Rep. Ron Paul receives the ultimate recommendation: David Horowitz's condemnation. Some of my best friends are libertarians and the greatest intellectual influence on me was Hayek. However, in practical political matters, libertarians tend to live in alternate...

Just posted over at The American Conservative, Justin Raimondo reveals Scooter Libby's first name – and the significance of his trial.

Gasp! IOZ questions the "good war." Can he do that?

We all know what makes presidents great, right? Taking a partial cue from Jesse Walker, I'll list my 10 worst presidents in American history. Bush Jr. and Clinton are barred from competition. The links make for good holiday reading if you're off, and anyway, it's been...

Clark Stooksbury gets out front on what could be the hottest campaign since Irey '06. Oh, wait...

Arthur Silber reads David Brooks, and finds him saying the darnedest things: Brooks then describes how "order" and "obedience" will save us individually, and society in general, from our own depravity. He also says: "Iraq has revealed what human beings do without a...

TomDispatch brings you Roger Morris' two-part history of Donald Rumsfeld: 1, 2.

Ladies and gentlemen, Avigdor Lieberman: Israel will have to confront the perceived nuclear threat from Iran on its own, the country's ultra-rightwing Strategic Affairs Minister Avigdor Lieberman has said. In related news: The Israeli Defense Ministry announced Monday...

Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) before the House of Representatives, Feb. 6: Don't Do It, Mr. President It’s a bad idea. There’s no need for it. There’s great danger in doing it. America is against it, and Congress should be. The United Nations is against it. The...

Ever notice how many of those who are the keenest to torture and kill can't take the slightest criticism? Doug Bandow highlights a Japan Today article on how Dick "F*ck Yourself" Cheney deals with the sting of fairly obvious observations.