A huge shift is taking place in the American landscape, as we cross the boundary that separates a republic from an empire, and that is the emergence of dynastic politics. No American seems to have yet noticed that American presidential elections seem to be morphing...
Think for a moment of what has happened in Iraq since the Bush administration's shock-and-awe invasion in March 2003. There are, by now, perhaps a million dead Iraqis, give or take a few hundred thousand. If a typical wounded-to-dead ratio of 3:1 holds, then you're...
Updated at 6:20 p.m. EST, Nov. 12, 2007Once again a private security company is under investigation after a fatal shooting in Baghdad. Overall, 36 Iraqis were killed and 17 more were wounded in various incidents. No Coalition casualties were reported but a Humvee was...
Updated at 12:15 a.m. EST, Nov. 12, 2007At least 35 Iraqis were killed and 21 more wounded during a day of light violence. No Coalition troops were reported killed, but an incident in Baquba may have resulted in some casualties. Also, over 200 suspects were arrested...
Veterans Day: In Memoriam Dear Mr. Henderson, You might do better to quote British poet Wilfred Owen – especially "The Parable of the Old Man and the Young" and "Dulce Et Decorum Est." Owen was a true peace advocate, although a member of the...
The Bureau of the Census has issued a lengthy summary of "facts" about the nation's 23.7 million veterans in time for Veteran's Day. Considering that there are two significant ongoing armed conflicts involving U.S. forces, I expected that there would be some...
BAGHDAD – Despite claims by Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and Bush administration officials that violence in Iraq is decreasing, residents in the capital tell a different story. Attacks by Iraqi resistance groups against the US military continue in...
First Lt. Ehren Watada, the first commissioned officer to refuse deployment to Iraq, won what his backers are calling a "huge victory" in court Thursday. US District Court Judge Benjamin Settle ruled the military cannot put Watada on trial a second time...
To the horror of Jason Leopold, Senior Editor at Truthout, Dick Cheney and Clay Sell, Deputy Secretary of the Department of Energy, have been regularly visiting the Nuclear Regulatory Commission ever since Congress passed the Energy Policy Act of 2005 [.pdf], which,...
Except for the hardly inconsequential difference that the U.S. is not conducting a military occupation, Pakistan is similar to Iraq in at least one important way. Once the initial mistake was made, it has become difficult for the United States to extricate itself (if...
