Author: Steven D

From Juan Cole at Informed Comment today comes a story that is just chilling. According to a French news documentary, French soldiers are claiming that they had Osama in their sights and could have either captured or killed him,...

How can a draft dodging war criminal responsible for making torture, aggressive war (caution: pdf file), the use of falsified and forged intelligence, unlawful detentions, warrantless and unconstitutional electronic surveillance...

Funny how an election result suddenly changes the tune of the head of the CIA regarding whether Iraq really is the “Central Front” in the “War on Terror.” What a shock. CIA Director Michael V. Hayden said...

An unlikely source has entered the mortgage crisis fray offering assistance to mortgagors (i.e., the people who took out mortgages to purchase their homes, not the lenders and others who hold the mortgages): the FDIC (Federal...

Don’t forget that the greatest health care system in the world still needs fixing, President-elect Obama. WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Chronically ill Americans are more likely to forgo medical care because of high costs...