Month: November 2007

Socialized Medicine is Kooky

Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch wrote an excellent piece in the Washington Post yesterday that explains the appeal of Ron Paul and also predicts, I think accurately, that the party that takes up the banner of civil liberties and...

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The Earlier Plot to Kill Kennedy

Three weeks before Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, another effort was aborted in Chicago. Abraham Bolden, the first black man appointed to the President’s Secret Service detail, stumbled upon a plot to kill Kennedy...

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A Klansman for U.S. Senate

One of the more disturbing things about Ron Paul’s presidential campaign is how it is bringing to light a tremendous amount of overt racism. I don’t know how much is the responsibility of Paul, who isn’t...

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Why is Joe Klein the Way He Is?

By now, I hope you’ve had the opportunity to read Glenn Greenwald’s overly patient evisceration of Joe Klein and Time magazine. As often happens with Glenn, he is so thorough that he doesn’t offer fellow...

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Why is Joe Klein the Way He Is?

By now, I hope you’ve had the opportunity to read Glenn Greenwald’s overly patient evisceration of Joe Klein and Time magazine. As often happens with Glenn, he is so through that he doesn’t offer fellow...

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