People Are Strange, When You’re a Stranger

Living in Iran ain’t exactly a picnic for anybody, especially women, gays, political dissidents, or those accused of breaking one of the trillion laws issued weekly by the Islamic Republic. But is life particularly hard for the native Jewish population? Yes,...

Busted

Unlike certain bigshot libertarians we could mention, Jim Henley knows how to read, as well as how to use this here Internet thingie. He’s been kicking ass on the whole Iran-forcing-Jews-to-wear-yellow-stars disinfo campaign. Read up: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,...

Six Months to Life

Thirty months ago, the NYT’s Tom Friedman wrote,The next six months in Iraq—which will determine the prospects for democracy-building there—are the most important six months in U.S. foreign policy in a long, long time.He likes that six-month time frame. A lot....

Look Homeward, America

Bill Kauffman’s new book, Look Homeward, America: In Search of Reactionary Radicals and Front-Porch Anarchists, looks mighty interesting. From the Introduction:Look Homeward, America—and yes, the echoes of Thomas Wolfe and George McGovern are intentional—offers...

It’s Time to Remove Bush and Cheney

They have lied us into war for the benefit of Israel and Iran (and have since lied about and plotted against the latter), killing who knows how many hundreds of thousands of people, turned the two-bit rapist nobody, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, into a new bin Laden, tortured...