There Is No News*

Andrew Bolt’s recent article, “Whatever you do, don’t forget to panic,” displays two things I hate:

An Open Letter to the Australian Community in Behalf of Ron Paul: Ron Paul in an Australian Context

This post has the same aim as “Paine on the Iraq War.” I disagree with Paine and Jefferson on many things, but my aim is not solely to use their reputation, and I am not exactly quoting them in context; all the excerpts I quote display something touching on principle rather than fact, or illustrate [...]

It is often claimed that criticism of American policies is unAmerican, but to maintain this you must believe that Thomas Paine was unAmerican; for words which everyone would agree were once supportive of American policies are now critical of them, and during Paine’s own life time — here, for example — he explicitly criticised American [...]