Army Suicide Rate Soaring

According the the new issue of the New American, a recent military report acknowledged that Army soldiers committed suicide last year at the highest rate in twenty-six years. According to the report: "There was a significant relationship between suicide attempts and...

New York Times Figures Out the Web: It’s Free!

The New York Times has announced that, effective midnight tonight, they will stop charging for access to various portions of their Website. Two years ago the Times made what turned out to be a stupid decision: they decided to start charging for their top columnists,...

McCain: Lying or Just Wrong?

Video is not kind to demagoguing politicians like McCain. Establishment water-carrier Tim Russert clearly isn't up to the task of pointing out McCain's false statements, but YouTubers are.

Still Alive but PNG’d at AEI

Visit Lobelog.com for the latest news analysis and commentary from Inter Press News Service's Washington bureau chief Jim Lobe. This is just to assure readers of the site that I am still alive (having been first on a family vacation and then down with the flu),...

McCain Calls to Exile Critics of Imperial Commander

McCain, who has never been a fan of the First Amendment in the first place, has called for the 3.3 million members of MoveOn.org to be thrown out of the country for criticizing Imperial Commander General BetrayUs. CBS has the video.

Ron Paul Supporters at DC Antiwar Protest

ANSWER's lead marchers: A bored young protestor: Beefing up for the march: Full size versions of these photos are available at my FLICKR page here. Comments on the march/photos/etc welcome at my blog here.

The Israel Lobby: Mearsheimer & Walt on Tour

Over the next six weeks, John J. Mearsheimer of the University of Chicago and Stephen M. Walt of Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government will be touring to promote their blockbuster book, The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy. Mearsheimer and Walt are...