Perhaps you haven't noticed – certainly the neo-crazies hope you haven't – but we have just experienced a coup d'etat. What's a "coup d'etat"? Well, according to Edward Luttwak, author of Coup D'etat: A Practical Handbook, "A coup consists of the...
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Once there was a time when American conservatives defended their country from government. No more. Today conservatives defend Bush’s warmongering neo-Jacobin government at all costs. In a recent column, "Feeling a Draft" (April 15), I reported that the US has now...
"I hope you got a sense of conviction about what we're doing," said the president, as he ended his primetime press conference. We certainly did. Indeed, listening Tuesday night, one must concede the convictions, the earnestness and the resolve of the president that he...
Intentionally or stupidly, President Bush and his neocon overlords are on track for igniting general conflagration in the Middle East. In placing America's stamp of approval on Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's annexation of the West Bank, Bush jettisoned a half...
Salam Pax enchanted the warbloggers for two reasons. First, his account of life under Saddam pricked readers' hearts in a way that American politicians and PR firms never could, thus helping the case for humanitarian intervention. More importantly, Salam is, well, not...
It was a twofer for the serial killers at the helm in Tel Aviv. Israeli helicopter gunships had just taken out a blind paraplegic, Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, when his successor, Abdel Aziz Rantisi, also went up in a puff of smoke. The United States, as usual, exculpated...
War What is meant by the saying: War is the health of the state? ~ Ron Maczka Eric Garris replies: War is always used by politicians and bureaucrats to increase the size of the state. Every major increase in state power has come about as a result of war. The Draft I...
The US Government’s 2003 invasion of Iraq spawned one of the most vocal, productive, and visible military protest movements in history, and inspired peace-minded artists the world over to create powerful images expressing and communicating their outrage. The new...
The press had lots of fun with the recent robot debacle in the Mojave Desert. Competing for $1 million in prize money, 15 vehicles headed off on a 142-mile course through some of the most forbidding terrain in the country. None managed to navigate even eight miles....
