by Justin Raimondo | Feb 9, 2004 | Uncategorized
Traumatized by rejection, our former columnist assumes a new – and weird — personaMany writers have trouble taking rejection well. They’re sensitive souls, after all, and don’t like being told that their work, in a word, sucks. Anthony Gancarski, author of...
by Sam Koritz | Dec 10, 2003 | Uncategorized
The current issue of U.S. News & World Report features an informative article, “The Saudi Connection: How billions in oil money spawned a global terror network,” based on five months of research, “a review of thousands of pages of court records,...
by Sam Koritz | Nov 21, 2003 | Uncategorized
FOB (friend of blog) Gary Oppewall, replying to my Fukuyama quote, writes: “The pirates are still among us. They may not wave skull and crossbones flags and have parrots on their shoulders, but the deeds are the same. The only difference is that they have the...
by Sam Koritz | Nov 12, 2003 | Uncategorized
To say I am not optimistic about the future of Central Asia is an understatement of oceanic proportions. The entire region is unstable, with ethnic disputes and conflicts over borders, water, oil, and pipelines disrupting every political discussion. It is debatable...
by Sam Koritz | Nov 11, 2003 | Uncategorized
Turkmenistan’s president, Saparmurat Niyazov, former party chairman under the Soviets – the same party continues to dominate Turkmenistan’s politics today – has changed his name to Akbar Turkmenbashy, which means “Great Father of all Turkmen.” And his megalomania is...
