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June 2025

Scott Bullock, IJ and the fight against government eminent domain abuse
20 years ago Bullock of the Institute for Justice took the fight against eminent domain abuse to the U.S. Supreme Court — and lost. I interviewed him in…
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Getting the scoop on Tim McVeigh
Newsweek used a military hero to land a prison interview with America's homegrown terrorist. My weekly take on America's news, culture and ideas -- from…
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Memories of a socialist supermarket
My grim tour of East Berlin’s gray streets and empty stores in 1988 taught me all I needed to know about everyday life under Soviet-style socialism…
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Going back to 1948 and 'A Negro in the South'
In 2009 I did research for '30 Days a Black Man,' my 2017 book about the undercover mission star Pittsburgh newspaperman Ray Sprigle made into the Jim…
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Proud to have been an early skeptic in the covid war
History will show the war on covid was the stupidest move the people in charge have ever made. In May 2020 I was a mere ex-Uber driver, but even I could…
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Remember when Pat Buchanan warned us about going to Iraq?
In 2002 I asked Buchanan and professional neocon Frank Gaffney what would happen when we went to war in Iraq. The great paleo-conservative predicted…
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Stoning Aldrich Ames
Rolling Stone excerpts a book about how the traitorous spy destroyed the CIA's Soviet operations. My weekly take on America's news, culture and ideas …
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What if crazy Al Gore had won?
In April 2008 I had a scary thought: We and the world would have been better off in many ways if he had beat Bush in 2000. For starters, even Gore would…
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Don't blame me for warring on Iraq -- or Iran
In 2003 I, Pat Buchanan and my paper, the Pittsburgh Trib, were among the few sensible voices to oppose going to war in Iraq. Today we'd be just as much…
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Guns, Ammo & Gays
Sports Afield and the Advocate -- magazines for different kinds of men. My weekly take on America's news, culture and ideas -- from exactly 30 years…
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