Month: October 2004

Once again the federal government has reached its "debt ceiling," and once again Congress is poised to authorize an increase in government borrowing. Between its ever-growing bureaucracies, expanding entitlements, and overseas military entanglements, the federal government is borrowing roughly $1 billion every day to pay its bills. Federal law limits the amount of debt the … Continue reading “Debt, the Greatest Threat to Our Security”

With the news that members of a U.S. Army Reserve platoon have been arrested in Iraq for refusing a "suicide mission," dissent among veterans of the U.S.-led campaign in that country continues to grow. The recent incident mirrors other stories of troops being sent on missions without proper equipment, and again raises the specter of … Continue reading “Veterans’ Voices Rise in Protest”

Former Rep. Bob Barr (R, Ga.) discusses Bush’s assault on civil liberties, the war on Iraq, and the crimes of Bill Clinton. Interview conducted by Scott Horton Oct. 2, 2004. Check out Scott’s other interviews with prominent antiwar and libertarian figures. Download MP3 Listen to Streaming Audio Bob Barr represented the 7th District of Georgia … Continue reading “A Conservative Goes Off the Reservation”

The complete lack of interest of the Bush administration in actually securing dangerous materials connected to the old, abandoned Iraqi nuclear program has long belied Bush’s stated concern with Iraq’s alleged weapons as a pretext for the war. James Glanz, William J. Broad, and David E. Sanger with Khalid al-Ansary reveal in the New York … Continue reading “Bush Is Making Us Safer?”

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Like a giant octopus that occasionally surfaces when prodded – or hungry – the seething mass of sheer malevolence at the core of U.S. foreign policy sometimes breaks through to the front pages – most recently, in Sunday’s Washington Post, in the form of a story detailing a secret Justice Department memo, written by Jack … Continue reading “Remember Abu Ghraib?”

Last week, at this site, Teri Wills Allison, a mother from Texas whose soldier son is now in Iraq, wrote an up-close and personal piece on "the costs of war" – for her and us. It was a brave essay in which she discussed, among other things, how it feels to have your son so … Continue reading “Letters From the Home Front”

John Kerry has declared nuke proliferation to be the single most serious threat to our national security and has essentially accused Bush of making that threat worse by his actions with respect to North Korea, Iraq, and Iran and by his undermining of the nuclear weapons Non-proliferation Treaty. The NPT entered into force in 1970, … Continue reading “Iran Plays by the Rules –
No Fair!”

I find the cover page at the International Republican Institute Web site concerning its recent polling in Iraq to be extremely disturbing. IRI is of course closely linked to the U.S. Republican Party and does the polling with U.S. tax dollars (i.e., you and I are paying for it). The Web site tries to spin … Continue reading “Spinning Iraqi Opinion at Taxpayer Expense”

It’s been going on for years now. Almost daily we read that another child, another parent, another sister or brother, another grandpa or aunt, is killed in Afghanistan or Iraq by U.S. weaponry in Mr. Bush’s “war on terror.” Sometimes it’s a wedding party, or a bunch of kids, or a family of six. Sometimes … Continue reading “Why Are Some American Christians So Bloodthirsty?”