Confessions of a Repentant War Supporter

I supported George W. Bush in the presidential election in 2000, believing then that he best reflected my love for America and our tradition of liberty. I supported the war in Afghanistan. In March of 2003, I believed the invasion of Iraq was justified based upon prewar revelations presented to Congress and the American people. … Continue reading “Confessions of a Repentant War Supporter”

The Tragedy of a Complicit Media

Standing before a German cameraman in Biloxi, Miss., Christine Adelhardt, spoke to her countrymen: “Two minutes ago, the president drove past in his convoy. But what has happened in Biloxi all day long is truly unbelievable. Suddenly recovery units appeared, suddenly bulldozers were there, those hadn’t been seen here all the days before, and this … Continue reading “The Tragedy of a Complicit Media”

A Time for Moral Outrage

The willingness of far too many Americans to patiently accept the rationale of Administration talking points through every twist and turn, through every flip-flop, through every Presidential renunciation of previously sacred American civic principles, may at long last be coming to an end. 29 months after the invasion of Iraq in March, 2003, the pretext … Continue reading “A Time for Moral Outrage”