The Washington Post today details how the Bush administration is desperately scrambling to get Congress to pass a law to retroactively legalize torture. OK, this is not exactly what the Post said — they would not be so ill-mannered towards the government. But the...
I stumbled across former Ambassador Ed Peck on Fox News' "Dayside" in the middle of his appearance today. It was unfortunate because the couple of minutes I watched were hilarious. Mike Jerrick seemed absolutely livid he had to listen to Peck and was openly rude to...
From the BBC today: Israeli Justice Minister Haim Ramon “said that in order to prevent casualties among Israeli soldiers battling Hezbollah militants in southern Lebanon, villages should be flattened by the Israeli air force before ground troops moved in. He added...
Interesting developments in the town where I was born: As the fighting continues overseas, some lessons from the Middle East conflict are hitting home right here in Alabama. Members of the Montgomery Police Department SWAT team are in a five day counterterrorism...
That "robust" multi-national force Condolezza Rice wants to take over from the IDF in crushing Hezbollah is looking sicklier by the moment: NATO says it is otherwise engaged, and no one except the Italians and possibly the Turks has stepped forward to apply for the...
From the London Times: "Three young girls and a disabled man were among 16 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip today."
Against my better judgement tonight I was watching Larry King Live, and was witness to something that gave me a feeling that approached satisfaction -- as close to such a feeling as one can get watching CNN. Thanks to CNN transcripts, I don't even have to paraphrase...
The disturbingly graphic photographs tell only half the story: What many found more horrifying was that these civilian victims of an Israeli attack had earlier been refused shelter at a UN base. But would they really have been “safer†there or just luckier? In...
To coin a phrase, heh.
I was in New York last weekend and came across several rallies on both sides of the conflict. I attended the “Jewish Unity Event in Support of Israel†service at the West Side Institutional Synagogue on Sunday night. Speakers urged attendees to unquestioningly...
