What Caused the Charleston Massacre?

What Caused the Charleston Massacre?

The recent mass murder of worshippers in an African-American church in Charleston, South Carolina raises troubling questions for all Americans. First among them: How could this have happened? I think the answer to that one is easy. We live in a heavily armed society....
All Hacked Up

All Hacked Up

I’ve gotten a lot of unwelcome mail from the feds these last few years, like a copy of my indictment for blowing the whistle on the CIA’s torture program. But this latest delivery was something altogether new. My jaw dropped as I scanned the form letter from the...
Odd Bedfellows for Liberty

Odd Bedfellows for Liberty

Let’s now praise a threesome of odd bedfellows: a Democratic ex-senator, an exiled American citizen, and a current Republican senator. I don’t think they’ve ever met, yet their separate efforts over 14 years have now guided our ship of state away...
Of Course Jeb Bush Would Have Invaded Iraq

Of Course Jeb Bush Would Have Invaded Iraq

Jeb Bush must have set some kind of record for political flip-flopping this month. “Knowing what we know now,” he was asked — that Saddam Hussein didn’t have any weapons of mass destruction, for example — “would you have authorized the invasion” of...