The Washington Post reports that, as a result of the automatic cuts imposed by the debt deal, the Pentagon is cutting - or, to use their overly dramatic term, "slashing" - about 8,700 jobs from the Defense Department: The Army said Thursday it is moving forward with...
The GOP’s frontrunner spews ‘ahistorical claptrap’
I sometimes find it difficult to address political speech that is as disgusting as it is stupid. It can be hard to know where to start. And that's exactly how I felt when I refrained from blogging about the Newt Gingrich comment that Palestinians are an "invented...
Antiwar.com’s Week in Review | December 9, 2011
Antiwar.com's Week in Review | December 9, 2011Please call your representative today at 877-429-0678 and ask her or him to vote "no" on the Iran Threat Reduction Act, H.R. 1905. Enter your ZIP code to get talking points that reflect whether your member has...
Action Item: Tell Your Rep to Vote “NO” on H.R. 1905
From the Friends Committee on National Legislation: The conflict between the U.S. and Iran is reaching a point where it could spiral out of control. In the U.S., Congress and the administration have become more confrontational toward Iran. Iran has done the same and...
As if ‘the measure of a man is who we kill in the world’
Col. Lawrence Wilkerson the former Chief of Staff to Colin Powell had a great interview on RT's Alyona Show:
A Peaceful Warrior Lives On in Us
My dad died nine years ago this week. Talking about waging nonviolence and little insurrections. In life, as in dying, my dad was a peaceful warrior. In the fall of 2002, after months of feeling lousy and only very slowly healing from hip surgery, Phil Berrigan,...
Bahraini Activist on U.S.-Supported Repression
Josh Rogin at Foreign Policy interviewed Nabeel Rajab, president of Bahrain Center for Human Rights. Here are some of his remarks: The military has taken part in suppressing the protests. They have killed people, they have tortured people, they have arrested people,...
He Has Been With His Current Wife for a While Now
Today in questionable headlines: "Gingrich courting the Jews."
To Mark This Solemn Day, I’m Having a Luau
Today's hardest-hitting news story: "You'll Never Guess What The Obama Kids' School Is Serving For Lunch Today." Don't care? Well, you should. It's a "heavily Japanese-inspired menu, which includes Asian mushroom and oriental noodle soup, garlic roasted edamame,...
Amnesty International: US Giving Arms to Egypt For Use Against Protesters
For frequent readers, you already know this: Data obtained by Amnesty International shows that the US has repeatedly transferred ammunition to Egypt despite security forces' violent crackdown on protesters. A shipment for the Egyptian Ministry of Interior arrived from...
