The neocon headline on Drudge is “US Ready to Follow on Syria.” The idea being that the Awesomest Country Ever should be ready to “lead” on Syria, which means launching another… Read More
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Newt Gingrich: Maybe These Interventions Haven’t Worked
Newt Gingrich now admits that neoconservative foreign-policy interventionism has backfired. “It may be that our capacity to export democracy is a lot more limited than we thought,” the former Speaker said. (Before I get… Read More
Hey, Everyone, Look at Me: I’m Against Slavery!
In light of recent libertarian showboating I have composed this couplet: Hey, reporter, look at me I’m against slavery! It took a lot of courage to oppose slavery in, say,… Read More
We’re the Sweetie-Pie Libertarians
I don’t want to mention names here. This transcends names. This is a phenomenon I’ve witnessed many times over the years. It’s the sweetie-pie libertarian syndrome. The other day, an… Read More
Another Nail in the Neocon Coffin
by Lew Rockwell The recent opening of the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity was a watershed moment in American history. There has never been anything quite like it. Ideologically diverse, the Ron Paul Institute reaches… Read More
Our American Pravda
Commissar of the Week?
I’ve been writing lately about what I call commissars of approved opinion, who can be found on both left and right. On the left, I recently profiled the hapless Ian Millhiser , who hops… Read More
For a Smile This Morning
Even if you’re not on Twitter, check out my list of recent tweets , most of which are aimed at neocons Jamie Weinstein and Jamie Kirchick, both of whom thought the Iraq War — arguably… Read More
Daily Caller Says I Am Missing All Their Deep Points
Jamie Weinstein, author of the Daily Caller article critical of Ron Paul’s peace institute , can’t understand my post in reply to him . He tweets: Talk about terrible reading skills. Each of your bullet points are utterly irrelevant to what I wrote… Read More
Meet an Enforcer of Approved Opinion
To be attacked by a Gore Vidal, or an H.L. Mencken, one of the great wordsmiths of American criticism, while surely unpleasant, must have been oddly exhilarating for the poor… Read More
