A complete English transcript of the bin Laden audiotape released last week has now been posted by al-Jazeera. The Arabic text, for those who can use it, has also been posted. A reinterpretation of the speech, put in motion by the neoconservative organ MEMRI, has been...
New details have emerged in the week after nearly 380 tons of powerful explosives were reported missing from the al-Qaqaa munitions facility south of Baghdad, supporting Iraqi interim government assertions that someone looted the site following the U.S. capture of the...
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...
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...
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...
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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...
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...
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...
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...
