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Let States Divest From Iran

July 26, 2007

Last month, Florida Gov. Charlie Crist signed a bill ordering his state to divest its pension fund from businesses that work with Iran’s energy sector. The legislation, led by Adam Hasner, Republican majority leader of Florida’s House of Representatives, passed unanimously in both chambers of the Legislature. Unfortunately, the state legislation is unconstitutional. Only new […]

Challenging the Validity of a TNR Article on Iraq

July 20, 2007

Worldwide Standard blogger, Michael Goldfarb, issued a challenge to the blogosphere. The New Republic recently published an article by an anonymous “soldier currently serving in Baghdad”. It portrays U.S. troops as barbarians who mock injured colleagues, desecrate Iraqi dead, and torture animals. The New Republic has had reliability problems in the past. Military blogs here, […]