Author: rba

Vote just taken was a sight to behold, if for nothing the else the absolute rage of Sen. Stevens of Alaska.  Interesting to note that the Hawaiian boys both changed their votes to “Yes” (kill it) in this go...

Two from the Christian Science Monitor worth reading in full: Iraq Story: how troops see it. BROOK PARK, OHIO – Cpl. Stan Mayer has seen the worst of war. In the leaves of his photo album, there are casual memorials to the...

“WASHINGTON — Howard Dean, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, likened the war in Iraq to Vietnam yesterday and said, ”The idea that the United States is going to win the war in Iraq is just plain...

Everyone everywhere will be shredding this today.  This diary is a holding place for the actual plan, available here [CNN, .pdf]: The following document articulates the broad strategy the President set forth in 2003...

Via Jurist, legal news from U. Pittsburgh: Monday, November 21, 2005 Canada investigates report of CIA prisoner flights   Tom Henry at 3:03 PM ET [JURIST] The Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs [official website]...