Author Archive | Jim

Podcast now online of Antiwar/Scott Horton Radio Interview

The podcast of Wednesday’s radio interview with Scott Horton is now online here. We had a rattlin’ good discussion, covering a heap of topics and clobbering politicians left and right. Thus far, I have not been contacted by the lawyers for the West Virginia Anti-Defamation League.

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Did the Marines Die in Beirut for Absolute Power?

This is the 25th anniversary of the bombing of the barracks in Beirut that killed 241 Marines. President Reagan sent in U.S. troops to try to help stabilize Lebanon after the Israeli invasion (and massacres by Israeli proxies in Palestinian refugee camps) the prior year. This was Reagan’s biggest antiterrorism debacle. He failed the Marines […]

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Libertarians Still Lusting for Palin?

Is anyone closely tracking Sarah Palin’s continued popularity with libertarians? Charles Murray, one of the Beltway’s favorite libertarians (ensconced at the manically pro-war American Enterprise Institute), told the New York Times that he is “truly and deeply in love” with Palin. Joe Bast, the head of the Heartland Institute, said that Palin “was a great […]

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My 2 Cents on Palin, Obama, Dumb Voters, & the 2008 Election

Robert Zullo of the Houma Courier (of Houma, Louisiana, in Terrebonne parish, near New Orleans) interviewed me on Thursday on the 2008 election. His article in today’s paper very nicely captures how voters are making decisions as they head towards the voting booth. He kindly included a number of quotes from me in his piece, […]

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McCain Jumps the Gun with “My Fellow Prisoners”

In a speech today, John McCain told the audience: “Across this country, this is the agenda I have set before my fellow prisoners.” Here is a 13 second YouTube clip from the speech. I thought McCain had been in politics long enough to know not to notify people that he was nullifying all their rights […]

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