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The Libertarians are up in arms this week after the Justice Department served subpoenas to Nick Gillespie’s Reason Magazine over comments left on their web site by anonymous readers. The commentariat buzz in question erupted over an article dealing with the life sentence imposed on Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht. This has prompted some outraged cries from observers such as Bloomberg contributor (and former Reason editor) Virginia Postrel, who described the move as stomping on free speech. Powerline’s Steven Hayward (coincidentally also a former contributor to Reason) wonders aloud whether the Justice Department attorneys are just stupid or possibly...

'The Flypaper Strategy' By Austin Bay August 28, 2003 It's time for the defeatist hotheads of August to take a look at American and allied success in the War on Terror. As the fall of 2003 approaches, Iraq is two battlefields and one birthplace. On one battlefield, the venomous regime of Saddam Hussein dies a slow, painful and dangerous death. Big vipers die killing because killing is their be-all and -- to the last -- their end-all. With cash stashed in Iraq and corrupt banks throughout the world, with weapons littering Iraq's landscape, the snake still has ready poison. It's...

MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) - A woman has been charged with aggravated battery for allegedly dousing another woman with a half-gallon of gasoline and setting her on fire during an argument at a gas station. Anjail Durriyyah Muhammad of Gadsden, Ala., was charged with aggravated battery, a felony punishable with up to 20 years in prison. She was being Monday held in the Cobb County jail. Authorities identified the victim as Nodiana Antoine, who was hospitalized in critical condition Monday with burns over more than 64 percent of her body. The arrest warrant said Muhammad maliciously caused bodily harm by seriously...

For education and discussion only. Not for commercial use. ISTANBUL, Turkey (Reuters) - German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer said Thursday Donald Rumsfeld should tone down his rhetoric, after the U.S. secretary of defense dismissed French and German opposition to war in Iraq as the view of "old Europe." "The only answer is: cool down," Fischer told reporters when asked for his reaction to Rumsfeld's comments. He was speaking in Istanbul during a visit to Turkey, Jordan and Egypt. "We are good friends and allies," Fischer added. Germany and France angrily rejected U.S. criticism that they are isolated within Europe in...

      Frist in 2008       "Babes and Whales" is the title of a feature in the September issue of Washingtonian magazine, in which Capitol Hill staffers pick the best and worst of Congress - leaders, followers, dimwits, hotheads and more.       A few of our favorites on the Senate side (viewpoints expressed by Capitol Hill aides do not necessarily reflect the opinions of this columnist, his editors, this newspaper or its readers) include:       Showhorse: Sen. John McCain, Arizona Republican       No Rocket Scientist: Sen. Patty Murray, Washington Democrat       No Altar Boy: Sen. Robert G. Torricelli, New Jersey Democrat...