Daniel Halper writes in The Weekly Standard today: On “The Early Show†this morning, Obama said that “what we can do is bear witness and say–to the world that the, you know, incredible demonstrations that we’ve seen is a testimony to–I think what Dr. King...
Videos: Demonstrators Shot in Tehran Streets
Two videos of the same event, a woman shot (probably dead), in the streets of Tehran: And another shooting: Here is a student shot after he threw rocks: A shooting victim is evacuated:
Ron Paul on the House Iran Resolution
Ron Paul spoke today against the House resolution on Iran. I rise in reluctant opposition to H Res 560, which condemns the Iranian government for its recent actions during the unrest in that country. While I never condone violence, much less the violence that...
AEI Purge Provokes Neocon Smackdown?
Guest post by Daniel Luban: On Tuesday, Danielle Pletka and Ali Alfoneh of AEI published a New York Times op-ed claiming that the real and unnoticed story of the Iranian elections is that the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) have “effected a silent coup d’etatâ€...
As Obama Was in Cairo, Israel Was Demolishing Homes…
Read this statement by Human Rights Watch that was released late Friday and ask yourself how Washington should react to Netanyahu’s claims that families in Israeli settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem should be to entitled to “natural growth.†One...
Flickr Deletes Account of Man Posting Torture Photos
San Francisco Chronicle: Man critical of Obama wiped off the face of Flickr Gawker's Ryan Tate chronicles how Yahoo obliterated the Flickr account of user Shepherd Johnson after he blasted Obama over a policy on torture photos. Johnson, of Virginia man, is none too...
Jeremy Scahill on Obama’s Wars
A very informative interview on Bill Moyers' Journal. Watch it here. or read the transcript here.
Obama’s War Crimes in Pakistan
So far the empire's new war in Pakistan has accomplished, well... nothing good. They aren't even pretending to hunt for bin Laden and Zawahiri as part of the excuse for demanding the Pakistani army invade the North-Western territories of the country, so far they have...
Ron Paul on Tiananmen Resolution: Let’s Tend to Our Own House
Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) delivered this on the House floor this afternoon: I rise to oppose this unnecessary and counter-productive resolution regarding the 20th anniversary of the incident in China’s Tiananmen Square. In addition to my concerns over the content of this...
Grim Milestone: 5,000 GIs Dead in Iraq, Afghanistan Wars
Among the six U.S. servicemember deaths so far reported in June, one soldier has become the 5,000th casualty of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.


