And speaking of Saudi School Graduates May 24, 2006 He’s baaaaaack. And he say’s we’ve got the wrong men. Continue Reading
Cheney’s Guy May 23, 2006 US News and World’s account of David Addington – Chief advocate for smothering Congressional and Judicial powers during war. Its nine pages long. Continue Reading
Pink Triangles, Yellow Stars etc. May 22, 2006 There is still a dispute as to whether religious minorities in Iran will be forced to wear identification as such. If it turns out… Continue Reading
A new Anne Frank in hiding? May 22, 2006 We could have saved Anne Frank from Holland too if only she’d been allowed to come to America. The Dutch must be smoking too much pot these days to… Continue Reading
Bush’s Betrayal of Iraq May 21, 2006 I don’t know how else to put it. When the President convinced this nation to go to war he hedged his bets thinking that… Continue Reading
Thank my lucky stars – Iran’s Yellow Stars probably bunk May 20, 2006 Yellow Stars Bunk Continue Reading
Imitating the 3rd Reich is the sincerest form of flattery May 19, 2006 Iran’s new law. Continue Reading
An army on the way to disaster May 17, 2006 says a veteran military reporter to one of Defense Secretary Rumsfeld’s underlings: “…this is not an army on the way up but one on… Continue Reading
It takes one to see through the fakes May 17, 2006 I just read the best indictment of right wing punditry. Not coincidentally it was written by a conservative. He doesn’t even give the blogosphere’s… Continue Reading
Americans- Yea or Nay on NSA phone monitoring? May 15, 2006 Polls have varied widely on whether Americans approve of the NSA’s phone monitoring. Mystery Pollster explains: “Well, another day, another — very different —… Continue Reading
Gotch yer number? May 15, 2006 I heard an interesting and partly reassuring conversation on NPR this afternoon. The USA Today reporter who had broken the NSA phone record story… Continue Reading
And if they didn’t like what they heard when they were tapping you? May 15, 2006 Matt Yglesias has a few comments on the NSA’s phone tapping everything and everybody a la Big Brother. If you think the Bush Administration wouldn’t… Continue Reading
Life vs. Capitol Punishment May 9, 2006 As a little kid I concluded that a life sentence was far worse than capitol punishment. What was the point of living, I asked… Continue Reading
Liberated women are the best hope of the Islamic world May 8, 2006 Islamic scholar Bernard Lewis makes the case. Continue Reading
Blood on our hands May 8, 2006 As America was winding down in Vietman and “peace” activists demanded we withdraw I was very troubled about what would happen to our South Vietnamese allies… Continue Reading
Rummy Remembers – what he wants to May 6, 2006 One of George W Bush’s national intelligence briefers challenges Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld at a press conference. Continue Reading
Investigator discovers that US is clueless about Iraqi’s April 28, 2006 This is a shock. An investigator reports that American forces don’t have a clue what motivates the several varieties of Iraqis who are fighting… Continue Reading
Who’s eating crow now? April 17, 2006 Fair.org The latest Reader reprints Fair.org’s reprise of many of 2003’s premature reports of success in Iraq. Such as: Fred Barnes’s confident assurance: “The war was… Continue Reading
Texas Here we come April 14, 2006 Soon we will be in Texas. Home of three recent presidents who all started their own wars. Hey, Texas, maybe its time to forget the… Continue Reading
Lincoln vs Bush as Commander and Chief April 12, 2006 Another top officer, who declined a promotion in Iraq because he could not abide serving under Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld is calling for his… Continue Reading