Bush Didn't Bungle Iraq, You Fools

THE MISSION WAS INDEED ACCCOMPLISHED

Get off it. All the carping, belly-aching and complaining about George Bush's incompetence in Iraq, from both the Left and now the Right, is just dead wrong.

Be first to comment this article | Quote this article on your site | Views: 1764

Can America go “private,” or is it too late?

Surrounded by mirrors, sooner or later it had to happen; we cannot go on forever without eventually having to take a good look at ourselves.  And the recent DP World free-for-all gave us an opportunity to prepare for a first glance, if nothing else.

Be first to comment this article | Quote this article on your site | Views: 1417

"The Conqueror Always Loves Peace"

Evidently the president's trip to India created an option too perfect to pass up: The man who has led the world in violence during the first years of the 21st century could pay homage to the world's leading practitioner of nonviolence during the first half of the 20th century. So the White House announced plans for George W. Bush to lay a wreath at the Mahatma Gandhi memorial in New Delhi this week.

Be first to comment this article | Quote this article on your site | Views: 1774

America's political free-for-all

Beware one and all…the hornet’s nest has been tampered with! The wasps are all agitated, each doing its own choreographed flight. All the Vespa have come out of their papery nest, buzzing around and getting ready to sting: prejudice, fear, avarice, more-fear, political-Tweedledum, political-Tweedledee, extreme-fear… those are some of the warrior-wasps, all dressed up in battle gear.

Be first to comment this article | Quote this article on your site | Views: 1912

Human Rights Hypocrisy

    Last week, the President of the United Nations General Assembly announced a new proposal to revamp the UN Human Rights Commission and rename it the UN Human Rights Council. The product of months of negotiations between the 53 member nations of the Commission, the proposal will be voted on by the General Assembly next month. The United States, however, immediately denounced the compromise. John Bolton, US ambassador to the United Nations, said it has too many "deficiencies" and should be renegotiated.

Be first to comment this article | Quote this article on your site | Views: 2090

The Unreal Death of Journalism

Death is always in the news. From local car crashes to catastrophes in faraway places, deadly events are grist for the media mill. The coverage is ongoing -- and almost always superficial.

Be first to comment this article | Quote this article on your site | Views: 1521

US Force-Feeding Prisoners in Torture Camp

    Last week, the United Nations Human Rights Commission reported that the violent force-feeding of detainees by the US military at its Guantánamo prison camp amounts to torture.

Be first to comment this article | Quote this article on your site | Views: 1895