Even some of President George W. Bush's most enthusiastic conservative Republican supporters have expressed a sense of alarm over the grandiose and expansive vision of America's mission in the world – "support[ing] the growth of democratic movements and...
Empire's Enablers, Paid and Unpaid Several weeks ago, a scandal erupted in the U.S. when it was revealed that several pundits got paid by the Bush government to support its policies. Commenting on the scandal, Lew Rockwell, president of the libertarian Ludwig von...
"Fighting should be reserved for genuine self-defense in the face of imminent attack, when no other help is available. Preemptive strikes and aggression disguised as self-defense won't pass muster under the Golden Rule." - Jesus on Parenting: 10 Essential...
Less than a week after U.S. President George W. Bush urged his Egyptian counterpart, Hosni Mubarak, to institute democratic reforms, human rights groups are worried that the long-time leader has instead launched a new crackdown against the political opposition. Since...
ARBIL, Iraq - The George W. Bush administration and the Turkish government did their best to kiss and make up this week. After days of saber-rattling from Ankara over Kurdish domination in Kirkuk, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice appeared shoulder to shoulder...
Why have nearly 1,500 American soldiers died in Iraq? To what purpose have 20,000 been wounded and otherwise put out of commission? Why are we spending billions to put police on the streets of Iraq's cities, and cutting back by 95 percent on funds that put 100,000...
Antiwar.com columnist Dr. Gordon Prather gives Scott Horton the inside scoop about Iran's "nuclear program" and the neocons who are trying to start another war. Interview conducted Feb. 5, 2005. Listen to streaming audio Download MP3 Physicist James Gordon Prather has...
If a doctor, even a God-fearing, Bible-believing evangelical Christian, misdiagnoses a mortal malady, there is a probability the medicine he prescribes will do no good and the surgery he proposes may worsen the patient's condition. Rereading the president's inaugural...
These are the stories that will continue to emerge from the rubble of Fallujah for years. No, for generations… Speaking on condition of anonymity, the doctor sits with me in a hotel room in Amman, where he is now a refugee. He'd spoken in the UK about what he saw...
BANGKOK - As Iran and the European Union go into talks in Geneva Tuesday on Tehran's nuclear program, former UN chief weapons inspector Hans Blix said the possibility of the United States attacking the Middle Eastern country, at this juncture, seemed remote. But he...
