Via James Wolcott, this prewar letter to the president from boy neocon John Podhoretz:There’s a luscious double trap in starting the war as soon as possible, Mr. President. Your enemies are delirious with excitement about the corporate-greed scandals and the effect...

Hey, Democrats: ready to show your party pride? If so, this T-shirt is a must-have: "Truman Dropped the Bomb." Via Radley Balko, who suggests some other slogans for the worst opposition party in the history of democracy:Front: "My Lai?" Back: "Brought to You by the...

I woke this morning to terrible news: Jude Wanniski is dead of a heart attack. He was 69. Jude was one of the leading ex-conservatives who had turned antiwar, and hard-core antiwar at that. His writings had been among the strongest antiwar articles featured in...

My radio show has moved to a new time (Saturdays 5-7pm), and my Weekend Interview Show fundraiser is doing rather well so far. (Any help from fans of the show is greatly appreciated.) Saturday afternoon I went to Dr. Ron Paul's birthday party / fundraiser and had a...

Senator Russ Feingold (D-Wisconsin) is stoking up an effort to increase his national visibility as a prelude to launching his White House bid, and here's a few of his talking points: "ONLY senator to vote NO on the USA PATRIOT ACT "voted NO on the War in Iraq "ONLY...

Ouch!: "Basra's academics face a wave of assassination in the southern city of Basra, probably at the hands of Shiite religious militias. You wonder if David Horowitz is happy that more "balance" is being achieved in Iraq history departments, what with the rubbing out...

Here National Review's Byron York whines that Cindy Sheehan has enlisted the services of a "radical organizer" to further the antiwar cause. Oh me, oh my! The pro-war Right is having a major hissy fit over Cindy, but if I were them I would be grateful that the media...

Charles Featherstone on the LRC Blog: It's going to be a very busy and very interesting day for world energy markets today. The NY light, sweet crude contract has already traded at $70 in Singapore. The results of Katrina are likely to make things much, much...

I don't listen to the conservative radio talk show host Michael Savage very often, but I happened to tune in the other night and heard him basically say that a Sedition Act should be passed and that those who don't support the troops in Iraq should be placed in...

t r u t h o u t  has an interesting video of some interviews with the pro-war people rallying in Crawford. Pro-Bush / Pro-War Rally Coverage 08.27.05 QuickTimeDSL | 56KWindows MediaDSL | 56K RealMedia DSL | 56K