Losing Tim is a memoir of the deeply personal costs of war, written by a mother about her son, Timothy Eysselinck, that son’s suicide, and an attempt to come to terms with what drove him to such a dark place that he felt that suicide was the only way out. Tim worked...
HRW Details Shi’ite Revenge Attacks; 79 Killed in Iraq
Rand Paul, Revisited
When likely presidential candidate Sen. Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) signed on to his Senate colleague Tom Cotton's open letter to the Iranian leadership, a storm broke – among his own supporters. As Dave Weigel of Bloomberg News notes, it's "a decision that has caused...
369 Killed in Iraq Fighting; Kurds Threaten To Leave Parliament
Allies Against Islamism Can Learn From West Africa
The Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram pledging allegiance, at least in theory, to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) should lead to a comparison of efforts in the Middle East and Western Africa regions to fight these threats. Boko Haram and ISIS are some of...
Will the GOP Kick It Away?
With Hillary Clinton scrambling to explain her missing emails, much of America is wailing, "Please don't make us watch this movie again!" Why, then, would the Republican Party, with a chance to sweep it all in 2016, want to return us to the nightmare days of George...
A Green Light for the American Empire
The American Empire has been long in the making. A green light was given in 1990 to finalize that goal. Dramatic events occurred that year that allowed the promoters of the American Empire to cheer. It also ushered in the current 25-year war to solidify the power...
258 Killed in Iraq; Cemetery Officials Say Casualty Counts Low
Has Rand Paul Squandered His Chance To Lead the Nonintervention Cause?
The letter to Iran masterminded by uber-hawk Sen. Tom Cotton and signed by 47 Republican Senators, including most surprisingly Rand Paul, has caused quite a stir. The letter basically states that any agreement the President makes will be subject to congressional...
Bin Laden and Bibi, Together At Last
Remember the brouhaha a few months ago when it was revealed that fighters of the Nusra Front, the al Qaeda affiliate in Syria, had seized territory adjacent to Israel? The "let's intervene in Syria" crowd was up in arms: this supposedly proved the absolute...


