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Nexus X HumectressArticle by John Derbyshire. ——————————————————————————————————— A toast, ladies and gentlemen, to Mr. Shailendra Kumar Upadhyay of Nepal, who shuffled off this mortal coil on Monday afternoon at age 82. Mr. Upadhyay was at 18,700 feet above sea level when he turned in his lunch pail, most of the […]
Article by Glenn Greenwald. ——————————————————————————————————- That Barack Obama has continued the essence of the Bush/Cheney Terrorism architecture was once a provocative proposition but is now so self-evident that few dispute it (watch here as arch-neoconservative David Frum — Richard Perle’s co-author for the supreme 2004 neocon treatise — […]
Article by Glenn Greenwald. ——————————————————————————————————– Senate Republicans yesterday filibustered the confirmation of James Cole, President Obama’s nominee to become Deputy Attorney General. There were a couple of reasons for their opposition, but it is principally grounded in the views Cole expressed when opposing Bush’s Terrorism policies. Specifically, a […]
Article by Danny Schechter. ——————————————————————————————————— First they came for Helen Thomas. After the veteran White House correspondent once spoke inelegantly about her feelings toward Israel – and apologised, to no effect – she was blackballed at the instigation of strident Israeli supporters and her career achievement-standing journalism awards […]
Article by Doug Bandow. —————————————————————————————————— After making Osama bin Laden U.S. Enemy Number One President George W. Bush botched the job. Yet officials from his administration are claiming credit for getting bin Laden. Torture maven John Yoo wrote that the recent raid “vindicates the Bush administration, whose intelligence […]
Article by Chris Floyd. ——————————————————————————————————- Why have a million innocent people been killed in Iraq by the cataclysm unleashed by the Anglo-American invasion and occupation? Here’s why: A top military intelligence official has said the discredited dossier on Iraq’s weapons programme was drawn up “to make the case […]
Article by William Pfaff. ——————————————————————————————————— PARIS — Many if not most Americans seem to think that the assassination of Osama bin Laden solved something. What did this accomplish? The man who organized the 9/11 attacks in New York and Washington is dead, but so what? He no doubt […]
Article by Andy Worthington. ——————————————————————————————————— With the death of Osama bin Laden, there is a perfect opportunity for the Obama administration to bring to an end the decade-long “war on terror” by withdrawing from Afghanistan and closing the prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. The justification for both the […]
Article by David Swanson. ——————————————————————————————————— Afghanistan was supposed to be the campaign promise that President Barack Obama actually kept. He said he would escalate that war, and sure enough he did. Is he now going back on promises he’s made as president, by proposing to withdraw 2.5% of […]
Article by Justin Raimondo. —————————————————————————————————– Although assassination has become the leading cause of death among Iraqi males, the Iraqi government has its priorities straight: they’re enacting a ban on public smoking. As the New York Times reports, the law – already passed by the Parliament, and now up […]
Andy Duncan on Murray Rothbard. —————————————————————————————————– Fortunately, to shorten your quest, I now know the next one you should read; Egalitarianism As a Revolt Against Nature. It was a long time in the finding, but I finally got there. Where to begin? As Man, Economy, and State is […]
Article by Pat Buchanan. ——————————————————————————————————– “John Demjanjuk Guilty of Nazi Death Camp Murders,” ran the headline on the BBC. The lede began: “A German court has found John Demjanjuk guilty of helping to murder more than 28,000 Jews at a Nazi death camp in Poland.” Not until paragraph […]
The second part of the discussion. —————————————————————————————————— -Nader’s thought experiment of having support of the super-rich, and idea of applying the standard of “patriotism” to multinational corporations, and a discussion on some of his solutions; -Poll reports 80% of Americans open to independent or third party; -Distributist Hilaire […]
Hear the discussion with Robert Stark and Mike Conner. -Billionaire Koch brothers’ pernicious influence over the Tea Party; -Executive pay increases while middle class wages decline; -America’s economic doomsday trends; -Sam Francis‘s and Willis Cartos‘s critiques of capitalism from the Right; -Taxes and the distribution of political power; […]
Article by Daniele Mariani. —————————————————————————————————– A series of letter bombings and failed attacks over the past year point to the evolving threat posed by anarchist groups. Switzerland is particularly exposed. The group of anarchists from Italy believed to be behind the attacks are connected to three alleged eco-terrorists […]
A classic article from Joseph Stromberg.
Article by David D’Amato. This is about an able a defense of the “open borders libertarian” position as anyone will likely find. It also makes for an interesting comparison/contrast with the article I did for LewRockwell.Com a few years ago outlining the case for immigration skepticism from an […]
Article by Juan Williams. ——————————————————————————————————– Here’s a news bulletin — it is becoming increasingly clear that we are living in a time when Republican politics are being shaped by a 75-year-old, 12-term Texas congressman with a son in the Senate. And incredibly, it is no longer out of […]
A report from Russia Today. RT is infinitely superior to the American media as a source of news and information. —————————————————————————————————- As America’s joblessness and poverty remain at a peak, RT’s Anastasia Churkina delves deep into the sorrows of the country’s middle class to find out if its […]
Jim Goad reviews Jared Taylor’s new book. ———————————————————————————————————- As if the unprecedented social experiment of pouring several dissimilar schools of fish into the same aquarium and pretending they won’t fight over food and territory wasn’t foolhardy enough, Taylor sees special danger in the severely unequal application of cultural […]
Article by Mike Whitney. ————————————————————————————————– House Armed Services Committee Chairman Buck McKeon (R-CA) is pushing a bill through congress that will repeal due process and give the President nearly-unlimited powers to wage war wherever and whenever he chooses without congressional approval. Because the language in the so-called Detainee […]
Gavin McInnes explains how. ————————————————————————————————— While getting drunk last night, I noticed a young man had plonked his sports bottle down on the bar like it was a gun and we were in the Wild West. I asked him what the fuck was up with that, and he […]
Article by Paul Gottfried. —————————————————————————————————— Anyone but a movement conservative groupie might wonder what George III, who reigned from 1760 to 1820, is doing on the same list with Hitler and Stalin. George was a constitutional monarch who went along with his parliamentary government when it imposed the […]
Article by Kevin Carson. —————————————————————————————————— Among the terms of a so-called “free trade agreement” between the European Union and India is a requirement for “data exclusivity” which will eviscerate India’s generic drug industry. “Data exclusivity” means that clinical trials conducted before marketing by the company that originally produced […]
Article by James Joyner. ——————————————————————————————————- The United States has found itself in a seemingly endless series of wars over the past two decades. Despite frequent opposition by the party not controlling the presidency and often that of the American public, the foreign policy elite operates on a consensus […]
Article by Ron Holland. —————————————————————————————————- Get ready as secession is coming soon to a failed union near you. Over the weekend, the news has been full of reports about Scotland getting ready to vote on independence from the United Kingdom after the election victory by the Scottish National […]
Article by Paul Craig Roberts. —————————————————————————————————— One of the wishes that readers often express to me came true today (May 11). I was on the mainstream media. It was a program with a worldwide reach – the BBC World Service. There were others on the program as well, […]
How long before it becomes a criminal offense? Article by Randy Ludlow. Hat tip to Jim Duncan. ———————————————————————————————————————————————– Two Canal Winchester Middle School students were booted off the school bus last week for, well, passing gas. James Nichols and Kristine Kuzora are upset that their son’s flatulence was […]
An interesting discussion of indigenous peoples’ issues on the ROL Community Forums. Check it out.
Article by David Conway. Hat tip to David Heleniak.
Article by Tim Dionisopoulos. ——————————————————————————————————— I am enclosing a link to an article on the Daily Mail that details that Muslims, who I can only assume are English citizens, staged a funeral and protest for Osama Bin Laden in front of the US Embassy in London. While […]
Article by Kevin DeAnna. A while back, I wrote an article that asked the question “What is to be done?” and pointed to the growing libertarian movement as a good example to follow. This doesn’t mean being party line Republicans or dumbing down our ideas. It means forming […]
Some interesting references.
Article by Michael Brendan Dougherty. ——————————————————————————————————- The frustration religious conservatives often encounter in politics—particularly where key social issues are concerned—may owe less to unreliable partners in the GOP than to an unconvinced American public. Laws that would impose stringent constraints on abortion rarely achieve more than 40 percent […]
Article by Julian Aguilar. This is an interesting example of how pan-secessionism and radical decentralization would often benefit the Left as much as the Right. Presumably, with anarcho-pluralism the “sanctuary cities” in question could have any immigration policy they wished. It’s interesting how that’s an aspect of my […]
Tom Sunic interviews Michael Kleen on how the educational system disseminates the self-legitimating ideology of the ruling class. Kleen offers a balanced and insightful perspective. ——————————————————————————————————- Tom Sunic and Michael Kleen discuss: The stated purpose vs. actual purpose of “multicultural education” classes (i.e. for those studying to become […]
Article by Pat Buchanan. ——————————————————————————————————- Even if one believes that rejoicing at executions of murderers is unseemly for a Christian people, the demands of justice had been met. The world is a better place without bin Laden, who was developing plans to blow up U.S passenger trains on […]
Article by Christie Davies. ——————————————————————————————————- The next European target will be the First Amendment, where America will be pressured to outlaw what is misleadingly and emotively called “hate speech.” This February, the European Union’s Law Enforcement Working Party considered plans to “create a single secure cyberspace” from which […]
Article by Mike Whitney. —————————————————————————————————— Is there anything more irritating than listening to US officials blabber about “human rights”? Here’s Hillary Clinton bashing China for their “deplorable” human rights record, and meanwhile Bradley Manning sits naked and freezing in a 6′ by 8′ cinderblock cell in some far-flung […]
Article by Mike Whitney. ——————————————————————————————————- Sometime in mid-May, the United States will hit the debt ceiling ($14.3 trillion) which is the legal limit that the country can borrow without congressional approval. If the ceiling isn’t raised, the US will default on its debt and the government will begin […]
Article by Steven Johns. ————————————————————————————————— Paul Stott opens his article stating that it “aims to kick-start a debate about how anarchists should respond to the development of Islam and Islamism in the United Kingdom. It is a debate that is long overdue.” Jumping straight to his conclusion, I […]
Article by Justin Raimondo. ——————————————————————————————————- It may be unseemly for a pundit to highlight his own predictive powers, especially in the first sentence of a column, but propriety has never been much of a constraining factor for me, so here goes: No sooner had I written that the […]
Article by William Norman Grigg. ——————————————————————————————————- Sure, the “3,000 Boys” are a group of tattooed thugs from Los Angeles who spend a lot of time in jail, share cryptic hand signs, have a cultivated sensitivity to being “dissed,” routinely beat up people at parties and instigate fights in […]
Article by David D’Amato. ——————————————————————————————————– A recent letter to the editor of the Boston Globe from an officer at the Massachusetts Public Interest Research Group asks, “We’ve already paid to bail out banks and other big corporations — is it fair to ask us to pay their taxes […]
Article by Paul Schwennesen. ——————————————————————————————————– Once upon a time selling a chicken was fraught with few if any legal implications. Remodeling a shed was equally simple from a regulatory standpoint. Today, however, we live in more enlightened times. Protected from our wayward desires by an empowered bureaucracy, we […]
More on the U.S. war on common sense.
A brand new project from our Las Vegas ATS affiliate! Check it out. There’s already an Alternative Right. Here comes the Alternative Left. ——————————————————————————————————————————— The Daily Attack is an alternative news service providing constant coverage of the counter-economic, technological and political developments most capable of effectively challenging the […]
My latest article at AlternativeRight.Com
My essay “The Whole of the Law: The Political Dimensions of Crowley’s Thought” is included in this volume. Copies of CROWLEY: THOUGHTS & PERSPECTIVES, VOLUME TWO are now available to preorder. The book is over 200 pages in length and costs just £22 (UK), £24 (Europe) & £25 […]
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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