Paul Craig Roberts sends this post on the Iranian Oil Bourse: Readers keep asking if Bush is attacking Iran because it plans to open an oil bourse that would permit oil to trade in Euros. A number of readers mistakenly believe that this would wreck the dollar's value....
The last time 1st Lt. William "Eddie" Rebrook IV saw his body armor, he was lying on a stretcher in Iraq, his arm shattered and covered in blood. Now he is forced to pay for the "missing" body armor. The army charges soldiers for missing equipment. When medics rushed...
Kurdish writer Kamal Karim is to be retried for the crime of defaming Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani. Karim had been sentenced to 30 years in prison after a trial that lasted one hour. He was convicted in December under a law passed by the Kurdish regional parliament...
Lt. General Ricardo Sanchez, addressing troops in Germany on their way to Iraq, explained"The country’s on the verge of a civil war."They are finally starting to admit it.
At the invitation of the Perdana Peace Foundation, Justin Raimondo and Eric Garris spent the week attending their Global Peace Forum in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. We had a wonderful time and were treated royally by the staff and volunteers of the foundation and the other...
I had a wonderful trip to Malaysia to attend the Perdana Global Peace Forum. While in Malaysia, I had no snags or run-ins with any authorities. This was not the case on my return to the US. I don't think I look much like a terrorist. Despite my utter contempt for...
This morning, Rational Review reports the untimely death of R.W. Bradford, publisher of Liberty magazine. He was 58 and had fought heroically against cancer for many months. I first met Bill Bradford 26 years ago. He was a dedicated and unwavering fighter for liberty...
As the war in Iraq drags on, less and less attention is being payed to the daily carnage there. In addition to the hundreds of Iraqis dying every week, an average of three American troops are dying every day there. In the first 24 days of this month, 76 GIs have lost...
By a strong 60-40 margin San Francisco voters approved Proposition I, which bans military recruiters from public schools. The measure also asks the city government to consider funding scholarships for education and training that could provide an alternative to...
Helping to ensure passage of the Iraqi Constititution, the Iraqi government has failed to put any voting stations in the Sunni cities of Haditha, Hit, Rawa, Qaim, Ana, Baghdadi and the villages around them. "There aren't actually any voting centers or even voting...
