Or so says the lead editorial from Friday’s Wall Street Journal: ”Since the Treasury story broke, as it happens, no one but Congressman Ed Markey and a few cranks have even objected to the program, much less claimed illegality.” That's funny, I could have sworn...

Excerpts from "Roads to somewhere," The Economist ...[H]ighways began expanding rapidly after President Dwight Eisenhower, 50 years ago this month, signed the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 which committed the government to invest heavily in a national network of...

Christopher Hitchens' pathetic decline picks up speed. (By the way, this recent cry for attention aided Eros about as much as Hitchens' following non sequiturs should help Ares.) [M]ay I propose some ways in which those who don't want to be associated with Michael...

In an odd turnabout, some Democratic "antiwar" politicians are explaining their vote against the recent "stay the course" resolution passed by Congress on the grounds that it means supporting amnesty for insurgents. "I support our troops and goals in Iraq," says...

Scott P. Richert has more on the WMD non-story, and why Sen. Santorum may be so hot for it. Arthur Silber writes to remind me that the WMD matter is largely irrelevant, and I agree, but it's always good to remind people how dishonest – and ridiculously so – the...

The Coalition for a Realistic Foreign Policy held a forum on Wednesday: "The Right Against War with Iran." Videos of the event speakers are now available on The Free Liberal website. The speakers included: Ivan ElandIndependent Institute, Antiwar.com Columnist"The...

Why Rick Santorum's announcement of an Iraq WMD discovery should be taken as seriously as… well, everything Rick Santorum says. Clark Stooksbury has more.

President Bush: "The lesson of the Hungarian experience is clear. Liberty can be delayed, but it cannot be denied." Bela Liptak: "In 1956, in Hungary, the Soviets called us terrorists while the West called us freedom fighters. During that Hungarian uprising, the...

William Perry calls for violence from the pages of Thursday's Washington Post: "Should the United States allow a country openly hostile to it and armed with nuclear weapons to perfect an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of delivering nuclear weapons to U.S....

Gene Healy shares the deep thoughts of the thinking man's Glenn Reynolds.