Rummy and the Markets

The markets react to the resignation of Donald Rumsfeld: US Stocks End Higher After Rumsfeld News Military Contractors' Shares Fall on News of Rumsfeld Resignation Hmmm.....

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The American Conservative Looking for Asst. Editor

The American Conservative Needs You! The magazine is hiring for these positions: Assistant Editor Excellent literary and journalistic skills. Considerable agreement with the themes of the magazine and engagement in the world of ideas. Office Manager Customer service,...

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Antiwar.com Server Problems

We are back up, partially. Last night we had a massive server failure. At this point, we do not know the cause. Our efforts at this point are going into restoring the site, then we will figure out what caused it. We expect to be updating the page shortly with the...

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Israel to Lebanese: Flee, but Stay Off Roads

Defenders of Israeli actions in Lebanon have made a point of the fact Israel has warned residents of South Lebanon to flee, as if this makes it okay. But today Israel is dropping new leaflets on South Lebanon, telling residents south of the Litani River to stay out of...

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Israel Lets Some Hezbollah Rockets in for PR?

On CNN's "Reliable Sources" news show on Sunday, Washington Post Pentagon correspondent Thomas Ricks stated One of the things that is going on, according to some U.S. military analysts, is that Israel purposely has left pockets of Hezbollah rockets in Lebanon, because...

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Operation Shell Game

Satire Alert! If I ran this as a regular story, I would get in so much trouble. Andy Borowitz on the latest military scheme for Iraq. One of the best parts is the quote from General Schoomaker, which is partially accurate.

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Truthout Hacked

Antiwar website Truthout has been hacked by altering their home page and locking up their server. Their site is down but they expect to be back up soon. You can check out their blog (which is still up and running) for updates.

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Any Hezbollah Killed?

There are many reports on those killed in Lebanon, as of this post, it stands at 204, "all but 14 of them civilians." The 14 includes 9 Lebanese soldiers. Almost every day in Gaza, Israel says that they have killed one or more militants. But there are no reports I...

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