Month: March 2005

(cross-posted at the Paper Tiger) ESWN has translated the infamous Chapter 6 of a recently banned Chinese novella, “Serve the People.” The Guardian summarizes it thusly:  Set in 1967 – at the peak of the...

As former secretary of state Colin L. Powell worked into the night in a New York hotel room, on the eve of his February 2003 presentation to the U.N. Security Council, CIA officers sent urgent e-mails and cables describing grave...

“If he’s—the inference is that somehow he thinks slavery is a—is a noble institution I would—I would strongly reject that assumption—that John Ashcroft is a open-minded, inclusive person.” —Bush, on NBC Nightly...

Five U.S Army soldiers are under investigation for allegedly trying to smuggle 32 pounds of cocaine out of Colombia aboard a U.S. military aircraft, American officials said Thursday. This is while The United States has provided...

Financial Times The report circulated to governments (…) suggests dramatic measures, such as reducing motorway speed limits by 25 per cent, shortening the working week, imposing driving bans on certain days, providing free...