So much focus is given to events in Washington D.C., that it’s easy to lose sight of the fact that some of the best opportunities for increasing liberty are found in local politics.  The Virginia General Assembly recently adjourned its 2012 session (although they will go back to Richmond for a special budget session).  Since [...]

An article in today’s Washington Post illustrates perfectly the utter futility of the Obama Administration’s foreign policy.  The article begins: “President Obama delivered his annual message to the Iranian people on Tuesday, using a far more confrontational tone than usual to say that he will seek ways to break through the electronic curtain that Tehran [...]

No surprise, it appears that Washington allowed another foreign thug, this one in Yemen, to take it for a ride by playing up its alleged anti-terrorism credentials.  Explains Jeremy Scahill in The Nation: According to critics of the crumbling Saleh regime, Sumali’s account is charitable at best about the role played by the Yemeni security forces [...]