In April of this year, President Obama approved the CIA's request to begin launching targeted assassinations in Yemen through drone strikes even when the identities of those being targeted is not known. The US government calls these "signature strikes," and they are...

Nobody thinks the Afghan government puts Afghanistan on a path to independence, stability, and good governance. Well, almost nobody. According to the latest polls, an astonishing 40 percent of Americans think the war in Afghanistan is going "very well" or "fairly...

The Supreme Court on Monday heard oral arguments in Clapper v. Amnesty International, a case which will determine whether or not the government's warrantless surveillance of American citizens can be challenged in court, even when the specifics of the program are...

This recent CSIS report is a stern warning that America needs to draw down the Empire, lest bankruptcy and collapse do us in first. It focuses on five trends that necessitate American decline and roll-back: "disappearing finances; rising alternative power centers;...

The New York Times this past weekend published a rather remarkable article talking openly about some basic facts that it typically ignores completely: (1) al-Qaeda is primarily motivated by America's "unqualified support for Israel and the rulers of the Persian Gulf...

The second installment of the Washington Post's investigation into the Obama administration's drone war is as important as the first, Greg Miller's piece which revealed the "disposition matrix," and which I discussed here. But this article, written by Karen DeYoung,...

From The Future of Freedom Foundation: From October 15-19, 2012 The Future of Freedom Foundation and the Young Americans for Liberty co-sponsored a College Civil Liberties Tour that brought a panel of three lawyers - a libertarian, a liberal, and a conservative - to...