Who’s Carol?

As blog readers may have noticed, there is a new blogger in the Antiwar.com ranks: Carol Watson. She has been an invaluable volunteer researcher for last six months. The Iraq Casualties page rarely misses an important story or statistic, and I give most of the credit...

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John Sugg on Neal Boortz at the LP Convention

John Sugg, columnist for Atlanta's Creative Loafing magazine, has a great column today attacking the idea of Neal Boortz speaking at the Libertarian Party National Convention. Sugg has strong libertarian tendencies and a thorough understanding of libertarian...

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The Sorcerer’s Apprentice

JUAN COLE, in his commentary today, Al-Hakim to ash-Sharq al-Awsat: Saddam must be Tried in Iraq included this veritable gem at the very end: ...Bremer is reportedly worried that the IGC is not moving toward those elections fast enough to meet the July 1 deadline for...

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THE GENERAL’S CARPET

A Soldier's Letter from Iraq Spec-4 Marshall L. Edgerton was 27 years old. He was from Rocky Face, Georgia. He was assigned to [deleted], 82nd Airborne Division. We are based in Fort Bragg, N.C. Marshall was killed December 11th when he was escorting a delivery truck...

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A Neocon Christmas Carol

Invade the Vatican! Prescience is no sweat with these clowns, of course, but your humble correspondent nailed the current climate back in March. (Some links swiped from Lew Rockwell.)

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A Thump Against the Imperial Presidency

The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals rules against the government on Jose Padilla's detention as an enemy combatant: Contrary to the government's argument, they said, the president does not have "inherent constitutional authority as Commander-in-Chief to detain American...

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A real “Joint Criminal Conspiracy”

In mid-November, one Bosnian TV station broadcast the 169th installment of a program called "TV Tribunal" - a weekly newscast dedicated to "informing" the public about the Hague Inquisition. What made it special was a segment in which Head Inquisitor, Carla DelPonte,...

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RFE discovers inter-Albanian tolerance

Radio Free Europe, a US-operated propaganda setup in Prague, often runs ludicrous reports about Kosovo and Bosnia, but this one takes the cake. Apparently, thousands of Muslim Albanians are going to Catholic Christmas celebrations this year, and this has the RFE types...

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“Destruction” of Dubrovnik

Reuters' presstitute Paul Gallagher writes yesterday about the trial of Yugoslav general Pavle Strugar for the alleged destruction of the medieval port of Dubrovnik. Quite honestly, I didn't think even the Hague Inquisition would dare to propagate positions that are...

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