Month: June 2005

Twenty-five years ago, after Nobel Peace Prize winner Jimmy Carter reinstated draft registration in response to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, I sent a letter to the Selective Service System – cc’d to the US...

From today’s NYT: “Conservatives saw the savagery of 9/11 in the attacks and prepared for war; liberals saw the savagery of the 9/11 attacks and wanted to prepare indictments and offer therapy and understanding for...

“Seven bombs have rocked Baghdad, killing at least 38 people, just hours after the Iraqi government met members of the international community in Brussels to seek reconstruction help,” reports Al-Jazeera....

I am putting up this diary in response to a conversation I have been having with  brinnaine on the Live blog of the armed services hearing.  I am diarying this because I think these are things that need to be talked...

I had not planned to post a diary today, but I just received my email from TomPaine, and it includes an article which appears at TomPaine now and will be appearing in the next issue of American Prospect.  The author, Arlie...