77% in U.S. Unable to Learn a Lesson

It seems to me that when the Bush administration makes loud accusations about a Middle Eastern state's "weapons of mass destruction" programs, the average Joe would question it. After all, they must have made up a hundred lies about Iraq: that the motivation for the...

Comic Relief from Baghdad

The chief judge in the trial of Saddam Hussein says that Saddam was “no dictator.” This is hilarious. The Bush administration helps arrange a show trial. And they can’t even get the story line straight in a kangaroo court. The chief prosecutor complained that...

USAF: Shoot Americans with Microwave Weapons

Someone recently asked me, "Why is it that you say America cannot be a republic and an empire?" Well, my friend, here is your answer: The Secretary of the United States Air Force wants to shoot you with microwave weapons in order, he says, to justify shooting them at...

Focus!

Dr. David Beito reports that Historians Against the War has taken a refreshingly focused antiwar stance, welcoming those who don't subscribe to a larger progressive/leftist platform. Details here.

9/11 Part 2: Cecily Kaiser

Continuing yesterday's theme, Cecily Kaiser, a children's book editor, talks about her experience: I was on the subway, on my way to work, when the first plane hit the tower on Sept 11th, 2001. When I emerged on Houston Street and walked two blocks down Broadway to my...

Tony Blair: The Countdown Begins

The date has been set, or at least the timeframe. Tony Blair will step down as Prime Minister of Britain within a year. This of course opens the door for Blair's longtime rival and longtime successor Gordon Brown, with whom Blair was rumored to have engaged in a...

Bush: Liar

Yes, I know, you already knew that, but I have to complain about the President's speech Monday night. There was a bunch of Roosevelt-invoking garbage in there, obviously, but there's one particular lie that Bush will not stop telling the people of this country, which,...

How Media & Intellectuals Subvert US Democracy

The Globalist website posted an article of mine on how the media and intellectuals subvert American democracy.  Here's the lead of the piece - Why is it that in the United States, the vast majority of government abuses and failures either never show up on...

9/11 Witnesses Talk, Part 1: Mario Rizzo

I asked some family and friends who I knew witnessed the attacks on 9/11/2001 or who were severely affected by them if they could give me a brief write-up of their experiences that day; where they place blame, or what they think of blame placed; and what they think of...