Good Lord, Hugo Chavez calls Bush the devil in his speech at the UN, and CNN's chattering doofuses are near tears. "He lifts himself up to the level of President Bush when he can talk about him in an insulting manner," according to one "analyst." (A TV "analyst" is...
There have been many indications that an attack on Iran is, if not imminent, then a near certain eventuality. There was Seymour Hersh's reporting on the development of an attack plan. And then there's this, and this. But the clincher has got to be this.  Uh oh...
There’s a new documentary coming out about Sibel Edmonds, the famously gagged FBI whistle-blower who found out too much about the criminals who occupy the highest levels of power in this country and others. It’s called Kill the Messenger. Watch the trailer here....
Mickey Kaus: Andrew Sullivan has decided to give out a Nancy Grace Award. Criteria (suggested by Sullivan's readers) include "a nauseating level of absolutist self-righteousness," an "unflappable self-assurance that [the nominee's] outrage represents the true moral...
Retired Air Force Col. Sam Gardiner, interviewed on Monday by CNN's Wolf Blitzer, had this to say about the possibility of U.S. military operations against Iran: BLITZER: How close in your opinion is the Bush Administration to giving that go ahead. GARDINER: It’s...
A new piece by Tony Judt in the London Review of Books contains more than its fair share of memorable phrases -- "America’s liberal armchair warriors are the ‘useful idiots’ of the War on Terror" -- and one is tempted to simply copy and paste the whole thing,...
Chuck Peña will be discussing his latest book, Winning the Un-War: A New Strategy for the War on Terrorism, Friday afternoon in Washington, D.C. The Independent Institute-sponsored event will also feature Roger W. Cressey and Joseph Cirincione. Details here.
From Time magazine [Sept. 25] via Joshua Micah Marshall: "The first message was routine enough: A 'Prepare to Deploy' order sent through naval communications channels to a submarine, an Aegis-class cruiser, two minesweepers and two mine hunters. The orders didn't...
Check out this WWII-era Office of War information propaganda film on the "relocation" of Japanese-Americans from the West Coast to concentration camps in the interior. Concentration camps, to be sure, well-stocked with plenty of "nourishing food" and pregnant with...
This is Constitution Day. The National Archives is holding a celebration in which children can stop by and sign a “faux Constitution.â€Â George Bush issuing a statement earlier this week proclaiming: America is grateful to those who have worked to defend the...
