A Second Take On Scooter-gate

The original version of my Monday column, on what I'm calling "Scooter-gate," contained a number of errors involving dates, which I have now corrected. I have also added a significant amount of new material -- so much that it is, for all intents and purposes, quite a...

read more

McCain on Imus

This morning on the Imus radio show, John McCain made some comments regarding the progress of the Iraq war. McCain emphatically believes that the occupation should continue, because the US has made such a mess of Iraq, that it is now the America's responsibility to...

read more

What Do You Call It?

1. What do you call it when a group of people take the law into their own hands and kill people without a fair trial? ~ A lynching What do you call it when the United States takes the law into its own hands and kills people without a fair trial? ~ Operation Enduring...

read more

Those Tests Are All Biased Anyway

Good news, Freepers:Facing recruiting shortages brought on by the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Army has decided to accept a greater number of recruits who score near the bottom of military aptitude tests, the secretary of the Army said Monday. Coming off a...

read more

Imaginary powerful libertarians

What sort of bizarre "Guest Editorial" is this on Informed Comment today? Billed by Cole as "Guest Editorial: Smith on Libertarians and Iraq" (apparently this Jan Smith), this odd piece reads like an email from the middle of a series, as it makes...

read more

A Liar Refuted

We all know that every word ever posted on David Horowitz's Frontpage website is a lie, including "and," and "the," but the blogger G-Nome has the very worst liar of that crew -- Kahanist-defender Steve Plaut -- nailed to the wall but good.

read more

Bring the IRR Home Now!

It's been a while since I've seen some press about the Individual Ready Reserve in Iraq (oh, here's some), but Saturday night I met a young lady who's father was called up to go kill people 20 years after being discharged from the army. He is opposed to the war, and...

read more

The Post Gets Over its Bravery

Strange, but for some reason, today the Washington Post decided to run the Larry Franklin plea deal story on page B-1 - the Metro section. According to the great libertarian journalist Jim Bovard, in today's Maryland edition, It is below the fold, next to an article...

read more