Ron Paul Rides Again!

Once again Ron Paul is totally on the mark re the lurid, uncivil possibilities posed by the potential imposition of a US ID card – and called to mind the battle already going on in Japan over Juki Net, launched in 2003, and causing a ruckus there (e.g, Japanese...

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Nichols countdown—7

(see 10 for introduction) 6 next Tuesday John Nichols wrote about Tommy Thompson's return to Wisconsin from the Bush cabinet, it's not worth providing a link, that was his 103rd Capital Times column of the year and the 103rd time he's failed to mention "Israel" (or...

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My Name is Rachel Corrie

Via Mark Elf at jews sans frontieres: Perdition II - this time it's personal"ALAN RICKMAN is about to become the latest Hollywood star to light the blue touchpaper on the powderkeg that is Arab-Israeli politics." Or should that say "the latest ex. -Hollywood star"...

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Blair asked to reveal death count in Iraq

It will be interesting to see how Tony squirms out of this one: Diplomats and peers have joined scientists and churchmen to urge Prime Minister Tony Blair to publish a death toll in the U.S.-led war in Iraq. In an unusual open letter to the premier made available to...

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Leaked: FBI witnessed Gitmo torture

FBI agents witnessed "highly aggressive" interrogations and mistreatment of terror suspects at the US prison camp in Cuba starting in 2002 - more than a year before the prison abuse scandal broke in Iraq - according to a letter a senior US Justice Department official...

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You’re Fired!

OK, one last time: For those who want my head, the relevant contact info is here. Some of you apparently think, based on my old bio, that I am a teacher. Wrong. I am a full-time editor at Antiwar.com, and I have no problem with consumers complaining about my product....

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Borders Finale

In my initial post on Max Borders, I wrote that his standard operating procedure is to(1) make assertions so outrageously stupid and/or vicious that they far surpass the worst caricatures of right-wingers; (2) whine that those who either recoil in horror or laugh...

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