The Huffington Post is headlining the latest congressional Democrat to find his cajones when it comes to the Iraq war, and they direct us to this Seattle Times story, which relates the “agonizing” of Rep. Norm Dicks (D-Washington) over the issue, and informs us of the following rationale for Dicks “loudly and proudly” supporting the [...]
As the war in Iraq drags on, less and less attention is being payed to the daily carnage there. In addition to the hundreds of Iraqis dying every week, an average of three American troops are dying every day there. In the first 24 days of this month, 76 GIs have lost their lives. A [...]
Frequent contributor Jorge Hirsch writes: Iran dropped a bombshell with a full-page ad in last Friday’s New York Times (Nov. 18, 2005, p. A11). It presents clear factual information and levelheaded arguments on what kind of nuclear program Iran is pursuing and why, and why the European offer to Iran of August 2005 is not [...]
Arthur Silber has a thorough treatment of the latest in the Padilla case. There’s good news and bad news: The good news is the Supreme Court will not have an opportunity in the near future to declare that the president has dictatorial powers. That’s very good news in one sense, and it shouldn’t be underestimated. [...]
Frequent contributor Jorge Hirsch writes: “Iran dropped a bombshell with a full-page ad in last Friday’s New York Times (Nov. 18, 2005, p. A11). It presents clear factual information and levelheaded arguments on what kind of nuclear program Iran is pursuing and why, and why the European offer to Iran of August 2005 is not [...]
With the 10th anniversary of the Dayton Peace Accords yesterday, every liar, calumnist and imbecile in the mainstream media has felt the need to flap their gums about it, preferably in the context of paeans to American interventionism, empire and “commitment.” In the same breath that praises the Clintonian Empire for ending the “genocide” in [...]
