Exchanging Rockets, Rather than Goods and Services
Playing cat and mouse with Gaza rockets Dozens die in Israel-Gaza clashes Justice, whether restitution of property or punishment for crime, is usually a noble goal, but peace, life, and…
War, Peace, and Terrorism
Your Papers!!!!
I’m on the Amtrak train to New York, where we were informed that we could be forced to provide identification, searched, refused access to the train, etc., etc. Here’s Amtrak’s…
A Republic, Not a Dictatorship
Of all the enemies of true liberty, war is, perhaps, the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops the germ of every other. War is the parent of…
I Respectfully Dissent
My colleague Roger Pilon has a fine intellect. But I cannot follow the logic of his recent endorsement of the “Protect America Act.” Like many of my colleagues, I was…
New Resource for Afghanistan
AfghanPress.org (Readers of Persian can also visit the Persian Lamp of Liberty, Cheragheazadi.org)
This is Terrible and Shocking to Hear, But a Process to Prevent It Happening Again Is Imperative
Ex-warlord confesses to 20,000 deaths “I have been looking for an opportunity to tell the true story about my life — and every time I tell people my story, I…
Another Way of Accounting for the Iraq War
Tyler Cowen in the Washington Post on “What Does Iraq Cost? Even More Than You Think.”
Freedom as an Option for Pakistan
“A Charter of Liberty,” from the Alternate Solutions Institute. I’m a fan of the work done by the ASI, which is one of the few in the region to reject…
Not a Good Sign for the Administration’s “Stay the Course” Approach
CNN: “New Iraq policy prompts angry words at the State Department” The sharpest comments came from Jack Croddy, a 36-year veteran of the Foreign Service. To loud applause from his…
Let Us Hope Wider War Is Avoided, but the Turks Did Provide a Lesson in Constitutionalism, If Nothing Else
The likelihood of military action between Iraq and Turkey is quite frightening. I hope that cooler heads prevail and that the Iraqi Kurdish leadership makes it clear that they do…