Month: August 2007

From the Memory Hole, lest we forget: Prior to the 9/11 attacks, the head of Pakistan’s ISI, General Mahmud Ahmed, ordered Omar Sheikh to wire $100,000 to the lead hijacker, Mohammed Atta–a report that has been...

Can I just say how unimpressed I am with the idea of Bob Kerrey running for U.S. Senate again?

I have Prometheus to thank for bringing to my attention this LA Times op-ed addressing the silliness of black ministers who claim that the hate crimes bill will stifle their freedom to preach anti-gay hatred from the pulpit. A...

Got an hour to kill? Watch Tom Friedman explain to Charlie Rose why we needed to respond to 9/11 by going to Iraq, taking out a big stick, going door to door from Basra to Baghdad, and saying ‘suck on this’. This...

There are a disturbing number of dots to try to connect this month when it comes to the future of Iraq.  The picture those dots form could very well be titled “Occupation in Perpetuity” but the fine details of...