Month: June 2009

Update [2009-6-13 21:12:19 by Steven D]: Roger Cohen has a video report from a rooftop in Tehran which can be viewed at this link. The video shows black clothed police beating protesters, among other things, including still...

My eye is feeling better. What’s on your mind today?

It is difficult to divine the basis for the mass of excited speculation surrounding this anticipated ‘showdown’ between the US and its most reliable client, which peaked with Obama’s much-hyped speech in Cairo....

“I want my colleagues and the American public to know that measured against the information I have been able to gain access to, the story line we have been led to believe–the story line about waterboarding we have...

I don’t know how clean the election results in Iran are, but regardless I am disappointed with Ahmadinejad’s reelection. I see that the other side is not exactly accepting the result and (unlike in this country when...