TOKYO – Japan’s Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi might have won public approval for the country’s troops to stay in Iraq despite the beheading there of a Japanese civilian by Islamic militants. But the big question, however, remains on whether he will get the same level of support needed to extend the troops’ mandate when it …
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Well, I tried to vote for Ralph Nader, but not without some difficulty. He’s absent from the ballot in California due to the very effective efforts of Democratic infiltrators in the Green Party, but our Electoral Overlords thoughtfully provided a blank space where I was free to write in the name of my chosen candidate, …
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Ann Arbor, Mich.; Bellevue, Wash.; Cape Coral, Fla.; Stamford, Conn.; Green Bay, Wis.; Manchester, N.H.; Allentown, Pa.; Portsmouth, Va.; Cambridge, Mass. These are just a few U.S. cities whose populations hover around 100,000 people. In late October, public health experts calculated that an equal number of Iraqi civilians have died as a result of the …
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Kerry’s Cowardly Convergence Madam, at this late hour, one must do more than just ridiculing Kerry, I am afraid. As Suskind pointed out so terrifyingly well, the problem is a monstrous one, very much concerning MANKIND as such. Can you imagine what would happen during four MORE years of (the creation of) new reality?! Writing …
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A review of Purple Hearts by Nina Berman Trolley, Ltd. (Great Britain) Hardback, 96 pages, with 41 color photographs When you get to the end of Purple Hearts, you won’t know what to think. But you will be thinking. In this short and spare book, photojournalist Berman has collected pictures of 19 American servicemen and …
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Scott Horton discusses the future of the American empire with the republic’s most intransigent defender, Rep. Ron Paul (R, Texas). Interview conducted Oct. 16, 2004. Check out Scott’s other interviews with prominent antiwar and libertarian figures. Download MP3 Listen to Streaming Audio Ron Paul is a Republican Congressman from Texas. He was the 1988 Libertarian …
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To the dismay of the neo-crazies, the Iraqi puppet government has just reported to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that 195 metric tons of HMX, 141 metric tons of RDX, and 5.8 metric tons of PETN have gone missing. Why report that to the IAEA? Because Iraq had imported or manufactured all three of …
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Please share this with your friends and loved ones: To safeguard their futures, and the future of our great nation, we must all understand the moral of this story. When I was 9, a boy my age named Billy Tanner moved into the house across the street. He and his six brothers and sisters were …
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Looked at realistically, Osama bin Laden’s intervention in our presidential election was undoubtedly an act of immediate organizational weakness, not strength. Had he had been capable of orchestrating the bringing down of another American tower or its equivalent, he certainly would have done so, but it was no less ingenious for that. His last major …
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