Any given day in Iraq includes a distressingly long list of casualties, but what about the stories behind those incidents? Here's one from today which I thought warranted some expounding on: Under the headline Terrorist hideout destroyed, a military press release...
I'm writing this in response to an article in last week's Haaretz entitled 'Palestinians' doomsday weapon, non-violence, fails test'. It's a better article than the title might lead one to believe and accepts an important underlying premise: that non-violence from the...
The New York Times is reporting that the Bush Administration has spent almost $100 million helping Pakistan's on-again, off-again dictator Pervez Musharraf secure the country's weapons of mass destruction. This is the same Bush Administration that has spent hundreds...
Here's an interesting form letter that was brought to my attention. Seems like Blackwater is in damage control mode and sent the following to people on their mailing list: ---- A Request for Your Support The Blackwater family is comprised of dedicated and active...
Christian Science Monitor dug deep into their archives to find a very cool article from 1957. Here we are, 50 years later, and the weaponization of space continues to be a bone of contention between the United States and Russia.
Picture this: you're an Iraqi civilian, perhaps one of the ever growing number of internally displaced persons, roaming the streets of Baghdad. You come upon a piece of seemingly abandoned US military equipment. Desperate for money, you approach the item, intending to...
As you may or may not have already heard, the United States Senate has passed a non-binding resolution condemning Moveon.org over a September 10th advertisement in the New York Times. This is fresh off Rep. Thomas Davis III's call for an "investigation" into whether...
On June 10-11, United for Peace and Justice is taking part in a rally in DC urging an Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. You can read all about the rally here. Now, have a look at this article from ynet, and keep in mind, they're talking about...
Living just an hour and a half from the Canadian border, stories about border incidents are always of keen interest to me. To be sure, we get stories about the mistreatment of Muslim citizens at the northern border on a regular basis, so much so that it's really old...
Prominent in the international press this past month has been Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's latest push to have the nation's constitution amended to support a more belligerent foreign policy. The Japanese people, to their credit, have organized massive protests...
