Oh no. Perish the thought! He’s running with that Yushchenko poisoning "confirmed" story from the London Times – many hours after it’s been thoroughly debunked by the Associated Press, which reports:"The cause of the illness that has left Ukrainian...
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...
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...
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"...
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...
“Illuminating an Iraqi’s face” – Approved!
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...
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....
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...
You’d Think I Called for Someone to Boil Him Alive
True to form, Max Borders wails that he's been misunderstood, and that he's the victim of "mafia" tactics because I included a link to the Institute for Humane Studies at the end of this post. To be clear, I didn't call for anyone to demand Borders be fired, and I...


