Jesse Walker has his number.

A few random thoughts on last night's "Rock the Vote" "debate," which I admittedly watched with a couple of sheets to the wind: 1) My generation could not think its way out of gossamer handcuffs. 2) Playing "The Times They Are A-Changin'" at youth forum in 2003 =...

Long-time liberventionist Jack Wheeler identifies the connections between Murray Rothbard's anti-interventionism and the new anti-interventionist right, which he calls "The Anti-American Right" in this article on Newsmax.

I often hear the argument that it is perfectly acceptable to build a wall to keep out your enemies. I have no problem with building a fence or wall on your property. This story is a perfect example of why this is not that kind of fence. Israel has handed out...

The state of the federal government's finances shifted from large deficit to large surplus over the course of the 1990s, in an extraordinary turnaround that would not have been possible without the defense cuts. … One important consequence of this substantial decline...

The Instaredundant Glenn Reynolds, Virginia Postrel, and co. have been promoting the heck out of the "Chief Wiggles" toy drive for Iraqi kids. I have no beef with this effort whatsoever (donate here!), but its cheerleaders are the worst types of do-gooders. Hawks all,...

"Bush sees hope in Philippines' past -- He compares it to vision of Iraq's future" but "The Philippines 'Liberator' Was Really a Colonizer." The Prez said the USA "liberated the Philippines from colonial rule.... America is proud of its part in the great story of the...

In unreported news, arson caused $50,000 damage to the home of Mennonite antiwar activists on October 20. Assuming this ever comes to trial, here's a can't-lose defense strategy: 1. Call the fire a preemptive strike 2. Insist that the victims were stockpiling weapons...

If you saw James Bovard on C-Span last night, you probably heard him plug Antiwar.com, right after The Washington Post and The L.A. Times, as one of his favorite sources for info. No mention of The American Spectator.

Rumsfeld comments on the recent attack on an American helicopter, which so far has resulted in the death of 16 soldiers: "In a long, hard war, we're going to have tragic days, as this is," Rumsfeld told ABC's "This Week." "But they're necessary. They're part of a war...