The War and the Newspapers

In a report in today's Daily Mail, A Chinese submarine surfaced in the middle of a recent Pacific naval exercise and close to the vast U.S.S. Kitty Hawk - a 1,000ft supercarrier with 4,500 personnel on board. By the time it surfaced the 160ft Song Class...

The death of author Norman Mailer stills an eloquent voice in defense of the old America -- the pre-9/11, pre-neocon -dominated America, which disdained the idea of empire. During the Vietnam war, whilst in attendance at Truman Capote's famous "Black and White...

If you want to see the true heart and soul of the neoconservative style, go on over to Commentary -- where else? -- and direct your attention to one Gabriel Schoenfeld, senior editor, who is calling for former CIA honcho Michael Scheuer to be ... jailed! Why? Well,...

How dumb is Gabriel Schoenfeld? Pretty damned dumb, if we take his recent series of blog posts at Commentary as indicative of his mental capacity: he's written a whole series of posts directed at former CIA analyst Michael Scheuer, the latest one entitled (for some...

Bush’s Lapdog IGs

IraqSlogger reports: A pro-US Sunni paramilitary force has been announced in a notoriously rough area of Eastern Baghdad, local sources tell IraqSlogger. In the Sulaikh area, a "Sulaikh Awakening" (Sahwat al-Sulaikh) group has been formed, locals report, which is...

Conflict in Pakistan and Kurdistan

Read this post by Arthur Silber, then sign this petition in support of the Illinois high-school students now facing expulsion or even criminal charges for their participation in a peaceful antiwar protest.

The Fascist Shift