Iran, Syria and DPRK’s Nuclear Programs
Anthony Gregory
300-Year Push for North American Union
House Slams Iran — 12 Dems, 4 GOPers Vote for Peace
As we move closer to confronting Iran for all sorts of reasons, including their President's slight stature, members of Congress from both parties couldn't wait to pile more sanctions on the people of Iran and anyone who wants to trade with them. Today the US House...
And If You Were a Tree, What Kind of Tree Would You Admire?
Ezra Klein points to this bizarre grilling of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad by CBS' Scott Pelley: PELLEY: What trait do you admire in President Bush? AHMADINEJAD: Again, I have a very frank tone. I think that President Bush needs to correct his ways. PELLEY: What do you admire...
Econ Never Bush’s Strength
Our dingbat president blathered on painfully at the UN this morning about several things that have nothing to do with the United States. He wants to tighten Myanmar sanctions -- because I guess in the Bizarro World he's been sucked into, sanctions always work. He...
Padding Stats
Picture this: you're an Iraqi civilian, perhaps one of the ever growing number of internally displaced persons, roaming the streets of Baghdad. You come upon a piece of seemingly abandoned US military equipment. Desperate for money, you approach the item, intending to...
Jon Utley Solves Mystery of Father’s Death in the Gulag
Georgie Anne Geyer writes today about Jon Basil Utley's journey to find the fate of his father who disappeared into the Soviet gulag. Jon's mother, Freda Utley, was a prominent American Communist in the 1920s. She fell in love with a brilliant Russian Jewish...
Maliki to Speak at CFR, Remarks Secret
Last week, the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) announced an upcoming Q&A session with Iraqi PM Nouri al-Maliki. IraqSlogger reports that today the CFR announced that, at Maliki's request, his comments cannot be reported by any media or repeated by any participant...
I Have A Question for Rudy Giuliani
I have a question for Rudy Giuliani: Do you or do you not support your senior foreign policy advisor's demand that we immediately bomb Iran? Yes or no?
Like, Literally, Dude
Via Jonathan Schwarz: Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., said he thought Columbia's invitation to Ahmadinejad was a mistake "because he comes literally with blood on his hands." Click here to read Orwell's thoughts on the debasement of language in the service of...


