Speaking of Reason magazine being clueless and all: now that scientists have found significant abnormalities in the brains of veterans afflicted with Gulf War Syndrome and normal folks, will the magazine that increasingly doesn't deserve its name apologize to all the...

Is somebody in the government trying to shut down the Cryptome web site?

The spin on the GOP debate last night is just getting up to speed. Here's good ol' David Weigel of Reason magazine, "Ron Paul is asked why everyone on stage was wrong about the war, and Paul sticks to 'a policy of non-intervention.' He's a bit loud, but more concise...

A "defense" pact recently signed by the U.S. and the tiny Balkan nation of Montenegro, formerly a province of Yugoslavia nestled in the eastern corner of the Adriatic shore, is a "status of forces" agreement which, according to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice,...

I'm live-blogging the Republican debate. 5:12 PM PST -- It's almost 15 minutes into the Republican "debate," and not one question has been directed at Ron Paul by the two moderators. What's up with that? On Iraq: We must "stand up," say them all (but Ron). Finally,...

I don't think this is the wedding picture this couple had in mind when they were engaged before the young man was sent to Iraq. One of the Republican presidential candidates said during the debate that a few thousand U.S. troops have been wounded in Iraq. The official...

Oilmen and Neocons Agree: Iraq’s total destruction is Mission Accomplished

Jim Lobe reports for IPS News Since the publication of Michiko Kakutani’s review of George Tenet’s new book, At the Center of the Storm, in Saturday’s New York Times, neoconservatives have been jumping all over the book’s account of the author’s alleged...

A Tiny Revolution: Reviews former DCI Tenet’s book

U.S. to Wounded Soldiers: “You have a ‘personality disorder.’ No benefits.”