The farcical NPT conference drags on: the US and Israel, both nuclear powers, the former actually noncompliant, the latter not even a signatory, point their trigger fingers at Iran; Iran, with not even a nuclear power plant, complains the world doesn't care that the...
Surge Lies Come Home to Haunt Us
Chicago's South Side is indulging itself in a bit of nostalgia for the '80s and '90s. Michelle Obama's hood is overrun with gang-related murders; deaths are at the same rate as US soldiers dying in both major theaters of the US' "War on Terror." Government must do...
Don’t Repeal DADT
I like this theme, and have written about it here before, as has Justin Raimondo. Simply: the world isn't made more just for gay people by inclusiveness being extended to history's largest murder organization. Lesbians don't have an equal right to kill. It's not...
India’s Most Delicious Weapon
One of my favorite subjects is the militarization of everything, from fashion trends to disaster aid. Now the Indian Army intends to weaponize the hottest chili pepper in the world. The tiny "bhut jolokia," or "ghost chili," will be used to make nonlethal gas grenades...
CNN, Shocked: There Are No US Troops in Haiti!
It wasn't 15 minutes into the coverage of this afternoon's massive and certainly disastrous earthquake just 10 miles from Port-au-Prince on CNN, when Wolf Blitzer cut off the weeping Haitian ambassador to the US to go to a CNN staffer who spent another 2-3 minutes...
Somali-American ‘Terrorists’ Victims of Unfortunate Labeling
I wish it weren't always necessary to lay out the recent history of Somalia every time it comes up. But it seems with every current event -- like US bombings and piracy -- Americans are starting with a fresh mental slate. And so it is with the recent cases of...
Peres, in Argentina, Leaves Sense of Irony at Home
Israeli President and political office-juggler Shimon Peres is in Argentina schmoozing the poor man's Eva Peron, batty President Cristina Kirchner, in the week before Palestinian Authority strongman Mahmoud Abbas visits. Though he seems to be trying to stay one step...
The Itch in Joe Lieberman’s Gitmo Finger
Senator Joe Lieberman of Connecticut may be the most destructive politician in the United States. Combining the worst ideas of the right, the left, and the religious, he essentially seeks to punitively tax the world in order to bomb it for the sake of Israel. Despite...
German DM Mentions the War… in Afghanistan
An outrageous thing has happened today in Germany: the Defense Minister has used the word "war" to describe the, uh, war in Afghanistan. As Justin Raimondo might say: Germans are shocked -- shocked! You see, these people burdened by national collective memories of...
Gays Don’t Have an Equal Right to Kill
My whole life it seems "gays in the military" has been an issue. Liberal democrats and gay activists have been arguing for years with right-wingers and the military establishment over the issues surrounding the right of homosexuals to fight in the armed forces -- from...
