Over the past few days, something terrifying has emerged in Russia, largely unreported in the US media, and a direct result of the Bush administration’s terrible policies on non-proliferation and nuclear weapons. Russia is...
Read MoreOver at The Next Hurrah, emptywheel has a useful multiple choice test for our representatives. It’s made up of questions like this: 1. The terrorist group Al Qaeda is overwhelmingly made up of what kind of Muslims? ...
Read MoreA two-hour program on C-Span is covering a panel presentation and press briefing on the Lancet report on Iraqi deaths as a result of violence. Drs Roberts and Burnham, the authors of the report, plus Dr Juan Cole, of the U of...
Read MoreSpecifically, bad news in Afghanistan and Pakistan where, out of the harsh glare of our national debate on Iraq, we are slowing losing the first front in Bush’s “War on Terror” (via The New York Times):...
Read MoreGonna be a long Monday Sittin’ all alone on a mountain By a river that has no end Gonna be a long Monday Stuck like the tick of a clock That’s come unwound – again – John...
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