Galloway Expelled from Labour

The UK branch of Democracy Exports, Inc., has officially purged one of its members. MP George Galloway is Labour no more after being "convicted" on four of the five following charges: · he incited Arabs to fight British troops · he incited British troops to defy...

We’re Desperate, Get Used to It

The $36 billion U.S. government telethon for Iraq's reconstruction isn't going so well. Just over a third of that money has been pledged so far, and that's counting the EU, Britain, and Japan. The president can suck up to Australia all he wants, but given that their...

Where Will David Horowitz Get His News Now?

Israeli settler radio station Arutz Sheva is off the air, convicted of broadcasting without a license. This may pose a problem for Frontpagemag.com and National Review, who treat the wildly militaristic channel as the journal of record for the Middle East: How to...

Frum to the Rescue

Surprisingly, David Frum defends the disgraced Gregg Easterbrook. How? By accusing others of worse anti-Semitism. Oh. May I take back my surprise?

Don’t tell us we’re incompetent

After revealing serious holes in the gov't airport security program, the college student responsible is not receiving any thanks from the protectors of our skies -- the TSA:Deputy TSA Administrator Stephen McHale said Monday's court action "makes clear that renegade...

Great Minds…

Jesse Walker pens a much more thorough criticism of the U.S. war on Latin America. On the Bolivian uprising: [I]t was a short jump from trampling the liberties of the coca growers to trampling other people's freedoms as well, with Amnesty International condemning the...

Efficiency: Gov’t Style

Give it more money: U.S. Posts Record $374.22 Bln Budget Gap ...and it fails more often: Box Cutters on Planes 5 Weeks, FBI Says

Swing Voters in Baghdad

This article about plans to bring troops home made me wonder: In light of all the fuss about military votes in the 2000 election being counted, and the presumption that those votes were heavily pro-Bush, is anyone in the White House worried about how homesick soldiers...