Well, it is not that difficult to see that something potentially quite important is happening in Lebanon. It certainly seems to be a move in the direction of independence and the idea of a civil society with democratic underpinnings – and the move is reflected or...
A Less Super Superpower
There is a bleak wondrousness to this American world of ours. The Bush administration, after all, loathes fundamentalists – those dangerous fanatics in strange lands with bizarre medieval belief systems, who wish us such ill and are more than ready to go to some...
Statement of Sibel Edmonds
Emerging Threats: Overclassification and Pseudo-classification Good afternoon, my name is Sibel Edmonds. I have been invited to provide you with testimony today regarding my direct experience with the use of excessive secrecy, rare privileges, and over-classification...
Bail Denied in ‘Rendition’ Terror Case
Ahmed Omar Abu Ali, a U.S. citizen accused of plotting with al-Qaeda to assassinate President George W. Bush, will remain in jail pending trial. That was the ruling yesterday by a federal magistrate in Alexandria, Virginia. And part of his reasoning may be found in a...
Bush Keeps Fueling the Fire
Listen to Scott's interview with Eric Margolis stream download mp3 When Seymour Hersh last appeared on Comedy Central's The Daily Show, he explained the administration's foreign policy agenda to host Jon Stewart. After noting that this agenda was the work of the...
10 Ways to Protect Your Child From the ASVAB
"Many parents have experienced the eerie intuition that tells them their child is in danger." - Jesus on Parenting "Mom, there's this test we're supposed to take tomorrow," my daughter told me one night last year, "but I have a funny feeling about it. Our guidance...
Get Real, America
If you've been listening to the story-line composed by American officials promoting the Bush administration's foreign policy, you might have concluded that two recent international developments are all part of the Freedom Narrative. The two developments are the...
Consequences of the Hague Inquisition
"Beatings will continue until morale improves." - Modern American joke This week, the heat under the bubbling Balkans cauldron has been stoked by the Hague Inquisition, and more so than usual. In addition to the obligatory quota of Serb generals, among the...
Lebanon’s Hollow
‘Cedar Revolution’
Two years after the invasion and conquest of Iraq, and what have we gained? An Islamic state in Iraq, a looming confrontation with Syria, and the increasingly likely prospect of Lebanon reverting to a state of civil war. Hosni Mubarak is pledging to hold "elections"...
Palestine Peace Move Could Be the Kiss of Death
LONDON - The U.S. hand of support offered to a new push for peace in the Middle East could well turn out to be the kiss of death for the peace process. The London Meeting on Supporting the Palestinian Authority agreed Tuesday that Lt. Gen. William Ward from the U.S....