Straight Talk on Iran
Evil? Sure. Reason for War? No way. Fareed Zakaria offers some rational thought on relations with Iran: “Stalin, Mao And â?¦ Ahmadinejad? Conservatives have become surprisingly charitable about two of…
War, Peace, and Terrorism
A Tale That Needs to be Told and Retold
Today’s New York Times tells the story of a French priest who is documenting the horrors of the extermination of Ukrainian Jews by the National Socialists: “A Priest Methodically Reveals…
Presidency or Dictatorship?
George Will poses some excellent “Questions for Mukasey.” The first is especially good: The Bush administration says “the long war” — the war on terrorism — is a perpetual emergency…
A Cause for Shame
This map of “Displaced Iraqis Around the World.” Seen on AndrewSullivan.com.
What a Victory in the War on Terror That Was
Convicting this guy on a charge quite different from the occasion for his original detention was well worth violating the U.S. Constitution and subverting the rule of law. The Bush…
A Travesty of Justice
The Jose Padilla case is a good example of why legal procedures and procedural rights are so important. My colleagues Tim Lynch and Bob Levy on this deeply disturbing case.
A Presumption in Favor of Prudence?
Stephen Bainbridge has an interesting essay up about foreign policy over at Andrewsullivan.com, “On Non-Interventionism.” It´s a helpful dose of wisdom, but…. a presumption in favor of prudence suggests that…
Libertarianism and War
Randy Barnett offers an intelligent defense of his Wall Street Journal column here (and in the other links at the bottom of that post). It’s still not a defense of…
Danish Decency
Danish army evacuates 200 Iraqis
The New York Times Intones
I Look Forward to a News Conference Announcing U.S. Disengagement A bit of hard-headed thinking seems to have reached the upper levels of the commentariat. Today’s New York Times has…