Early last year, Pakistani anti-drone activist Kareem Khan received an unannounced visit at his Rawalpindi home from over a dozen unidentified men, some in police uniforms. He was subsequently abducted without being offered any explanation and, over the course of the...
Kurdish Rebels Declare Truce; 86 Militants Killed across Iraq
How To Honor Memorial Day
How best to show respect for the U.S. troops killed in Iraq and Afghanistan and for their families on Memorial Day? Simple: Avoid euphemisms like “the fallen” and expose the lies about what a great idea it was to start those wars and then to “surge” tens of thousands...
In Memoriam: Our Old Republic
What better day to mourn our old republic than Memorial Day? Proclaimed by Civil War veterans in 1868 to commemorate the dead, today it evokes memories of past conflicts and those that are ongoing – all of which were (and are) the catalysts of this country's...
Obama’s Fail on Saudi-Qatari Aid to al-Qaeda Affiliate
News media coverage of the Camp David summit between President Barack Obama and Gulf Cooperation Council members has focused largely on Obama’s success in getting the GCC States to go along with the negotiation of a nuclear agreement with Iran. But the much more...
Kurdish Rebels Fight Each Other; 133 Killed in Iraq
171 Killed across Iraq as Fight for Ramadi Begins
Militants Push East from Ramadi; 25 Killed across Iraq
Rand Paul and the Tripartisan Case for Optimism
On Wednesday, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky) “filibustered” for more than ten hours against the PATRIOT Act, the USA Freedom Act, and myriad government violations of the Fourth Amendment. He also daringly added some blistering critiques of the US prison state and its racial...
The Next Ukraine
While the world's attention is focused on the Middle East, as usual, where ISIS – the creation of Washington's Saudi and Gulf allies – is the focus of the latest alleged "terrorist threat," a potentially more dangerous crisis is being ramped up by our professional...


