Somebody else
Liberals are classically described as eager to spend somebody else’s money. Conservatives are, these days, eager to spend somebody else’s blood.
View ArticleThe American Conservative on the latest bushwah…
…from the now completely incredible war party spokesmen McCain, Graham, and King, who again want to plunge the US into war in Iraq:If ISIS’ gains are truly an “existential threat” to the republic and...
View ArticleAmerica, Then and Now
Then:“Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world...
View ArticleFrancis wants to avoid war
Pope Francis says war is senseless slaughter, can always be avoided The pope’s message was presented Sept. 7 to people taking part in the International Meeting of People and Religions, organized by the...
View ArticleWWI Then and Now
A really stunning collection of photos that show scenes from WWI and what those places look like today. Here’s 1914-1917 and 1917-1918.WWI was the first act of a massive two act drama of civilizational...
View ArticleThe Difference between Colbert and O’Reilly
…is that Colbert *means* to be hilarious:The Colbert ReportGet More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,The Colbert Report on Facebook,Video ArchiveEven funnier, the Great Man of FOX News declares that those...
View ArticleAmericans on War
Wellllll… I don’t see the harm in just one thinnnn mint. Just one more thinnnn mint!
View ArticleHaving to Kill vs. Getting to Kill
One of the perennial questions that arises in discussion of the morality of violence is “If war is so bad, why do we have saints like Joan of Arc?” In a curiously related way, questions like “How can...
View ArticleJeb Bush Says that, Knowing What He Knows Now, He Would Have Launched the...
Laura Ingraham responds: “There has to be something wrong with you.”W is Jeb’s chief Middle East expert, according to Jeb.The all-out Republican effort to elect Hillary Clinton proceeds apace.
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A Parable of Two Sons
Here is a classy Memorial Day story:During the surge in Iraq in 2008, Nathan Witmer led an Army scout platoon in a thicket of villages rife with insurgents and roadside bombs. What he really wants to...
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Drone Murder is a Prolife Issue
This should be something both war-opposing Left and Obama-hating Right could unite to fight. Why isn’t it?
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