War on Terror: misnamed, misguided and mismanaged
There’s nothing like a bad metaphor to really sow misunderstanding and mayhem. When the thing being described is as serious and complicated as the threat from stateless terrorists, the consequences …
How do you have a war, especially The War, without politics?
This morning, Booman noted the otherwise un-noted irony (thanks to that famous liberal media!) of having war profiteer/Nazi collaborator General Motors sponsor Kens Burns’ documentary on PBS, The War. Whenever …
On condition of anonymity…
an honest diplomatic response to Bush’s phony “climate summit”: A senior European diplomat attending the conference, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the meeting confirmed European suspicions that it had …
September 2007 US troops deaths in Iraq
From USA Today As of Sunday, Sept. 30, 2007, at least 3,803 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according …
Piling on Friedman
Last week, Atrios watched the Charlie Rose interview with the “very serious” “foreign policy expert” Thomas Friedman, and isn’t over it yet — apparently may not be over it for …
West Memphis 3 need funds for appeal
Have you seen the documentary Paradise Lost (and its sequel Paradise Lost 2)? If not, get it. The injustice that led three young men to be stigmatized in a small …
Media miss: mainstream thinking
May 23, 2007, 6:11 pm A New Silent Majority By Mark Buchanan Something seems a little out of whack between the mainstream media and the American people. Take the arguments …
Harvard Law ‘82 disses classmate Gonzales
The wide-ranging calls for the Attorney General to resign have recently been joined by a rumble about getting him disbarred. But now, in perhaps the unkindest cut (short of losing …
Jerry Falwell: The death of a hatemonger
Died today. Can I say “good riddance” without annulling my oath of nonviolence? I can’t think of too many people I never met who caused more pain and suffering for …