Author: Steven D

Now, don’t get me wrong. In America, terrorists don’t have the right to prohibit cruel and unusual punishment from being inflicted upon them (i.e., torture) by the government. They don’t have the right to a...

Distant muddled, foggy memories of the way things were (via Renato Redentor Constantino at TomDispatch): Twenty stark years ago, on May 17, 1987, a double act of Exocet missiles skimmed through the air and slammed into the...

The New York Times has a story up on their website today about recruits for jihad in Iraq, and in particular the young men of Jordan who are volunteering to strap on explosives and blow themselves and others to kingdom come in...

Condi said hello (but she didn’t get to first base): SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt (AP) – Iran’s foreign minister walked out of a dinner of diplomats where he was seated directly across from Secretary of State...

Once upon a time and place, far, far away, there lived a people who felt themselves oppressed by their King. He levied taxes upon them that they felt unjustified. He occupied their country with his troops, and forced them to...