Successful and Broke: The Antiwar.com Story

We’re on the list of top 50 news websites – and, if we don’t make a success of our quarterly fundraising drive, we’re practically down to our last dime. It’s really kind of funny, if you think about it. I mean, here we are – three guys and as many computers – up there with … Continue reading “Successful and Broke: The Antiwar.com Story”

Ready for Four More Years? They Certainly Are

“What does that rude term [chickensh*t] signify? It does not imply complaint about the inevitable inconveniences of military life: overcrowding and lack of privacy, tedious institutional cookery, deprivation of personality, general boredom. Nothing much can be done about those things. Chickensh*t refers rather to behavior that makes military life worse than it need be: petty … Continue reading “Ready for Four More Years? They Certainly Are”

Antiwar Conservative Shock Jock Feeling the Heat

Broadcast on NPR from WBUR in Boston, January 30, 2004. A conservative radio talk jock who says he was demoted because he was against the war in Iraq. Listen (requires Real Player). Also, check out Charles Goyette’s article in the latest American Conservative magazine, “How to Lose Your Job in Talk Radio – Clear Channel … Continue reading “Antiwar Conservative Shock Jock Feeling the Heat”

Red Alert Everyday

Terrorism of the 9/11-type tragedy is a serious and dangerous problem that people understand, and they take caution when the color alerts are issued. What’s amazing is that the same people ignore a far greater terrorism that is on Red Alert everyday with millions of lives and a billion tears but an hour away. This … Continue reading “Red Alert Everyday”

Wolfowitz: We will Completely Remove Kurdish Group From Northern Iraq

Turkish Daily News ANKARA – U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz made important gestures to Turkey on Thursday in an interview with private CNN- Turk TV channel, soothing Turkish fears over PKK existence and Iraqi Kurdish leader’s ethnicity-based federation claims in Iraq. Paul Wolfowitz responded to questions from Mehmet Ali Birand and Cengiz Candar … Continue reading “Wolfowitz: We will Completely Remove Kurdish Group From Northern Iraq”

India’s Ruling Party Faces Fierce Fight in Elections

With the announcement by India’s ruling coalition that it will ask for the dissolution of the Lower House of Parliament on Feb. 6, the country is all set for national elections to get underway probably five months before the term of the House ends. By all indications, it will be a contentious, sharp and bitter … Continue reading “India’s Ruling Party Faces Fierce Fight in Elections”

Iraqi Democracy: Not Quite the Cakewalk

If I had a choice of catching 1,000 feral cats or bringing democracy to Iraq, I’d take the cat job in a New York second. The Shiites want immediate elections; the Sunnis have just organized themselves and oppose immediate elections. The Kurds want autonomy, but the Turks have warned that they’ll cause big trouble if … Continue reading “Iraqi Democracy: Not Quite the Cakewalk”

Can China Keep Up the Pace?

A recent study by a Chinese Academy of Social Sciences claims the emerging Chinese middle class is a myth. All those interviewed who believe they are middle class, are actually deluding themselves or lying. Or are being lied to. A concurrent stream of research by the Henry Luce Foundation in cooperation with the Baker Institute … Continue reading “Can China Keep Up the Pace?”

Perle Must Resign

At Antiwar.com – we get results. When Richard Perle, high-visibility neocon and co-author of a recent book that faults the Bush administration for being soft on terrorism, spoke at a rally associated with the Mujahedin-e-Khalq (MEK), an Iranian terrorist group once allied with Saddam Hussein, the “mainstream” media was nowhere to be seen. The music-oriented … Continue reading “Perle Must Resign”