McCain on Israel, Iran and the Holocaust

How can one man lie so much in such a short space of time? JG: There’s no rationale for sitting down with Iran? JM: Yes. I could see a situation hopefully in the future if the Iranians would change the policies that you and I have just talked about, but there would have to be negotiations and discussions and all kinds of things happening before you lend them the prestige of a face-to-face meeting with the President of the United States of America. As you know, our ambassador in Iraq, Ryan...

Gordon Prather and Victor Navasky on Antiwar Radio

Gordon Prather, physicist and Antiwar.com columnist, and Victor S. Navasky, chairman of the Columbia Journalism Review and co-author of Mission Accomplished! Or How We Won the Iraq War, will be the featured guests on the Scott Horton Show at Antiwar Radio, 12:15PM Eastern, Friday, May 30th. Gordon Prather will be discussing the recent IAEA report on Iran’s nuclear program and Victor Navasky will be discussing the politicians and media clowns who lied us into war. Physicist James Gordon Prather...

The Show

for today: Andy Worthington. Listen live on 92.7 FM in Austin, or stream from KAOSRadioAustin.org.

Go See War Inc.!

My blurb for this excellent film: "WAR, INC.'s dark and unapologetic humor smashes through layers of lies with such ferocity and with such precision as to lay waste to years of imperial miseducation in moments. Perhaps only through such satire can the cynical brutality of the War Party be revealed to those of us who pay its way. My outrage has been reclaimed. Three cheers!" - SCOTT HORTON, Antiwar.com My interview of John Cusack: MP3, YouTube.

Yes, I Have More to Say

I have been asked by readers for more analysis of what happened at the Denver Libertarian Convention. I have some more to say, but I need a few days to formulate my ideas (and I am busy with other things). For now, I will say that I am neither thrilled with the LP's direction nor as crestfallen as many of my ideologically radical brethren. While we all must make our own choices about how to promote liberty, the struggle for liberty transcends party and faction, and we will also never agree on...

Ex-Spokes-pimp Calls Out White House Johns, Media Whores

From NYT coverage of Scott "Son of Carol Keaton-Tax Collector" McClellan's new book: [McClellan] calls the news media ‘complicit enablers’ in the White House’s ‘carefully orchestrated campaign to shape and manipulate sources of public approval’ in the march to the Iraq war in 2002 and 2003. Not sure when "sources of public approval" became a suitable substitute term for "the public," but whatever.

Why We Choose to Defend Liberty

The following is based on a talk that Anthony Gregory gave at the Libertarian National Convention in Denver, Colorado, on Saturday, May 24, 2008. People often look upon those of us who choose to defend liberty with some curiosity. What could be our motivation? Those who see everything political purely in terms of economic motivations and personal gain have some trouble grappling with our ideas for society. They look at our position on Social Security and they think we must not care about the...

Bush ‘plans Iran air strike by August’

NEW YORK - The George W Bush administration plans to launch an air strike against Iran within the next two months, an informed source tells Asia Times Online, echoing other reports that have surfaced in the media in the United States recently. Two key US senators briefed on the attack planned to go public with their opposition to the move, according to the source, but their projected New York Times op-ed piece has yet to appear. The source, a retired US career diplomat and former assistant...

In Defense of Libertarian Purity

By Anthony Gregory This originally ran on LewRockwell.com, on July 6, 2006. Many libertarians seem particularly worried about "purity police" within the libertarian movement. These "purity police" are accused of over-zealous sectarianism, frightening away potential fellow travelers with their rabid accusations of statism hurled at those guilty of the slightest deviation from radical libertarian principle. Instead of embracing those who believe in liberty for the most part, they supposedly get...

The Show

for today: Anthony Gregory. Listen live from 11am-1pm Texas time on 92.7 FM in Austin or stream it from KAOSRadioAustin.org.

A Great Performance

My guess is that a crowd of Rush fans and a crowd of dyed-in-the-wool libertarians overlap quite a bit... whether in the USA or in this feisty Brasilian audience. Neil Peart is about as liberty-minded as a rock lyricist can get. Anyway if you happen to be a Rush fan (as I am), enjoy this kick-ass old classic, performed recently.