Ron Paul Condemns Assassination of al-Awlaki

September 30, 2011Erik Kain

I’m not surprised that Congressman Ron Paul of Texas has condemned the US Government’s assassination of American citizen and Islamic radical, Anwar al-Awlaki. This fits his general anti-interventionist framework. What amuses me is the headline at MSNBC where it’s being reported: Notice the scare quotes around the word assassinating. Because, you know, when the US […]

Erik Kain

Erik writes about video games at Forbes and politics at Mother Jones. He's the editor of The League though he hasn't written much here lately. He can be found occasionally composing 140 character cultural analysis on Twitter.