A Syrian government-owned newspaper reviewed the Arabic version of Bush Betrayal this week. Here is the summary of the September 17 review, as reported by the British Broadcasting Corp. Middle East wire: Al-Thawrah carries a 400-word article by Khalaf al-Jarrad...
ANSWER's lead marchers: A bored young protestor: Beefing up for the march: Full size versions of these photos are available at my FLICKR page here. Comments on the march/photos/etc welcome at my blog here.
There will be a big antiwar march in Washington on Saturday. The march is sponsored by scores of organizations; ANSWER is the prime mover. I disagree with them on plenty of economic and social issues, but they are right on the war.  The main event starts around...
Ron Paul trumped in last night’s Republican Presidential Candidate Debate in New Hampshire. His views on Iraq and freedom were shining beacons amidst the black smoke the other candidates emitted. As the rest of the GOP hopefuls tighten their chains to the war...
Will there actually be some justice rendered to a Bush administration top dog? Federal judge Reggie Walton ruled today that convicted felon Irving “Scooter†Libby must begin serving his prison sentence within the next several weeks. This will send the...
The Opus cartoon in Sunday's paper is one of the finest Memorial Day tributes I have seen anywhere. Cartoonist Berkeley Breathed ruled the 1980s with Bloom County, and today’s cartoon is one of his best since then. (Comments et al. welcome at my blog entry on the...
Mobs of cops were in Washington, DC last week for National Police Week. Their behavior was so bad that the DC police chief formally notified them that their public drunkenness would not be tolerated. Many of the cops were bicycling around to draw attention to their...
Hats off to Ron Paul for another great performance in the Republican presidential debate in South Carolina last night. For almost six years, politicians have acted as if it is federal crime to speak bluntly about 9/11.   On the day of the attacks, George Bush...
This is from the "Celebrate Public Service Recognition" exhibition on the Smithsonian Mall in Washington this weekend. If they put a sign saying "Rule of Law" on front of the howitzer, people would figure it was just one more post-9/11 decorative change. Some people...
Harvard professor Harvey Mansfield gave the esteemed Jefferson lecture for the National Endowment for the Humanities last night in Washington. According to the NEH website, "The Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities recognizes an individual who has made significant...
