sure that those two were with Hezbollah - or maybe Hamas - but you can’t be too careful in an area perfect for launching kayak attacks on the DC bridges. Unless of course the kayakers drowned before getting that far (as often happens in the...
Ellsberg’s Excellent Memoirs
I should have read Daniel Ellsberg’s excellent memoirs - SECRETS: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers - long ago. But better late than never. Here is the lead of a piece I did on the book for the new issue of Freedom Daily : Daniel Ellsberg is the kind of...
Antiwar Conference in Reston, VA: June 6-8
Come to the wonderful Future of Freedom Foundation conference this June, 6-8, at the Hyatt in Reston Virginia. Here's my article today discussing why I'm excited. Antiwar.com readers will find the slate of 20 speakers rather impressive, including such Antiwar.com...
Dan Senor Demolishes (Gently) Feith and Wolfowitz
Paul Wolfowitz's admission that he and others were "clueless on counterinsurgency" at the Hudson Institute's symposium on Douglas Feith's "War and Decision" last week was certainly the lede as Eli Lake reported it in the New York Sun reported last...
Antiwar Republican Walter Jones (NC) Wins Primary Challenge
Walter Jones, the Republican who changed the House cafeteria menu to replace French Fries with "Freedom Fries," but later became one of the war's staunchest critics, has been renominated to Congress. He faced a strong primary challenger supported by the White House....
What would that be like . . .
Marc Garlasco helped target laser-guided bombs during the Iraq invasion, and he claims in an NPR interview entitled "Assessing the Human Cost of Air Strikes in Iraq," that the military does a careful calculation of how many innocent civilians will be killed for each...


