In what is hopefully the first salvo by the states against the power of the federal war-making machine, Vermont lawmakers from both houses of the legislature are pushing bills to pull the state’s national guard troops from Iraq. State Rep. Michael Fisher, D-Lincoln, said the authority to call up Guard members for Iraq duty has [...]
I’m over at Taki’s Top Drawer, live-blogging the GOP debate: and look at all those cool pictures!
I was disappointed that Ron Paul only got 3% of the votes in yesterday’s Florida primary. The trendline for his vote percentages in most of elections since Iowa has been downward. I think Ron Paul is doing great in the debates and in broadcast interviews. But his campaign seems gun-shy about stressing Paul’s stalwart position on the [...]
When searching for photos, I often run across some very sad stories that don’t make it into the regular news articles. An Iraqi man gestures next to a coffin in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Jan. 28, 2008. The coffin was on top a mini bus for a funeral ceremony when a roadside bomb missed a police [...]
Are any of the candidates in tomorrow’s presidential primaries in Florida running advertisements criticizing the Iraq war? Are any of the candidates making opposition to the Iraq war their premier issue? Is the antiwar issue being raised in the media or in Q & A with candidates? Has anybody seen polls on which candidates are [...]
I ran across this photo and was surprised at the caption. I may be naive but I was genuinely surprised at a medic leading an armed patrol in Baghdad. U.S. Army Spc. Kris Hostetler, 21, from Nashville, Tenn., a medic with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment patrols in Arab Jabour during Operation Coliseum [...]
