It’s a Sad Day When George Will Is Our Only Hope

I know the president doesn't read newspapers, but would someone please slip him the latest from George Will? Tell him it's about baseball, and highlight this part: The administration, justly criticized for its Iraq premises and their execution, is suddenly receiving...

Blind Pig Pelted With Acorns

On Saturday, belligerent simp Michael Totten posted a letter from a liberal Lebanese friend, addressed to Israel: You've made this country unliveable for the people fighting to disarm Hezbollah. Guess what? I'm leaving. Yep. Me. Where am I going? Syria. Didn't want...

Any Hezbollah Killed?

There are many reports on those killed in Lebanon, as of this post, it stands at 204, "all but 14 of them civilians." The 14 includes 9 Lebanese soldiers. Almost every day in Gaza, Israel says that they have killed one or more militants. But there are no reports I...

Haiku in Headlines

The sacred – and the profane. The innocent – and the shameless. The powerless – and the brazen.

The Bizarro World of Michael Young

Whenever there's a crisis in Lebanon, the "mainstream" media hauls out Michael Young, to give events the right spin, and this time he has really outdone himself. His op ed piece in the New York Times this morning, "Israel's Invasion, Syria's War," is dizzying in its...

So Long, Cedar Revolutionaries

Seems like only yesterday you guys were the bee's knees. Now you're back to being nameless, faceless Arabs, which is all you really ever were to the neocons and neolibertarians who made such a fuss about the Cedar Revolution. Your value as props has disappeared....

Good Work, Gals

The American media makes no secret of its allegiances in all matters Mideast, but CNN's coverage of Israel's attack on Lebanon today has been something else. Talking heads Carol Lin and Kyra Phillips have earned their AIPAC gold stars today, as they hilariously...

Israeli Aggression Against Lebanon

The Israeli attack on Lebanese civilians (55 dead so far today) continues. Chomsky goes into a brief history of Israeli aggression against Lebanon in this article. Chomsky writes: From the early 1970s, Lebanon was drawn into the conflict as a result of cross-border...