Friend-of-blog Dennis Perrin will be on a panel next Wednesday in Tarrytown, N.Y., addressing the topic "Horror and chaos in the Middle East: Who's to blame, and is there a remedy?" For more information, click here.
Where Were You the Day Nothing Happened?
On this 8/22 – a date seared into our collective semiconscious forever – Jim Henley begins the healing process.
Life in These United States
Occasionally, when time permits (and it rarely does), I indulge myself by reading something non-work-related, something wonderfully distant from the carnage in the Middle East or the police state at home. Maybe something about art, or sports, or science. For instance,...
Nothing to See Here
From Reuters: Israeli aircraft fired rockets at a convoy of hundreds of cars carrying people fleeing south Lebanon on Friday, killing at least six people and wounding 30, witnesses and rescue workers said. They said the convoy that had left the Israeli-occupied town...
‘You Can’t Make Hummus Without Mashing Some Chickpeas’
Devastating satire (especially the end, despite its horrid moral equivalence*) from Aasif Mandvi. Via Jonathan Schwarz. * "Moral equivalence" defined here.
Sore Loserman Rides Again
As of 11:30 p.m. CT, the only statement on Joe Lieberman's campaign Web site is the following: UPDATE ON THE ATTACK ON THE LIEBERMAN CAMPAIGN WEBSITE STATEMENT FROM SEAN SMITH: "For the past 24 hours the Friends for Joe Lieberman's website and email has been totally...
More on Qana
Ira Glunts sends the following: Israeli Newspaper Reports That The Army Lied About Qana In its lead story August 1, the Hebrew edition of Ha'aretz online reported that the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) claim that Hezbollah missile launchers and Hezbollah fighters were...
Frank Responds to HaCohen
Joshua Frank responds to Ran HaCohen's thoughts on the Hezbollah capture of two Israeli soldiers: First I should say thanks to Ran HaCohen and Antiwar.com for posting a response to my piece, "Kidnapped in Israel or Captured in Lebanon," which attempted to raise the...
Hadar on C-SPAN Sunday Night
At 7:30 p.m. ET on C-SPAN, Antiwar.com contributor Leon Hadar talks about his book, Sandstorm, at the Cato Institute in Washington, D.C. James Pinkerton (Newsday, Fox News) and Geoffrey Kemp (Nixon Center) provide commentary. During the Q&A portion of the event, the...
Bringing It All Back Home
Interesting developments in the town where I was born: As the fighting continues overseas, some lessons from the Middle East conflict are hitting home right here in Alabama. Members of the Montgomery Police Department SWAT team are in a five day counterterrorism...
