Why would anyone support the American president at this point? The answer is simple: Cowardice. Republicans are sissies. They talk tough and drive trucks, but in truth are very afraid that a scary Arabic Islamo-Fascist™ is going to come to hurt them – for no...
Hadar on C-SPAN
Antiwar.com contributor Leon Hadar discusses his book Sandstorm: Policy Failure in the Middle East on C-SPAN.
Conservative War Tanks
Most conservative think tanks are nothing but conservative war tanks. A case in point is the American Enterprise Institute (AEI). Even though the Marine Corps has called up more reservists, more cannon fodder is still needed. As reported in today's USA Today,...
Around the Blogroll
Friend-of-blog Dennis Perrin will be on a panel next Wednesday in Tarrytown, N.Y., addressing the topic "Horror and chaos in the Middle East: Who's to blame, and is there a remedy?" For more information, click here.
Where Were You the Day Nothing Happened?
On this 8/22 – a date seared into our collective semiconscious forever – Jim Henley begins the healing process.
Bush gets one thing right
The general dishonesty of Bush's ridiculous press conference Monday has already been covered, but he did say two things that weren't outright lies. That U.S forces will never leave Iraq if he can help it is a given, but I want to point out the one other thing Bush...
Life in These United States
Occasionally, when time permits (and it rarely does), I indulge myself by reading something non-work-related, something wonderfully distant from the carnage in the Middle East or the police state at home. Maybe something about art, or sports, or science. For instance,...
Be All That You Can Be
Aim High! Step right up! Bring your daughter on down! Sign her up for the Service. It’s a great way for her to be able to afford to go to college and be a professional when she grows up! (If you don’t mind her being raped, that is.) The Washington Times: “More...
Well-Timed Terrorism?
The foiled terror plot of August 10th has had considerable effect on the news of the past week. It's turned the airline industry upside-down in a scramble to prevent such innocuous items as bottled water from finding their way on board a jet, where they would be...
Justice Department Appeals Ruling on “No Hereditary Kings”
Federal judge Anna Diggs Taylor declared in a ruling today: "We must first note that the Office of the Chief Executive has itself been created, with its powers, by the Constitution. There are no hereditary Kings in America and no power not created by the...
