How much more foolishness from the Bush Administration can we expect before next year's elections? US Treasury Secretary John Snow's visit on the heels of the DPRK talks was a failure. He met with a few toadies and was sent on his way amidst a hail of protest from...
Presidential elections historically are predicated on the answers to questions that can't be asked in public. Would Reagan have won in 1980 if the Republicans hadn't cut a deal with Iran to release US hostages only upon his assumption of the Presidency? Why didn't...
It would be funny if it wasn't so ominous. Remember those "weapons of mass destruction" the Iraqis were supposed to be holding, poised to strike us at any moment? Yeah, that's right, the ones that turned out to not exist – or were destroyed after Gulf War I. Or...
by Nebojsa Malic KLA leader Hashim Taqi, Viceroy Bernard Kouchner, General Sir Michael Jackson, KLA commander Agim Ceku, and General Wesley Clark celebrate the victory of their joint enterprise; Pristina, 1999, credit unknown It is normally not within the bounds of...
There's a falling out among neocons, reports Jim Lobe of Interpress News Service, and you can bet it isn't going to be pretty. Considering their zeal to purge and smear dissidents on the Right for the slightest deviation – an insufficient devotion to the cult of...
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It is unlikely that the veil will be parted long enough for the great casserole of prejudice, misinformation, partial information and (occasionally) accurate perception that pollsters and political scientists are pleased to call "public opinion" to process and absorb...
Anyone interested in the War on Terrorism must read James Bovard's newest book: Terrorism and Tyranny: Trampling Freedom, Justice and Peace to Rid the World of Evil. For critics of the War on Terrorism there are two major problems: there's too much information to keep...
The president plans to request another $87 billion from Congress to fund operations in Iraq, a number that not surprisingly is much higher than originally called for by the administration. It's not surprising because everything government does costs more than...
A recent essay by Jonathan Turley demonstrates how pervasive, and subtle, government propaganda can be. For instance, few Americans realize how much sway the Defense Department has in Hollywood. The military edits films for negative content, denies access to...
