What can be said about those public figures who have enlisted in the war effort, defended the indefensible, celebrated this destruction, and even called for more?
They belong on a roll of dishonor, and here is a start:
DISHONOR ROLL
- David Aaronovitch (London Independent)
- Spencer Abraham (R-MI.)
- Christiane Amanpour (CNN)
- Dick Armey (R-TX)
- Larry Arnn (Claremont Institute)
- William Bartley (Wall Street Journal)
- Joe Barton (R-TX)
- Saul Bellow (writer)
- John R. Bolton (American Enterprise Institute)
- Max Boot (Wall Street Journal)
- David Bonior (D-MI)
- Barbara Boxer (D-CA)
- George Bush (ex-president)
- Zbigniew Brzezinski (lobbyist)
- John Chafee (R-RI)
- Winston Churchill, Jr. (British Parliament)
- Eliot A. Cohen (Johns Hopkins University)
- Chris Cox (R-CA)
- Mike Dewine (R-OH)
- Bob Dole (lobbyist)
- Elizabeth Dole (politician)
- Susan Estrich (columnist)
- Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
- Geraldine Ferraro (politician)
- Steve Forbes (Forbes Magazine)
- Thomas Friedman (New York Times)
- John Fund (Wall Street Journal)
- Sam Gejdenson (D-CT)
- Richard Gephardt (D-MO)
- Paul Gigot (Wall Street Journal)
- Jonah Goldberg (National Review)
- Daniel Jonah Goldhagen (Harvard University)
- Katharine Graham (Washington Post)
- Hugo Gurdon (London Telegraph)
- Chuck Hagel (R-NE)
- David Hart (London Times)
- Orrin Hatch (R-UT)
- Jacob Heilbrunn (New Republic)
- Bruce Herschensohn (Claremont Institute)
- John Hillen (Center for Strategic and International Studies)
- Albert R. Hunt (Wall Street Journal)
- Bianca Jagger (celebrity)
- Jim Jeffords (R-VT)
- Robert Kagan (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace)
- Robert D. Kaplan (Atlantic Monthly)
- Garry Kasparov (Wall Street Journal)
- Robert W. Kasten (lobbyist) Henry Kissinger (lobbyist)
- Charles Krauthammer (Washington Post)
- William Kristol (Weekly Standard)
- Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ)
- Rabbi Michael Lerner (Hilary’s guru)
- Anthony Lewis (New York Times)
- G. Gordon Liddy (G. Gordon Liddy Show)
- Joseph Lieberman (D-CT)
- Richard Lugar (R-IN)
- John McCain (R-AZ)
- Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
- Connie Mack (R-FL)
- Eric Margolis (Toronto Sun)
- George Melloan (Wall Street Journal)
- Dick Morris (NY Post)
- Kate O’Beirne (National Review)
- William Odom (Hudson Institute)
- Michael O’Hanlon (Brookings Institute)
- John O’Sullivan (National Review)
- Martin Peretz (New Republic)
- Andrea Petersen (Wall Street Journal)
- Ellen Joan Pollock (Wall Street Journal)
- Ramesh Poneru (National Review)
- Samantha Power (Kennedy School)
- David Pryce-Jones (National Review)
- Therese Rafael (Wall Street Journal Europe)
- Howell Raines (New York Times)
- Vanessa Redgrave (actress)
- David Rieff (Salon)
- Peter W. Rodman (National Review)
- Andy Rooney (60 Minutes)
- William Roth (R-DE)
- William Safire (New York Times)
- William Saletan (Slate)
- Bernie Sanders (I-VT)
- Gerald Seib (Wall Street Journal)
- Richard Shelby (R-AL)
- Ike Skelton (D-MO)
- Gordon H. Smith (R-OR.)
- Olympia Snowe (R-ME)
- Stephen Solarz (D-NY)
- Susan Sontag (writer)
- George Soros (Open Society Institute)
- Arlen Specter (R-PA)
- Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr. (New York Times)
- William Howard Taft IV (lobbyist)
- Ellen Tauscher (D-CA)
- David Tell (Weekly Standard)
- John Warner (R-VA)
- J.C. Watts (R-OK)
- Caspar Weinberger (Forbes Magazine)
- Elie Wiesel (writer)
- Leon Wieseltier (New Republic)
- George Will (columnist)
- R. James Woolsey (ex-bureaucrat)
So much for the dishonor roll. Onward to the honor roll, a ist of courageous writers and thinkers who have thrown themselves into the battle to stop the bombings and stop the war. They deserve our attention, admiration, and thanks:
HONOR ROLL
- Tariq Ali (The Independent)
- Andrew Alexander (Daily Mail)
- Michael R. Allen (Spintech Magazine)
- Patricia Axelrod (MacArthur Foundation laureate)
- Andrew J. Bacevich (Boston University)
- S. Dale Baker (MSgt., Ret., USAF)
- Doug Bandow (Copley Newspapers)
- Corelli Barnett (Daily Mail)
- Bob Barr (R-GA)
- Emmy Barth (antiwar activist)
- Klaus Becker (We the People of Nebraska)
- Art Bell (Art Bell Radio Show)
- Jim Bell (Jim Bell Radio Show)
- Tony Benn (British Parliament)
- Stephen E. Berg (Northern Illinois University)
- David Bergland (Libertarian Party)
- John S Bergmann (Vietnam Vet)
- Tom Bethell (American Spectator)
- Michael Bliss (University of Toronto)
- Samuel L. Blumenfeld (Chalcedon Magazine)
- Burton S. Blumert (LibertarianStudies.org)
- Alan Bock (Orange County Register)
- Neal Boortz (Neal Boortz Radio Show)
- Mark Brady (peace activist)
- Eric Harrison Brand (former Marine sniper)
- Phil Brennan (Wednesday on the Web)
- David M. Bresnahan (WorldNetDaily.com)
- Harold O.J. Brown (Reformed Theological Seminary)
- Thad Brown (peace activist)
- Harry Browne (Harry Browne Radio Show)
- David Brudnoy (David Brudnoy Radio Show)
- Gene Burns (Gene Burns Radio Show)
- Jason Butler (The Jason Report)
- Pat Buchanan (American Cause)
- Plato Cacheris (attorney)
- Louise Barnett (University of Illinois)
- Jim Campbell (conservative activist)
- Tom Campbell (R-CA)
- Chris Cannon (R-UT)
- Howie Carr (Howie Carr Radio Show)
- Gerald A. Carroll (columnist)
- Ted Galen Carpenter (Cato Institute)
- John Catsimatidis (Apple Computer)
- Bob Charette (Stars-n-Stripes Wrestling)
- Helen Chenoweth (R-ID)
- Noam Chomsky (MIT)
- Alan Clark (British Parliament)
- Ramsey Clark (International Action Center)
- Alexander Cockburn (The Nation)
- Ada Coddington (conservative activist)
- Charles W. Colson (Prison Fellowship Ministries)
- Stephen Cox (University of California, San Diego)
- Sandra Crosnoe (Associated Conservatives of Texas)
- Rev. Mark Dankof (Westminster Theological Seminary)
- John Dear (Fellowship of Reconciliation)
- John V. Denson (Mises Institute)
- Thomas DiLorenzo (Loyola College)
- John D’Aloia, Jr. (St. Mary’s Star)
- Jack DeVault (author, The Waco Whitewash)
- John Doggett (John Doggett Radio Show)
- Bob Djurdjevic (TruthinMedia.org)
- Jim Eason (Jim Eason Radio Show)
- Rev. David Eberhard (Historic Trinity Lutheran Church)
- John Elliott (Christian Renewal)
- George D. Emerson (American Legion)
- Lou Epton (Lou Epton Radio Show)
- Barry Farber (Barry Farber Radio Show)
- Joseph Farah (WorldNetDaily.com)
- Don Feder (Boston Herald)
- Penny Ferguson (California Republican Assembly)
- Doug Fiedor (Heads Up)
- Robert Fisk (The Independent)
- Thomas Fleming (Chronicles Magazine)
- Bishop Joseph A. Fiorenza (Diocese of Houston)
- Kerry Fox (News-Minute.com)
- Samuel Francis (Foundation Endowment)
- Sean Gabb (Free Life Commentaries)
- Nicholas Gage (writer)
- Richard M. Gamble (Palm Beach Atlantic College)
- Eric Garris (Antiwar.com)
- David Gold (David Gold Radio Show)
- Judd Gregg (R-NH)
- William Norman Grigg (New American Magazine)
- Paul Gottfried (Elizabethtown College)
- Kevin Michael Grace (BC Report)
- Bob Grant (Bob Grant Radio Show)
- Costa Gravas (film director)
- Steven Greenhut (Orange County Register)
- Bishop Thomas Gumbleton (Archdiocese of Detroit)
- David H. Hackworth (Defending America)
- Ken Hamblin (Ken Hamblin Radio Show)
- Chuck Harder (For the People)
- Robert Hayden (University of Pittsburgh)
- Tom Hayden (California Senate)
- Lord Healey (British House of Lords)
- Nat Hentoff (civil liberties activist)
- Edward S. Herman (Temple University)
- Robert Higgs (Independent Review)
- James Hill (James Hill’s Weekly)
- Michael Hill (League of the South)
- Nicholas von Hoffman (New York Observer)
- Ariana Huffington (Center for the Study of Popular Culture)
- Sam Husseini (Institute for Public Accuracy)
- Jim Inhofe (R-OK)
- Christina Jeffrey (Kennesaw State University)
- Terence Jeffrey (Human Events)
- Simon Jenkins (The Times of London)
- Pope John Paul II
- Sam Johnson (R-TX)
- Sandra Johnson (libertarian activist)
- Diana Johnstone (Z Magazine)
- Barrett Kalellis (Detroit News)
- John Kasich (R-OH)
- Kathy Kelly (Voices in the Wilderness)
- Martin Kelley (NonViolence.org)
- Michael Kelly (National Journal)
- Jack Kemp (Empower America)
- George Kenney (In These Times)
- Alan Keyes (Alan Keyes Radio Show)
- Michael T. Klare (Hampshire College)
- Christian E. Kopff (University of Colorado)
- Michael E. Kreca (Enter Stage Right)
- Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH)
- Deborah Lagarde (OmegaZine)
- John Laughland (The Times, London)
- Christopher Layne (MacArthur Peace Fellow)
- Barbara Lee (D-CA)
- Robert W. Lee (New American Magazine)
- Andrew Lewis (Ayn Rand Institute)
- David MacReynolds (War Resisters League)
- Eamonn McCann (Belfast Telegraph)
- Scott McConnell (New York Press)
- Cynthia McKinney (D-GA)
- Jack McManus (John Birch Society)
- William Marina (Florida Atlantic University)
- Bill Masters (Sheriff, San Miguel County, Colorado)
- Veran Matic (Radio B-92)
- Dan Meredith (Dixie Rising Radio)
- Geoff Metcalf (Geoff Metcalf Radio Show)
- Laura Mildon (Mad Dog News)
- Harold L. “Butch” Miller (American Legion)
- Zoran Milutinovic (Wesleyan University)
- Paul Miniato (Canadian libertarian activist)
- Carol Moore (peace activist)
- Jay Moore (Jay’s Leftist Internet Resources)
- Ray Moore (Reform Party)
- Melanie Morgan (Lee Rogers Radio Show)
- Nancy Morris (conservative activist)
- Mary Mostert (OriginalSources.com)
- Mancow Muller (Mancow Muller Radio Show)
- John Nehring (writer)
- Lars Erik Nelson (New York Daily News)
- Rev. Richard John Neuhaus (First Things)
- Kara Newell (American Friends Service Committee)
- Robby Noel (American Freedom Network)
- Gary North (Institute for Christian Economics)
- Oliver North (Oliver North Radio Show)
- Bob Novak (Chicago Sun Times)
- David Orchard (Proggressive Conservative Party, Canada)
- Vince Page (columnist)
- Camile Paglia (Salon Magazine)
- Geov Parrish (EattheState.org)
- Matthew Parris (The Spectator of London)
- Ron Paul (R-TX)
- Svetozar Pejovic (Texas A&M)
- Timothy L. Perez (University of Maryland)
- William Peterson (Mises Institute)
- Howard Phillips (Conservative Caucus)
- Harold Pinter (playwright)
- Rev. Phil Pockras (Belle Center Reformed Presbyterian Church)
- Stephen Presser (Northwestern University)
- Craig Preus (Paleo Egroup)
- Jim Quinn (Quinn in the Morning Radio Show)
- Ralph Raico (Buffalo State College)
- Justin Raimondo (peace activist)
- Charley Reese (Orlando Sentinel)
- Lord Rees-Mogg (British House of Lords)
- Pat Robertson (CBN)
- David E. Rockett (Agrarian Foundation)
- Thomas Roeser (Chicago Sun-Times)
- Lee Rodgers (Lee Rogers Radio Show)
- A.M. Rosenthal (New York Times)
- Jeffrey Rubin (Conservative Book Club)
- Brian Rudy (libertarian activist)
- Edward Said (Columbia University)
- Alex Salmond (Scottish National Party)
- Jim Saxton (R-NJ)
- Brad Spangler (libertarian activist)
- George Szamuely (Top Drawer/NY Press)
- Debra J. Saunders (San Francisco Chronicle)
- Michael Savage (Michael Savage Radio Show)
- Phyllis Schlafly (Eagle Forum)
- Helmut Schmidt (former German chancellor)
- Benjamin Schwarz (Atlantic Monthly)
- Mark Scott (Mark Scott Radio Show)
- John Seiler (Orange County Register)
- Jay Severin (MS-NBC)
- Ariel Sharon (Israeli Knesset)
- Joel McNally (Shepherd Express)
- Gary M. Shoemaker (LibertyJournal.com)
- Barbara Simpson (Barbara Simpson Radio Show)
- Nancy Small (Pax Christi U.S.A.)
- Bob Smith (R-NH)
- Julianne Smith (British American Security Information Council)
- Ron Smith (Ron Smith Radio Show)
- Sam Smith (Progressive Review)
- Tony Snow (Detroit News)
- Joe Sobran (The Wanderer)
- Norman Solomon (Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting)
- Thomas Sowell (Hoover Institution)
- Sam Steiger (Sam Steiger Television Show)
- Norman Stone (University of Istanbul)
- Michael Stoudenmire (peace activist)
- Jacob Sullum (Reason Magazine)
- Vin Suprynowicz (Las Vegas Review Journal)
- Taki (The Spectator)
- Elizabeth Taylor (actress)
- Clifford Thies (Republican Liberty Caucus)
- G. C. Thomas (Marquette University)
- Doug Thompson (CapitolHillBlue.com)
- Jerome Tuccille (The Mining Co.)
- Ted Turner (CNN)
- Srdja Trifkovic (Lord Byron Foundation for Balkan Studies)
- Jon Basil Utley (IraqWar.com)
- Tom Walls (peace activist)
- Jude Wanniski (Polyconomics.com)
- Keith Waterhouse (playwright)
- Auberon Waugh (Sunday Telegraph)
- Paul Weyrich (Free Congress Foundation)
- Timothy J. Wheeler (conservative activist)
- Chris Whitten (Henry Hazlitt Foundation)
- Carl Wiglesworth (Carl Wiglesworth Radio Show)
- Rev. J. Steven Wilkins (Auburn Ave. Presbyterian Church)
- Walter Williams (George Mason University)
- Garry Wills (Johns Hopkins University)
- A.N. Wilson (Independent on Sunday)
- Douglas Wilson (Credenda)
- Jerry Zeifman (columnist)
- Vittorio Zucconi (La Repubblica)
- Stephen Zunes (University of San Francisco)
I’d welcome additions to both rolls.
