Author Archives: Justin Raimondo
‘America First!’ Is Current Again
Bill Kauffman’s 1996 book holds lessons for the Trump era.
Diary of an Ex-Neocon
Scott McConnell once wrote for Commentary. Later he became a Buchananite and Obamacon.
Who’s the Libertarian Now?
Gary Johnson is the anti-Ron Paul.
A Missed Opportunity For Libertarians
Gary Johnson and Bill Weld used an hour of prime-time television to burnish their establishment credentials.
What the Oregon Standoff Is Really About
Forget the Bundys and “terrorism”—the real crime is what federal bullies do to ranchers like the Hammond family.
The Dangers of Refugee Humanitarianism
Inviting the world is not a cure for invading the world.
Recanting the Libertarian Case Against Gay Marriage
Same-sex relationships existing before political recognition doesn’t justify keeping them illegal.
Better Putin Than Weimar Russia
The current Russian regime is preferable to the reactionary chaos that would accompany its collapse.
Koch Brothers: The Real Thing
An inner look at the charisma, character, and hubris behind the Koch legacy
JFK, Warmonger
His foreign policy was worse than George W. Bush’s.
Snowden Shrugged
Is the NSA whistleblower the ideal Ayn Rand hero?
Unequal Justice
Under America’s two-tiered justice system, the crimes of elites go unpunished.
The Libertarian Case Against Gay Marriage
Marriage means divorce, alimony, and the division of property.
Peace Out!
The antiwar Left made Obama president—and President Obama unmade the antiwar Left. …
Mr. Antiwar Republican
The Political Principles of Robert A. Taft, Russell Kirk and James McClellan, Transaction, 243 pages
Seeing Reds
Spies: The Rise and Fall of the KGB in America, John Earl Haynes, Harvey Klehr, and Alexander Vassiliev, Yale University Press, 704 pages; and Alger Hiss and the Battle for History, Susan Jacoby, Yale University Press, 272 pages
Seeing Reds
Spies: The Rise and Fall of the KGB in America, John Earl Haynes, Harvey Klehr, and Alexander Vassiliev, Yale University Press, 704 pages; and Alger Hiss and the Battle for History, Susan Jacoby, Yale University Press, 272 pages
Bailout Blago
The governor was too honest for Washington.
American Omen
Garet Garrett knew where FDR’s policies—and Bush’s—would lead.
The Writing on the Wall
Mene mene tekel upharsin.
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