From a Vietnam vet who knows first-hand the cost of war. As a disabled combat veteran who frequents a coffee shop near my home, I hear more angry debate over the Iraq War than I will ever need. In such conversations, unless asked, I usually say nothing at all. Caught...

Today, the Pentagon announced that a US Marine was killed on patrol near Ramadi and a US soldier was killed in a "non-combat shooting" in Mosul. This brings the total for the month of March to 34, and the total so far to 585. I am amazed that the mainstream media has...

'Decapitation strike' was aimed at Saddam The decision to launch a "decapitation strike" aimed at Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was made by President Bush during an urgently called meeting Wednesday evening in which the CIA director voiced concern that a prime...

Turning a Blind Eye to Ayman. Overshadowed by former US "terror czar" Richard Clarke's terrific interview on 60 Minutes, was the show's short piece on Al Qaeda mastermind Ayman Zawahiri. Egypt's former terror czar is interviewed and says that he warned the US about...

With the Bush administration reeling from the revelations of Richard Clarke exposing its complete incompetence in handling the al Qaeda threat and the Man of PeaceTM assassinating Muslim Sheiks along with whoever else is nearby, David Kay's speech at Harvard today...

As for the death of this old bat, let's just say it ain't gonna ruin my birthday or the high I'm still on after my alma mater shocked #1 Stanford. But it raises a question some folks will call me an anti-Semite for asking: What in the hell are we doing in the middle...

Hamas leaders on the Israeli assassination of Yassin: Announcing Yassin's death over mosque loudspeakers, the Hamas leadership said: "Prime Minister Sharon has opened the gates of hell – and nothing will stop us from cutting off his head." The Al Aqsa Martyrs'...

I read about this briefly during the election, but this article goes more in depth. In Spain, however, the objectives were more concrete. Political demonstrations are officially banned in the 24 hours preceding the voting. But this time, activists came together...

Billmon has written the best analysis yet of the astonishing transformation (kind of like David "Come Clean George" Kay on steroids) of Richard Clarke from senior career bureaucrat to whistleblower. Well, Billmon says it better: He's no mild-mannered reporter -- more...

I am so sorry I missed the Eric Alterman episode! I've been trying to catch at least part of Miller's show every evening--anticipating the moment when Miller finally breaks down and slips constant guest David Horowitz some tongue on live TV--but I somehow missed...