Month: May 2008

The first,uttered by none other than Donald Rumsfeld, went:”The soldiers are fungible.They do not bring any special skills to the theatre of war”. Think about the cool callousness required to say those words. Not to...

No, more than a human rights crime. It is “one of the greatest human rights crimes now existing on Earth” says Carter. Think the Myanmar junta, the Sudanese government, and now the Israeli/US/EU (Blair) coalition,...

The video on Politico.com showed her drinking beer and dancing to a Julio Yglesias tune.She looked radiant wearing a light blue top over her trademark pants.She was smiling and having a good time. After looking at this video, I...

Here’s something you’ll never hear from any pundit, news reporter, or politician this Memorial Day: an apology. To all the soldiers who have been maimed and killed in the wars of the Bush-Cheney regime: I’m...

Even I hardly write about the war anymore. According to the Project for Excellence in Journalism’s News Coverage Index, coverage of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan has slipped to 3 percent of all American print and broadcast...