I almost never post hate mail. The posting of hate mail on blogs is usually a passive-aggressive form of hasty generalization – Ah, look what a bunch of raving lunatics/bigots my detractors are! But occasionally I get a piece that is truly instructive, one that wrings...
Today's statement from Sibel Edmonds:For over two years the Attorney General, John Ashcroft, has been relentlessly engaged in actions geared towards covering up my reports and investigations into my allegations. His actions against my case include gagging the United...
Classicist Peter Jones imagines how Pericles would have responded to 9/11:Had Pericles been George Bush on 9/11, he might well have reasoned as follows: ‘If my policy is to ensure that America is never attacked like this again (and it is), and if one of the root...
If any of you read Alan Bock's column this morning and thought something was missing, well, you were right: the beginning. Please check it again. You'll be glad you did.
Sibel Edmonds, an FBI whistleblower who is fighting a gag order in order to testify on behalf of 9/11 families who are suing the government, sends this along:Judge Reggie Walton cancelled/postponed the hearing on June 14, 10:00 AM, with no reason cited and no future...
And they lead you on to war:A Fake War in the Himalayas? by Ranjit Devraj NEW DELHI (IPS) - This week's stunning confessions by two Indian soldiers that they helped stage fake encounters with Pakistani troops on Siachen, often called the world's highest, coldest and...
Mea culpa. In yesterday's column I referred to my dad as the only delegate at the 1980 Republican National Convention to vote against George H.W. Bush for vice president. Not true, he informed me; he was the first to announce he was going to do so, and the only...
I find it funny that the Bush campaign has chosen to highlight the same Reagan speech I alluded to in my column today; I find it downright hilarious that they titled the speech "Empire of Ideals." What did Reagan say about empire in the speech?There was a time when...
From the generally rotten weblog No Treason, an exceptional entry by John Lopez:A Brief Note On The Terror War If you think the greatest danger to your life is from Islamic radicals, then try this thought experiment: Go burn a Koran on your front lawn. Then, go sit on...
The Brooding Persian has some reflections on Simone Ledeen and other junior Messiahs currently interning in Iraq:Don’t get me wrong now. I am all for on the job trainings. I don’t believe in the cult of expertise. But seriously, shouldn’t the family team so intent on...
