Good riddance to McChrystal. His role in the coverup of the killing of Pat Tillman alone was enough to qualify him for the Pentagon Rogues Gallery of the new Millennium. Petreaus is better than McChrystal because at least we get to sometimes watch him get overwhelmed by the sheer enormity of the BS he […]
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Medical Freedom Fighters: The Arnetts of West Virginia
At the Competitive Enterprise Institute dinner in DC last night, I caught up with Dr. Jerome Arnett and met his daughter, Dr. Brenda Arnett. Jerry is a prolific writer – he has done great work on the bogus threat of secondhand smoke and on other abuses of science. He is a pulmonary specialist, so I […]
How the Senate Makes Afghan Policy
< Our Afghan policy would be more honest if senators always sat in a circle. update: [[I used a truncated photo to fit into the blog space, and I think that may have blunted the point. Oh bother.]]
43rd Anniversary of Israeli Attack on USS Liberty… and the Coverup Continues
On June 8, 1967, Israeli forces knowingly attacked an American intelligence ship off the coast of Egypt. Thirty-four Americans were killed. Here is a new YouTube video that captures the spirit of the attack. The Johnson administration responded by rushing to coverup the facts. James Bamford, author of Body of Secrets, has unearthed massive evidence […]
My Greatest Culinary Fear
[from the New Yorker]
How Democracy Breeds Political Idioicy
from the March issue of the Future of Freedom Foundation’s Freedom Daily… The Folly of Blindly Trusting Government by James Bovard Democracy breeds gullibility. Lord Bryce observed in 1921, “State action became less distrusted the more the State itself was seen to be passing under popular control.” The rise of democracy made it much easier […]
Max Blumenthal’s Excellent Analysis of Israeli Attack on the Flotilla
Gee, I can’t understand why the Washington Post missed all the key details that Max Blumenthal rounded up from Israeli published sources (in Hebrew and English). The Flotilla Raid Was Not “Bungled.” The IDF Detailed Its Violent Strategy In Advance. The Israeli military broadcast its plan for violence, inciting the Israeli public and the soldiers […]
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