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Money for Nothing

By Philip Giraldi
Between crooked contractors and corrupt politicians, billions of dollars earmarked for Iraqi reconstruction have disappeared.



Fourteen Days

Left and Right March Together; Amnesty Accompli?; Some Offsets Off Limits

When Deficit Hawks Cry

By W. James Antle III
Congress compounds a natural disaster with a flood of wasteful spending.

Deconstructing Nation Building

By James L. Payne
The historical record shows that attempts to remake countries by military force most often fail.

The Fathers' War

By Stephen Baskerville
America’s fathers fight our wars and return to broken homes.

Trading Up

By Ian Fletcher
A new school of economics argues that there’s no one-size-fits-all approach to international trade.

Deep Background

By Philip Giraldi
Britain Joins the Badr Brigades?; Townsend’s Marching Orders; Orange Counterrevolution



Retrospective

Eight decades before our Mesopotamian morass, Britain found itself in a similar situation, as T.E. Lawrence observed.




Film: Of Mathematics and Madness

By Steve SailerGwyneth Paltrow and Anthony Hopkins in “Proof”

The Struggle for Europe

By Patrick J. BuchananThe West’s Last Chance: Will We Win the Clash of Civilizations? by Tony Blankley

Phyllis Schlafly: Conservatism's Founding Mother

By Gregory L. Schneider Phyllis Schlafly and Grassroots Conservatism: A Woman’s Crusade by Donald T. Critchlow

Music: Jazz Was Bechet's Crown

By Ralph de ToledanoBechet gave the music to all God’s children

Degrees of Victimhood

By TakiVictimological one-upmanship



Our Paralyzed Elite

By Patrick J. Buchanan
Bush is sinking

1.8 Billion Rounds Later

By Paul Craig Roberts
90,000 rounds per insurgent?



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