(see 10 for introduction) 1 next In his 108th Capital Times column of the year, Associate Editor John Nichols pays homage to Jack Newfield and advocacy journalism. It appears that Nichols' promotion of Russ Feingold is modeled on Newfield's of Bobby Kennedy. Newfield...
BBC reports: BBC News spoke to Dr Saleh Hussein Isawi, the acting director of the Falluja general hospital, who accompanied some of the refugees into the city.I was there, inside the city - about 60% to 70% of the homes and buildings are completely crushed and...
Ansar Al-Sunna has posted a video of the attack on the US base FOB Marez in Mosul. Astonishingly, they filmed the actual explosion, then drove around the base in order to get a good shot of the gaping hole in the tent. They introduce the tape with a segment in which...
I received some comments on "The Economics of Oil." T. Gillin wrote: There is another dimension to the peak oil debate, at least insofar as foreign policy is concerned. Whether or not "peak oil" or more "price elastic" views of the oil supply situation is "right" or...
The Bull****er-in-Chief's Christmas radio address contained a rather stange passage; "During the holidays, we also keep in our thoughts and prayers the men and women of our Armed Forces, especially those far from home, separated from family and friends by the call of...
I've got to admit it -- RAWA has always had the most respect from me as a group of women who, at the risk of their own lives, did what they could to bring education and medicine to the children and women of Afghanistan during the reign of the Taliban. Now, since the...
(see 10 for introduction) 2 next Jack Newfield obits: Newfield defined journalism, and truth (Capital Times/The Nation) (John Nichols) A Foe of Injustice (New York Sun) Jack Newfield, Crusading Columnist (The Jewish Week) Jack Newfield here, from the land beyond,...
The Department of Defense released the names of the 13 troops killed in the attack on a mess tent in Mosul. They are Capt. William W. Jacobsen Jr., 31, of Charlotte, N.C. Jacobsen was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry...
Today at 6pm Eastern, 3pm Pacific (on some satellite systems, 6pm Pacific), the History Channel is running "The Christmas Truce" on "Histories Mysteries." In 1914, British and German troops along the front declared a truce -- they celebrated, shared food and gifts,...
Wow, they're really trying to get rid of Rumsfeld: Rumsfeld in Mosul to Spread Christmas Cheer
