Smearing Scheuer

If you want to see the true heart and soul of the neoconservative style, go on over to Commentary—where else?—and direct your attention to one Gabriel Schoenfeld, senior editor, who is calling for former CIA honcho Michael Scheuer to be ... jailed! Why? Well, you see, they jailed Larry ...

Ron Paul on Jay Leno

I have to say that watching Ron Paul on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno was one of those surreal occurences, like an out-of-body experience, that leave one wondering: Did that really happen? Well, yes, it did: that was What’s-His-Name of the Sex Pistols calling out “Hello, Mr. ...

Ron Paul versus the Beltway “€œLibertarians”€

A piece over at The Politico on Ron Paul is snarky yet informative, which seems to be the signature style of that site: “Libertarian Paul wins young minds” gives us brief profiles of young Ron Paul enthusiasts, naturally framing the whole thing in terms of isn’t-that-cute-ness. Oh ...

Ron Paul Rising

They scoffed at Ron Paul’s poll numbers—six months before a single vote was cast. Now he’s at 7.4 percent [.pdf file] in the latest New Hampshire poll. He’s in fourth place, he’s got $5.3 million to spend, and the campaign will soon air the first Paul-for-President ...

Don”€™t Get Too Comfortable …

Irans says it’s safe from US attack—but if I were them, I wouldn’t count on it ... “In the scenario concocted by Cheney’s strategists, Washington’s first step would be to convince Israel to fire missiles at Iran’s uranium enrichment plant in Natanz. Tehran ...

Pat on Rudy

Pat on Rudy: ”A McGovernite in 1972, he boasted in the campaign of 1993 that he would ‘rekindle the Rockefeller, Javits, Lefkowitz tradition’ of New York’s GOP and ‘produce the kind of change New York City saw with ... John Lindsay.’ He ran on the Liberal Party ...

The Huckabee Horror

John Fund cites Phyllis Schlafly on the Huckabee Horror: “‘Phyllis Schlafly, president of the national Eagle Forum, is even more blunt. ‘He destroyed the conservative movement in Arkansas, and left the Republican Party a shambles,’ she says. ‘Yet some of the same ...

An Endorsement I”€™d Like to See

I see that, at one point, the Mafia considered doing a hit on Rudy Giuliani—they couldn’t stand the competition. We’re told that when the Grand Council of Mafia Dons met in solemn conclave, the vote was three-to-two against knocking Rudy off. with the Gotti-Persico clan arguing ...

Whittaker Chambers Versus Ayn Rand

Leave it to National Review to post Whittaker Chambers ignorant tirade directed at Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged on the 50th anniversary of the book's publication. The accompanying note reads: "€œ2005 marks the fiftieth anniversary of National Review. In celebration, NRO will be digging into the NR ...

Fox “€œNews”€ and the Spirit of Joe Stalin

Former reporters and producers at Fox “News” expose what one of them refers to as the “Stalinist” methods of the War Party’s propaganda network: <object width=“425” height=“350”><param name=“movie” ...