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Two weeks ago, I blogged about the federal grand jury subpoenas issued to Drake University, and four activists who attended a Nov. 15 forum at Drake. The federal government’s claim was that at the Nov. 15 forum people were actually conspiring to commit a criminal trespass at a military base; the trespass itself took place […]

No misrepresentation here. Don’t worry, Adbusters, your readers will not be taken in by me any longer. I’ll just keep my i.d. badge handy. A while back, I read a book called The Fatal Embrace: Jews and the State, by Prof. Benjamin Ginsberg. The provocative thesis of the book was that much of modern anti-Semitism […]

Adbusters magazine has decided that besides criticizing marketing, they also need to give a list of which leading conservatives are Jewish. A sample quote: “Some commentators are worried that these individuals — labeled ‘Likudniks’ for their links to Israel’s right wing Likud party — do not distinguish enough between American and Israeli interests. For example, […]

Steve Lilienthal of the Free Congress Foundation and National Review‘s Ramesh Ponnuru duke it out over the USA Patriot Act and the proposed “Safe Act” amendments.

There are two ways that constitutional amendments can be sent to the states — by a 2/3 vote in both houses of Congress, or by a convention called on the demand of 2/3 of the states. But there are also two ways that states can vote on the amendments: by a vote of the legislature […]

The New York Times article about Bush’s support for a proposed marriage amendment says: Bush has indicated his support for a constitutional amendment in the past, including in a closed-door meeting with Republican lawmakers last month. At that session, according to one official in attendance, the president singled out Musgrave’s proposal as one he could […]

New Review of You Can’t Say That! Published, of all places, in Industrial Heating, “The International Journal of Thermal Technology.” [UPDATE: David Boaz of the Cato Institute notes that it’s a *warm* review.] Also, Amazon.com Top 1000 review Tucker Anderson has posted a thoughtful and well-written review.

Olympic Airways‘ Unusual Lineup: You don’t see this every day: Justice Thomas writes the majority opinion for six members of the Court. Justice Scalia writes the dissent for himself and Justice O’Connor. The decision in Olympic Airways v. Husain, involving the air carrier’s liability for the death of Husain’s husband under the Article 17 of […]

The I’s and the P’s have been at war for over half a century. Over the past several years the level of suspicion, hostility and paranoia between the two has been unprecedented. I has been the target of a terror campaign by Islamic terrorists who infiltrated its territory and conducted horrific attacks against both soldiers […]

There is little doubt that most people do (and should) form their views on abortion primiarly through ethics, religion, and philosophy. Nonetheless abortion policy also has significant consequentialist elements. That is, to whatever extent we ban or legalize or regulate abortion, this decision has practical repercussions. Now, for the first time, I have come across […]

This week I will be speaking on Restoring the Lost Constitution in Philadelphia on Wednesday, February 25th at: Temple law school (@ noon)Penn law school (@ 4:30PM) Next week: Southern California (Chapman, UCLA, Pepperdine, USC, Loyola, U of San Diego) Full tour schedule is here (with new additions of Tulane, Yale & Georgia in March) […]

“I don’t think the NEA is a terrorist organization,” said Rendell, who has butted heads with the group as well. “They’re not a terrorist organization any more than the National Business Organization is a terrorist organization.” Except that there is no such thing as the “National Business Organization.”

This appears to be the moment to finally establish in everyone’s mind the deep fraudulence and corruptness of Ralph Nader’s various enterprises. Nobody has an interest in covering up for him now. See: Mark Kleiman, Jane Galt, Zach Wendling, Radley Balko. Jane’s post in particular sounds like the stories of many, many collegiate idealists I’ve […]

(really, several people did say that), but Kevin Aylward told me how to do it. You will respect his authority. To see all posts linking to a particular post, just click on the link right near the post’s header. Many thanks to Kevin for the know-how, and to the excellent technorati.com for the underlying service.

Matt Ygelsias: The real progress paradox isn’t “why doesn’t all our stuff make us happy” but rather, given that all our stuff pretty clearly doesn’t make us happy, how do we come to have all this stuff.On the personal level, when I got my first cell phone, I was thrilled with it. By a couple […]