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Ivan Eland

Eland is senior fellow and director of the Center on Peace & Liberty at The Independent Institute. His books include The Empire has no clothes and Putting 'defense' back into US defense policy, and his writing has appeared in magazines and newspapers as diverse as Arms Control Today and the LA Times.

Question all assumptions...

[ opinion - january 05 ]

Post-World War II US foreign policy has been based on certain received ideas, most of which, unfortunately, are suspect.

Kill missile defence now

[ opinion - december 04 ]

"Although Star Wars was a financial black hole, many conservatives have used modern-day missile defense programs to rally the faithful."

Never let the truth get in the way of a good story

[ politics - june 04 ]

Bush continues the "Big Lie" in the face of mountains of contrary evidence.

Mayhem in Madrid

[ politics | opinion - march 04 ]

"According to a Spanish counter terrorism official, Spanish security forces had been following several of the five men arrested long before the bombing."