Author: Steven D

We are 34 months into the ocupation of Iraq. Thirty-four months. And we still can’t keep the lights on: BAGHDAD, 19 January (IRIN) – Lengthy power cuts over the past two weeks due to insecurity and a decrease in oil...

One day after former Vice President Al Gore’s speech, the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (part of the USA Today family of papers), in an “essay” by Anthony Macula (an associate professor of mathematics at the...

Buried in this story in the Guardian about (what else) the violent death of ten security guards and the kidnapping of an African engineer, was this report about a suspected case of Bird Flu in Baghdad: Elsewhere, Iraqi doctors...

Professor Juan Cole is reporting at his blog, Informed Comment, that Vice President’s Cheney’s trip to meet with leaders in Egypt and Saudi Arabia may involve his request for the deployment of Egyptian troops to...

Many years ago, the Republican Party was filled with “moderate” Republican office holders who believed that it was necessary to appeal to the “center” to win elections. And you know what? They lost...