According to Belgrade daily Vecernje Novosti (Evening News), the most influential Albanian drganizer of the event was Richard Holbrooke, while many of his former cohorts from the Clinton days took part: Madeleine Albright, Wesley Clark and James Rubin, as well as...
Extra! Extra!
James Taranto of the War Street Journal puts a little wiggle in his EEG! UPDATE: I do take issue, by the way, with Taranto's assertion that suicide bombing is a "particularly horrific" kind of murder--it may be particularly terrifying, since you never know when or...
First as Farce, Then as Tragedy
Arthur Silber reveals the five-step plan that preceded the 12-step plan that preceded the five-step plan.
New Iraqi PM Chosen in Washington
I find it interesting that the "newspaper of record," the New York Times has the story of the "likely" new Iraqi Prime Minister in the Washington section of the paper rather than in the International section.
New to Blogroll
Please take a moment to check out our outstanding new blogrollees: Lew Rockwell, Kevin Michael Grace, Skippy, and Blog Left. Now that's what I call "fair & balanced"!
“Israbluf” leads to one state
Aron Trauring on "Israbluf" and why a two state solution for Israel and Palestine is likely impossible: In an earlier post I talked about how Sharon's unilateral withdrawel plan is an example of "Israbluf" - viz. the extraordinary capacity for Israeli governments to...
NYT’s Mea Culpa?
Jack Shafer says the New York Times is planning to "reassess its pre-Iraq War coverage, particularly its coverage of weapons of mass destruction." The Times might actually apologize for printing the drool Judith "Kneepads" Miller swilled from the likes of Mylroie and...
Poll: Americans are angry
According to this new poll, the Bush Administration has managed to piss off just about everyone.A new ABC News/Washington Post poll finds the sharpest change is in anger. As the war began, 30 percent of Americans were angry about it; today, asked about the situation...
A Little Something for the Environmentalists
WTF is the U.S. Dept. of the Interior doing supervising Iraqi prisons? Who says we never learn from the Europeans?
An Anti-War Presidential Ticket?
Interesting idea posted by Libertarian Jackass: HERE IS THE MOMENT Just as Nader calls for the impeachment of President George W. Bush for sending thousands to their deaths based on "false pretenses," here's one idea for stirring up trouble in the 2004 Presidential...


