A recent poll showed most Americans didn't know enough about Chuck Hagel to have an opinion on his confirmation as Secretary of Defense. You'd never know that, however, with all the drama emanating from Washington on the subject. So did all that sound and fury signify...
Who funds the War Party? Before we answer that very interesting question, it's important to define just what (and who) it is we're talking about. I use the "War Party" phraseology as shorthand for a number of different groups and individuals, all of whom are...
Bradley Manning has slipped off the media's radar, and not because he isn't newsworthy: his "trial"—which has now reached its 1000th day – has been conducted largely in secret, with motions classified and testimony not available to the general public. This...
The War Party never sleeps: there are always new variations of war propaganda coming 'round the bend. With the coming of the internet, the latest manufactured "threat" to rear its head is "cyber-warfare," which is now being touted by the Obama...
I write this on February 17, the fifth anniversary of Kosovo's "independence." I'm putting the word in scare quotes because Kosovo is anything but an independent nation: it is, in reality, dependent on NATO, the European Union, and the US for the most basic...
The shocking story of Ben Zygier, a 34-year-old Australian recruited by the Mossad and quite possibly murdered in an Israeli jail cell in 2010, has exposed Israel's international fifth column to the light of day. This whale surfaces every once in a while. Remember the...
The much-awaited Senate Armed Services Committee hearing – and vote – on Chuck Hagels' nomination as Secretary of Defense finally arrived, and once again the neo-McCarthyites stole the show. Unfortunately for them, their numerous curtain calls failed to yield bouquets...
In The Lord of the Rings, J. R. R. Tolkien's classic fantasy trilogy, the center of evil in Middle Earth is the land of Mordor, a desolate and evil country. From there Sauron, the Dark Lord, sends out his spies and agents in pursuit of his goal: the conquest of the...
Sen. Rand Paul wants to be taken seriously – as a presidential candidate, as heir to the energetic youth-oriented movement founded by his father, and as a foreign policy Deep Thinker. This last goal was supposed to have been approached, if not reached, by his...
The good news is that, after many weeks of stalling and delays, negotiations between the P5+1 and Iran over the latter's nuclear program are scheduled to begin on Feb 26, in Astana, Kazakhstan. The bad news is that we have no good reason to be at all optimistic about...
