Guy Raz, weekend host of All Things Considered, has threatened Antiwar.com with legal action over "claims" made in an opinion piece today, "New Think-Tank Seeks to Regulate Historical Analogies." (No, I'm not joking.) I offer my deepest apologies to Mr. Raz for...
Military enthusiasts in Pennsylvania have begun re-enacting, not the Civil War, but the Vietnam War. The stated purpose is to honor and pay tribute to Vietnam veterans. "It was time for us to be proud of what were called on to do, even though it turned out to be a...
Following up on the brief detention of Shahrukh Khan, one of India's most famous actors, at a US airport, the star of the upcoming "My Name Is Khan," which explores the treatment of people with Muslim surnames in the United States, says that he will never again visit...
Indian Press Slams "American Paranoia" in Wake of Detention The Indian government has formally demanded an explanation from the US for the detention of Shahrukh Khan, one of India's most famous actors, at a Newark Airport. Khan was traveling to Chicago to attend an...
At 8:16 on the morning of August 6, 1945, the world got a glimpse of its own mortality. At that moment, the city of Hiroshima was obliterated by a fireball that sent waves of searing heat, then a deafening concussion, across the landscape. Three days later, a second...
Former Forward editor in chief J.J. Goldberg has a fairly positive reputation among progressive Jews, and although he has never been a radical about Israel or the Middle East, neither is he a reflexive hawk or neoconservative. Hence it is particularly disappointing to...
The current government is Iran is a bunch of damn rascals and thugs, and there are boatloads of questions about the honesty of their last election. The regime's brutal crackdown on protestors reveals its true character. (But the Iranian government is not novel in this...
In a new film—released both on DVD and Youtube–Jimmy Carter, James A. Baker, Brent Scowcroft and Zbigniew Brzezinski make the case that it is time for the Obama administration to put forward a conflict-ending resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The...
Harry Patch was buried today. He was Britain's last combat veteran of World War I. He died on July 25 at age 111. He was also the oldest man in Europe. Patch, who rarely talked about his war experiences, boasted that he hadn't killed anyone in combat. "War isn't...
Billionaire gasbag "T Boone" Pickens has made a bold attempt over the last year to transform his image of oil-greased rightwing godfather to grandfatherly wind energy guru, endlessly blowing his hot air at bipartisan audiences in Washington (and reminding everyone...
