It's not surprising that people are thinking of '60s protest music. Juan Cole draws attention to what happened at a Colorado high school talent show when a group tried to perform Dylan's "Masters of War". Pepe Escobar is also thinking Dylan. Meanwhile, I've been...

Simple: Bush thought some PowerPoint presentations were cool. In the current issue of The Atlantic, James Fallows details a war game put on by the magazine. It involved a simulated conflict with Iran. The whole process was replicated: briefings, role-playing and...

Lawrence of Cyberia points out the hypocrisy of the sudden favor the Bushistas are showing toward Palestinian democracy. A small bit of the conclusion of a well argued and linked post:The U.S. refusal to countenance Palestinian elections unless they produce a ruler we...

Tom Knapp on the Rape of Fallujah. Read it. Tom also makes a point that needs reinforcing here:* "insurgent, n. A person who rises in revolt against civil authority or an established government; one who openly and actively resists the execution of laws; a rebel."...

Antiwar.com blog is glad to welcome the occasional musings of Franklin Harris, wretched scribbler. Franklin is a fellow Alabama native who, despite his unfortunate status as an Auburn Tiger (I kid, I kid), will doubtless keep things percolating around here.

I'll let zeynep's excellent rant about this picture suffice: Somebody please tell Lt. Brandon Turner that he's insane, that the Pentagon is insane, whoever is allowing the marines or any American soldiers "rest" on that "plush red carpet" with their shoes, uniforms...

Liberated Fallujans: From Raed Jarrar of Raed in the Middle

This Saturday, 42nd Street Moon’s new production of the Broadway Musical Hooray for What! opens in San Francisco. This will be the first time the Harold Arlen/Yip Harburg show has been performed in its entirety since its original run and tour in 1937-38, and its...

This Saturday, 42nd Street Moon’s new production of the Broadway Musical Hooray for What! opens in San Francisco. This will be the first time the Harold Arlen/Yip Harburg show has been performed in its entirety since its original run and tour in 1937-38, and its...

"It is feared that after his funeral Arafat will become a national hero and freedom-fighter. We will launch a tough struggle to portray his murderous character and the fact that he is a strategist of world terror who hurt innocent people, both Israelis and American...