Author: Steven D

Pot Boils on Kurd’s Border with Turkey

We are this close to seeing the war in Iraq spread to the stable provinces of Northern Iraq, the ones where the Kurds reside: ISTANBUL, Oct. 21 — At least nine Turkish soldiers were killed in fighting with Kurdish militants...

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Dear Democratic Leaders (an open letter)

I see that House Republicans are gearing up to propose a vote on a resolution to condemn Rep. Stark for the comments he made the other day on the House floor during the vote to override Bush’s veto of the SCHIP...

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Why Didn’t a Democrat Sponsor This?

Why did Ron Paul, a libertarian Republican with a past history of associating with white supremacist groups, have to be the one to propose the obvious: HR 3835. SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the `American...

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And They Wonder Why We Don’t Like Them

The “them” of my title is the “Democratic Leadership” who have taken impeachment off the table, bowed down to George Bush and kissed his royal hiney before approving all his funding requests for the Iraq...

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Mission Accomplished. Again

Know how our conservative compatriots long for the good old days of the Cold War, before nuclear arms agreements and the collapse of the Soviet Union allowed that particular existential threat to “our freedoms” to...

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