April Glaspie Redux

Remember how the justification for the US government’s permanent blockade and eventual aggressive invasion of Iraq in 2003 was based on the idea that Saddam Hussein was in defiance of the cease fire agreement that ended his war with the United Nations in 1991?...

Earth to Arianna: Back to the Drawing Board, Dah-link!

The much-touted breathlessly-anticipated Huffington Post — a blog-site edited by Arianna Huffington, neo-con socialite-turned-socialist, where the Hollywood glittterati blog speak to the Huddled Masses — debuts this morning, and all I can say it ….....

The Franklin Affair and the Terror Enigma

The recent arrest of Pentagon analyst Larry Franklin on charges that he handed over vital U.S. secrets to Israel recalls the wave of stories about Israeli spies in the U.S. in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Weeks after the attacks, the Washington Post ran a...

Recent Letters

In Backtalk: Pete Komen’s Law of Politics: Never believe anything until it is officially denied. Marcia Schneider: Ralph Nader should talk about us. Peter Yff: We don’t know what really happened in Halabja. Greg Cunneen asks: If the purpose of...

Reading Is FUNDamental

Managing Editor Eric Garris informs me that our monthly Amazon.com revenues have recently doubled. The following books are our top sellers: Imperial Hubris: Why the West is Losing the War on Terror Bush’s Secret World: Religion, Big Business and Hidden Networks...