Our newest columnist, Doug Bandow, a trenchant critic of interventionism, was formerly a senior fellow at the Cato Institute. He worked as special assistant to President Reagan and editor of the political magazine Inquiry. He is the author of The Politics of Envy: Statism as Theology (1994) Tripwire: Korea and U.S. Foreign Policy in a Changed World (1996), and Beyond Good Intentions: A Biblical View of Politics (1988), and served as editor for several books.
His articles have appeared in Foreign Policy, Harper’s, National Interest, National Review, The New Republic, and Orbis, and in major newspapers, such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post.
Doug is a principled opponent of global interventionism, and a talented writer: when he was caught up in the recent lobbying scandal in Washington, because he took payments from lobbyist Jack Abramoff for writing articles that took a position he would have taken anyway, our suddenly moralistic media went ballistic — this from the same people who swallowed George W. Bush’s lies about WMD in Iraq, and shamelessly cowered while the War Party relegated them to the role of court stenographers!
His column, “Foreign Follies,” is going to be one of the most popular features of Antiwar.com. I can see that in the first installment, and here is a taste:
“A shining city on a hill. A light unto the world. That’s what early Americans hoped their land would become. A beacon of liberty, beckoning others to follow. A place of refuge and hope for those fleeing tyranny or seeking opportunity. An oasis in the midst of conflict and chaos.
“This once described the United States. But no longer.”
Watch out, War Party — because the party’s over. Bandow’s column will be appearing every week, on Fridays: his wide-ranging knowledge of foreign affairs, and politics in general, is a huge asset, and we are proud to feature his work on Antiwar.com.