It's amazing how the Marc Rich pardon story has taken on so many permutations that the real impact of it is lost – and the real meaning missed. Between the Burton committee's halfhearted investigation, and Mary Jo Whitewash's efforts – not to mention the...
Alarm bells ought to be ringing at the news that as many as 200 US special forces will be traveling to the former Soviet republic of Georgia to open up the latest front in the "war on terrorism." Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze, the "ex"-Communist and former...
It was a shock to see the headline: "Belgrade helped in planning of Baghdad bombing." The story in the London Independent by Kim Sengupta claimed that the government of Yugoslav President Vojislav Kostunica "provided vital information on Saddam's upgraded air...
I have before written about the myth of the "Saddam Bomb" – the perfervid and recurring group fantasy that has the Iraqi ruler on the verge of developing an atomic bomb – but after playing that one over and over again since 1991, the War Party must has...
For months, Japanese officials have been denying it: but now, the signs are all too apparent. Mt. Fuji, the sacred symbol of Japan – which some still worship as a god – is on the verge of erupting. The long dormant volcano is awakening, say scientists –...
It must be something in the water: or, perhaps, "Mad Cow" disease is spreading much faster than anyone realizes. I had to read the headline on this news story from the London Independent at least three times, early this [Tuesday] morning, just to make sure I wasn't...
As bonnie Prince Charles arrived in Saudi Arabia on a private visit, US and British warplanes launched their first major attack on the outskirts of Baghdad, signaling a new and more aggressive Anglo-American stance in the Middle East – with the emphasis on the...
It was just another "routine mission" in Iraq, said President Bush, as 24 US and British aircraft bombed the outskirts of Baghdad for the first time since 1998. But is it just another day in the neighborhood, as Mr. Rogers would have it, or is it the first phase of...
Is George W. Bush just a little, er, slow? Just because Hollywood flake Martin Sheen says he is doesn't mean it ain't so. The BBC reports that Sheen, a longtime Clinton camp follower – who plays the presidential role in that TV series about the White House of a...
Internet journalism is growing by leaps and bounds, and bookmarks change with the passing of time. Some sites go under, or go dormant, while others spring to life. But a few have managed to endure, in spite of everything: mostly because they're totally without...
