Renaud Girard of Le Figaro (France) comments on the wisdom of miltary intervention in the crisis in Haiti, a former French colony. Before invading a country, it is appropriate to answer several questions. What type of social and political organization is to be...
Where are WMD railcars?
In the frenetic rush to war, much was said about Iraq's alleged ongoing bioterror programs. Many of us sat spellbound and shocked (and for more than just one reason) as Colin Powell stood before the United Nations and itemized the threats facing the world's population...
Feeling the strain
In order to maintain troop levels in Iraq, stop-loss and stop-movement orders are preventing those who would choose to leave the military from doing so, adding to the strain on families where both husband and wife are soldiers and facing separations of as long as two...
Big Brother & the Internet
I suppose the oft-bleated excuse that "9/11 changed everything" will be blamed for why the man who warned against Big Brother has become Big Brother. Here's then-Sen. John Ashcroft's thoughts on the Internet and the Bill of Rights back in 1997. There is a concern that...
The Amiriyah Shelter bombing
"Riverbend" is the alias of a 24-year-old Iraqi woman who started her own blog, Baghdad Burning, back in August of last year to write about her day-to-day experiences and thoughts in the aftermath of the Iraqi invasion. In her entry for February 15th, 2004, she speaks...
Authors speak out on Iraq
Many thanks to the Guardian(UK) for putting together this fascinating collage of opinions on the Iraqi War in their article True Colors. It's an interesting read. In 1937 WH Auden and Stephen Spender asked 150 writers for their views on the Spanish Civil War. The...
Travels in the South – Iraq
James Longley recently traveled to Nasiriyah filming the story of a sheik in Moqtada Sadr's religious-political movement. This is a narrative of his journey, with a side trip to Al-Garraf, a nearby town. There is only one full-time doctor working in the medical center...
Feb. 13, 1945 – Dresden
I am not linking to this horrific article to discuss the politics of the fire-bombing of Dresden, Germany, fifty-nine years years ago today. I am linking to it to illustrate that war is always the most terrible method nations can resort to in settling their...
Notes on a Native Son
The story of Geoge W. Bush's rise to wealth and the people who helped him, well worth the time it takes to read this 26-page article from Harpers Magazine originally written back in Feb 2000 by Joe Concson and Kevin P. Phillips while Bush was a candidate for the...
Inside the 9/11 Hearings
What is the White House still hiding? And what are other government agencies hiding? Here are just a few bits of 9/11 information which may not have come before the commission. The politically divided 9/11 commission was able to agree on a public airing of four and a...
