Hardly a day goes by without some extraordinary news from the military commissions, the system of "terror trials" conceived in the office of the vice president in November 2001, and their days now seem to be as numbered as those of the Bush administration...
Updated at 7:17 p.m. EDT, Oct. 27, 2008At least 20 Iraqis were killed and another 29 were wounded in the latest violence. One American soldier died Friday of wounds received on Oct. 16 during a small arms attack in Baquba. Meanwhile, U.S. authorities confirmed a...
Back in September 1989 – almost a lifetime ago – I published an article in The Progressive magazine under the title "Star Wars Won't Die." Star Wars was, of course, the movie-inspired nickname for Ronald Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), his...
Who would really be all that surprised by an October surprise? After all, if history teaches us anything, it's that incumbent presidents are inclined to use their power in this way. George Condon, the San Diego Union's man in Washington, gives us a little history...
As the election the candidates and media have been presaging for about two years now finally arrives, it might be difficult to find much reason to be thankful except that it is finally over and it may be a week or two before the pundits start speculating on 2012 (oh,...
Updated at 7:34 p.m. EDT, Oct. 26, 2008 At least 11 Iraqis were killed and another 28 more were wounded as the Iraqi government canceled a meeting where lawmakers hoped to settle disagreements over a U.S.-Iraqi security deal. No Coalition deaths were reported. Syria...
Updated at 4:05 p.m. EDT, Oct. 25, 2008At least 21 Iraqis were killed and 17 more were killed in a number of small attacks across the country. Also, one American soldier died from a non-combat-related illness. Meanwhile, the top US commander held talks on the PKK in...
Well, according to a report released last month by the Grand Pooh-Bahs of The Bipartisan Policy Center – and an op-ed piece based upon their report, published this week in the Washington Post – it shouldn't matter whether a Republican or a Democrat becomes...
In the battle for endorsements in the presidential campaign, Barack Obama snared a strong nod from former Secretary of State Colin Powell and John McCain received an equally strong recommendation from al-Qaeda. Al-Qaeda? Yes, you heard right, al-Qaeda! This...
Updated at 5:11 p.m. EDT, Oct. 24, 2008At least 10 Iraqis were killed and two more were injured during light prayer day violence. No Coalition deaths were reported. Meanwhile, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said that Iraq can make decisions without Iranian input...
