Ernest Hemingway once defined "sin" as "something you feel bad about, afterwards." On the evidence presented in Richard Clarke's "Against All Enemies," and in Bob Woodward's "Plan of Attack," Director of Central Intelligence George Tenet ought to have a terminal case...
The Ill-Wind of the Draft
http://www.independent.org/tii/antiwar/e040427.html
Another Oily Setback for Washington
Another blow has been dealt to the United States and its efforts to realign Iraq's oil industry after a series of attempted suicide boat bomb attacks on Saturday on the key oil facility at Khor al-Amaya and on four oil tankers waiting to load at the main Basra...
Don’t Panic, Warmongers
Alright, listen up, warmongers. I've decided to help you. No, really. You can thank me later. I'm not doing this out of any sympathy, or because you shamed me into it. As a friend put it several months ago, Iraq is "your goddamn mess you be constructive." He...
Peace Is Possible
Americans, instead of acting like sheep, ought to start thinking of a peaceful world and how we might attain it. It is possible. The benefits of peace would be enormous. The conflict currently being used to sustain America's vast empire (more than 700 foreign military...
Sticking to Falsehoods Means Sticking to Failure
A new poll shows that as of mid-March, 57% of Americans believed that Saddam Hussein had given substantial support to al-Qaeda. Worse, 45% actually say that "clear evidence" has been found in Iraq to support this allegation! As for weapons of mass destruction 45...
Colonizing Iraq?
Will President Bush share with the American people the reason he is planning a long term American military occupation of Iraq? You ask, "Isnt the occupation scheduled to end on June 30 when we hand rule over to a provisional government?" Not on your...
Kosovo European West Bank? Hardly!
Consider two bits of news for April 23, 2004: First, we learn that the White House has issued on this Friday a stern warning to Israels Prime Minister Ariel Sharon that he must abide by a past promise not to harm Palestinian President Yasser Arafat after Sharon...
Who’s Sorry Now?
Editor's Note: This is the first part of a speech given at the Libertarian Party of New York state convention, on April 24. The second part will appear on Friday. The neoconservative propagandists who tirelessly called for the invasion of Iraq, who agitated for it...
The Real Lessons of 9/11
We are constantly admonished to remember the lessons of 9/11. Of course the real issue is not remembering, but rather knowing what the pertinent lesson of that sad day is. The 9/11 Commission soon will release its report after months of fanfare by those whose...


