Go on over to The Hill, Capitol Hill’s newspaper of record, and check out my latest commentary, this time on the impact of the "stimulus" and the prospect of yet another boondoggle to cover up the failure of the first one.
Somali-American ‘Terrorists’ Victims of Unfortunate Labeling
I wish it weren't always necessary to lay out the recent history of Somalia every time it comes up. But it seems with every current event -- like US bombings and piracy -- Americans are starting with a fresh mental slate. And so it is with the recent cases of...
Clarion’s Clothiers
Insights into who funded the mysterious Clarion Fund remain few and far between, but new information about two funders surfaced this week giving a better outline of the network of donors who supported Clarion’s activities. The obituary for ‘’retail magnate’’...
Torture Still Prime-Entertainment
Three Cheers for Doonesbury today! Unfortunately, prominent half-wits take their own values from this TV show. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia told an assembly of judges in the summer of 2007: "“Jack Bauer saved Los Angeles . . . . He saved hundreds of...
David Swanson Book Event
David Swanson, co-founder of AfterDowningStreet.org, author of Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perfect Union and recent guest on Antiwar Radio, will be giving a talk and signing some books at St. Bede's Church in Mar Vista, California...
Lou Dobbs: ‘US Troops Out Now!’
I don't know how I missed it, but Lou Dobbs has called for immediate withdrawal of US troops. From Afghanistan? YES! From Iraq? YES! From Germany, Japan, South Korea, and everywhere else around the world? YES! He even has a petition on his Website! Here's Lou Dobbs,...
County GOP Goes Non-Interventionist? Not Yet…
Last week the executive committee of the Alameda County (Calif) Republican Central Committee approved a resolution to be voted on by the full committee calling for a non-interventionist foreign policy. Alameda County covers the East Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area,...
Dying for Crooks: US Troops in Afghanistan
Transparency International reported yesterday that Afghanistan is the most corrupt nation in the world - except for Somalia. Heckua achievement, if the only nation on earth that is more shady is one that is full of pirates… Karzai is making Marion Barry look like...
Antiwar Radio’s Pacifica Debut
Antiwar Radio took to the California airwaves last night on Pacifica Network’s KPFK — 90.7 FM in Los Angeles and 98.7 FM in Santa Barbara. Former Iraq arms inspector Scott Ritter, Salon’s Glenn Greenwald and author James Bamford joined host Scott Horton for an...
Peres, in Argentina, Leaves Sense of Irony at Home
Israeli President and political office-juggler Shimon Peres is in Argentina schmoozing the poor man's Eva Peron, batty President Cristina Kirchner, in the week before Palestinian Authority strongman Mahmoud Abbas visits. Though he seems to be trying to stay one step...


