Why Goliath is the Underdog #001

The parable of David and Goliath has re-emerged on the world stage. Ironically, the most recent battle cast the Israeli State as the heavy. The "David" of the piece was decentralized "4GW" (4th Generation Warfare) as deployed by an estimated 3,000 Hezbollah fighters....

The Mind Behind Antiwar.com

Thomas R. Pochari, editor of World Affairs Monthly interviews Antiwar.com founder and managing director, Eric Garris, about the web, the universe and everything. Real Audio file here.

FBI Could Also Have Thwarted WTC ’93

Thirteen years ago today, the New York Times revealed how easy it would have been for the Feds to have stopped Ramzi Yousef's bombing of the World Trade Center before it started: Tapes Depict Proposal to Thwart Bomb Used in Trade Center Blast Thursday October 28, 1993...

‘Two Wings of One Bird of Prey’

That's the phrase my old high school history teacher used to described the two political parties in America, and the evidence for her case just keeps piling up. Take for instance, this blog entry, by investigative reporter Robert Dreyfuss, who noticed that the...

The American Conservative Looking for Asst. Editor

The American Conservative Needs You! The magazine is hiring for these positions: Assistant Editor Excellent literary and journalistic skills. Considerable agreement with the themes of the magazine and engagement in the world of ideas. Office Manager Customer service,...

Bush’s Sunk-Cost Fallacy

Video here. Poor old George Bush Jr. He's got nothing left but straw men and circular logic to keep American soldiers in Iraq. First he implies that his critics believe the "sophisticated propaganda" of the enemy terrorists that "our" presence is the cause of all...

Get This Guy a Blog

Letter of the week comes from Zev Berkovich, who could be the next great warblogger: Subject: You guys are crazy (and extremely misinformed) Hi, I’m sorry to say, but you guys don’t seem to understand anything about what’s going on in the Middle East. Are you...

Microcredit Nobel Peace Prize — This Idea Has Legs

I’ve been watching for coverage of Muhammed Yunnus getting the Nobel Peace Prize – and am disappointed at the desultory results. But why should I be surprised? Yunnus isn’t glamorous or political particularly, just really smart, and really compassionate, and...

Aussies getting fed up too

From my down-under pen-pal Tim Gillin over at Stress: "The Australian opposition leader Kim Beazley has labeled Iraq, the worst foreign policy failure since Vietnam. Beazley, recently in the US, outlined a proposed withdrawal plan he calls ‘repositioning’. Beazley...