Avengers: Age of Ultron is not susceptible to the full libertarian/anti-war “allegory essay” treatment. Thanks to the fallout from Captain America: Winter Soldier (which I allegorized last year), the State (as represented by the global security agency SHIELD) does not...
Sunni Leaders Complain of Lack of Power as 55 Are Killed across Iraq
NSA Spying Ruled Illegal, But Will Congress Save the Program Anyway?
This week the Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the NSAs metadata collection program was not authorized in US law. The PATRIOT Act, under which the program began, was too vague, the court found. But the truth is the Act was intended to be vague so that...
A Day and Night-mare
Binyamin Netanyahu seems to be detested now by everyone. Almost as much as his meddling wife, Sarah'le. Six weeks ago, Netanyahu was the great victor. Contrary to all opinion polls, he achieved a surprise victory at the last moment, winning 30 seats in the 120-member...
Follow the Money
The brouhaha over an alleged 1994 Iranian plot to bomb a Jewish community center in Argentina, of all places, has been in and out of the news for years. Hysterical headlines, fantastic allegations, simmering intrigue, a mysterious suicide that some are claiming was a...
Battles Ramp up in the Mountains North of Baghdad; 250 Killed across Iraq
Jailbreaks, Bombings, Executions Leave 159 Killed in Iraq
Obama’s Petulant WWII Snub of Russia
President Barack Obama’s decision to join other Western leaders in snubbing Russia’s weekend celebration of the 70th anniversary of Victory in Europe looks more like pouting than statesmanship, especially in the context of the U.S. mainstream media’s recent...
Attacks Focus on Diyala Province, 149 Killed across Iraq
The Power Brothers, WWI Draft Resisters
Old man Power didn’t want his sons to be cannon fodder in the First World War. Jeff Power told his boys, John and Tom, not to register for the draft. The rich man’s war had nothing to do with them. In 1918, the Power family, originally from West Texas, had a gold mine...


