Or maybe even 674 pages, the length of Douglas Feith’s recent opus, War and Decision. As you can imagine, Israel does not figure prominently in Feith’s book, and you would never guess from reading it that, as early as 1996, Feith — along with David Wurmser and...
Rep. Ron Paul addressed the House today warning about the consequences of the proposed US attack on Iran.
Ron Paul explains why he is opposed to the "compromise" FISA wiretap bill (June 20): Mr. Speaker, I regret that due to the unexpected last-minute appearance of this measure on the legislative calendar this week, a prior commitment has prevented me from voting on the...
A very good summary of how hard-line neo-conservatives see the world — and especially Israel’s place in it — can be found in an interview at the National Review Online’s (NRO’s) website by Kathryn Jean Lopez of Caroline Glick, the deputy managing editor of...
I don’t follow the politics of the Washington Post’s Graham family, but Lally Weymouth (daughter of Philip and Katherine, mother of Katharine Weymouth, the newspaper’s current publisher) specializes in touring the globe, performing exclusive interviews with...
In a Tuesday interview in Britain, Sky News editor Adam Boulton asked George W. Bush: "There are those who would say look, lets take Guantanamo Bay, and Abu Ghraib, and rendition and all those things and to them that is the complete opposite of freedom." BUSH: "Of...
"[Chief Justice] John Marshall has made his ruling," President Andrew Jackson famously blustered after the US Supreme Court overruled him on the issue of US treaty obligations with the Cherokee. "Now let him enforce it." We've come a long way, baby -- these days,...
Because it is getting harder to meet recruiting goals, the Marines are looking for a few good women--literally. The Marine Corps is marketing itself to women in magazines like Shape and Self and Fitness. The latest ad campaign shows a female marine in front of some...
Republicans are already beginning to defect from the McCainiac party line on Iraq. Here's George Voinovich, speaking before the Chamber of Commerce, in Howland, Ohio: “We need to get the hell out of Iraq. Do you hear me?†Voinovich decried the impending bankruptcy...
Our own Tom Engelhardt is interviewed about his new book, The World According to TomDispatch, and the plan to put 58 US bases in Iraq.
