Monthly Archives: March 2005

It’s no surprise that this “independent” commission will deliver a report exonerating the White House and Pentagon from charges they applied political pressure on agencies to create intelligence that would persuade citisens of this country and elsewhere there was an … Continue reading →

Tell me why in a society alleged to be the most enlightened the dark and dreary universe has ever had the sublime fortune of witnessing that our collective future is dictated and decided upon by mundane, authouritarian ideologues who insist … Continue reading →

Doug Ireland has an extensive run-down on “Terror in the Hands of Justice,” the interrogation tv-show running twice a day on the U.S.- financed network Al Iraqiya. Crooks and Liars provides a clip which ran on French public television. In … Continue reading →

Sam Smith wonders why BuzzFlash‘s traffic is equal to The Nation‘s. This, reflecting our politics generally, represents a triumph of virulent antipathy towards the existing situation over the construction of an alternative worth fighting for, a tsunami of disgust and … Continue reading →

Matthew Yglesias titles his post about the demo in Bahrain “Freedom’s March Halted By Riot Police,” and calls it a golden opportunity for the administration that has brought us several pleasant surprises in its second term. What would those be? … Continue reading →