In my last post I mentioned Michael Scott Doran's article "The Saudi Paradox." For a more complex, though not necessarily contradictory view of the Saudi power struggle there's Robert Baer's Sleeping with the Devil: How Washington Sold Our Soul for Saudi Crude. Baer,...
From TechCentralStation: El Cid has risen from his tomb, he's parted with Ximene, His people, whose bright honor still has never suffered stain, Now run from battle, hide their heads: he is ashamed of Spain. Oh God, please stop!
Monday's Washington Post featured an article titled "'Democratic' Frenzy in the Arab World," which claims that U.S. aggression in the region is already reaping desirable political changes. A bit premature, I'd say, and maybe fundamentally misguided. As mentioned on...
Chris Deliso fills us in on Dubya's new TV action series, brought to you by the folks behind Benny Hinn. Imagine a cross between Get Smart and the Crusades.
A tribute written by Starhawk for Rachel Corrie and Tom Hurndall, two young volunteer activists working for freedom and justice with the International Solidarity Movement who were killed by Israeli soldiers. I am writing this as we approach the anniversary of two...
By now everyone even vaguely following events in Spain has undoubtedly noted the pro-Iraq war, conservative and Republican response to the ousting of Aznar's PP party in the recent election. It goes like this: Thanks, Spain! Due to your cowardice, every democracy must...
Ok, not really. But this piece at the Daily Farce is pretty funny. Interim Haiti President Boniface Alexandre was surprised to see so many Marines carrying an Arabic dictionary around with them looking for weapons of mass destruction. More...
Pretty good short take on the Spanish elections by Jerry Brito over at the America's Future Foundation. AFF is a mixed bag, some gold, some guano--see the revolting comment by AFF regular James Markels just beneath the essay--but Brito gets major props for recognizing...
After reading my last post, alert reader Jake Avery sent me the following correction re Lawrence Henry's American Spectator piece: Not only is this over-the-top hysterical, it's factually wrong. The Spanish conquered the Moorish kingdom of Granada in 1492, which was...
Better to be thought a fool... Than to blog something really stupid and remove all doubt. Johnathan Pearce at Samizdata asks: Well, if it were the case that no link existed[between Saddam and Al Qaeda], why did the statement purporting to be from al-Qaeda after the...
