The New Republic

Ron Paul thinks Don't Ask, Don't tell is a "decent policy." I thought he was a libertarian. If it's about "individual rights," as Paul says, why can't "individual" gays serve? --James Kirchick READ MORE >>

Andrew Sullivan links to a video from the Ron Paul campaign alleging that the Iraqi no-fly zones, and the stationing of American troops in Saudi Arabia, were responsible for anger in the Muslim world and, more gravely, September 11. READ MORE >>

Ron Paul is becoming all the rage with isolationists on the far reaches of both left and right. And with good reason, because he is, after all, an isolationist of the Pat Buchanan variety. But it appears Paul might have some more in common with Pat Buchanan than just know-nothing America First-ism. Ryan Sager at the New York Sun points to what he calls "Ron Paul's race problem." Turns out the feisty Texas READ MORE >>

Doesn't sound like Ron Paul's foreign policy worldview is going to win over the Sean Hannity wing of the party. Fox questioner's surprising response: Are you suggesting we invited the 9/11 attacks, sir? --Noam Scheiber P.S. Rudy, of course, seizes the moment with a 9/11 lecture. And brings the house down... P.P.S. How many isolationist Republicans out there secretly agree with Paul? I'd say a non-trivial number. READ MORE >>

How is GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul like American Idol's Sanjaya Malakar? It's, um, not the hair. --Keelin McDonell READ MORE >>