Reuters reports that America is nothing remotely comparable to a limited constitutional republic:"The U.S. prison population, already the largest in the world, grew by 1.9 percent in 2004, leaving federal jails at 40 percent over capacity, according to Justice...

Saturday on the Weekend Interview Show, I interviewed Justin Raimondo, who knows a thing or two about Scooter-gate, and former CIA analyst and author Michael Scheuer about the future of the war against al Qaeda. Justin Raimondo: stream - download Michael Scheuer:...

Officer H, an "Intelligence Analyst," in responding to an article of mine that he did not name, said this: "It didn't change my belief in the thought that when I pull the trigger it is to save a life, not take a life."

Via The Editors at The Poorman, this post at The Tattered Coat is a must read....Daniel has been silenced, against his will. And not only has he been silenced — he has been forced to publicly declare himself “a supporter of the administration and of her policies.” A...

Newsweek, in an article highlighting the animosity of many NY Times staffers to Stenographer to Power Judith Miller, ends the short piece with this intriguing little insight into Miller's reaction to her pariah status:But Miller is, for now at least, standing firm....

This poll result:Forty-five percent of Iraqis believe attacks on U.S. and British troops are justified, according to a secret poll said to have been commissioned by British defense leaders and cited by The Sunday Telegraph. Less than 1 percent of those polled believed...

The Washington Post is running the text of an email sent by New York Times executive editor Bill Keller to the Paper's staff. Put in simple terms, Keller is saying "the pain in our collective backside is from Judy Miller screwing us over".I wish that when I learned...

It is time for regime change in Washington DC, and I am so impatient! Who all in the executive branch will be indicted? The suspense is killing me. Rumors are swirling everywhere. It seems pretty clear that we can expect to see more indicted than just Libby and Rove,...

As Amy Goodman, of "Democracy Now," pointed out on Chris Matthews' Hardball tonight, at just about the time the 2000th American soldier falls in Iraq, Patrick J. Fitzgerald's grand jury will -- by all accounts -- be indicting the War Party. This conjuncture of...

Dear US State Department, Here's a suggestion for shutting Karen Hughes up: Please bring her back to the US before she says any more offensive and stupid things.U.S. envoy Karen Hughes on Friday defended Washington's decision to go to war against Iraq in front of a...