Much Gnashing of Teeth Today
No doubt those people (and yes, there are many of them, some of whom have been criticized on these pages) who were hoping, hoping, hoping for the elections in Iraq…
War, Peace, and Terrorism
Hysteria at Antiwar.com
First, anti-immigrant zany Justin Raimondo insists that we should be terrified of Chinese terrorists: So much for racial profiling The news that the FBI has initiated “a massive manhunt” for…
Interesting Analysis, Tasteless Title
The BBC has an interesting analysis of the election campaign in Iraq, under a startlingly tasteless title: “Rocketing the Vote.” This passage was remarkable: Abdul Aziz took his place, and…
Will Iraqis Vote?
According to a poll conducted by the International Republican Institute and based on 1,900 face-to-face interviews conducted from December 26, 2004 to January 7, 2005, 64.5% responded that it is…
Liberty and Terror
I’ll be up all night, I’m afraid, working on my talk on “A Historical Overview of Liberty versus Terror” for an upcoming conference of newspaper editors and publishers. I’m trying…
Courage in Iraq
Wijdan al-Khuzai was a courageous woman. Today’s New York Times featured an article (requires simple registration) on her campaign for a seat in the Iraqi national assembly as a champion…
Um, Does This Make Any Sense?
Rather than allow the plane to land and then detain the person they didn’t want to allow into the country, the U.S. government turned a flight around and sent it…
“I want to make very clear that I am deeply committed to the rule of law.”
It’s going to be quite interesting to watch the confirmation hearings on Alberto Gonzales’s nomination to the post of Attorney General. It’s disturbing that we’ve gotten to the point where…
“I want to make very clear that I am deeply committed to the rule of law.”
It’s going to be quite interesting to watch the confirmation hearings on Alberto Gonzales’s nomination to the post of Attorney General. It’s disturbing that we’ve gotten to the point where…
“I want to make very clear that I am deeply committed to the rule of law.”
It’s going to be quite interesting to watch the confirmation hearings on Alberto Gonzales’s nomination to the post of Attorney General. It’s disturbing that we’ve gotten to the point where…