One hundred and forty-five years later, the room was almost pleasant. There was an embrasure with an open window at the extreme end of the casemate, looking out over the moat and the pretty buildings of Fort Monroe beyond. The sun played over the water and sent...
The following is a speech given by Kevin Zeese in support of Bradley Manning at Bus Boys and Poets in Washington, D.C., on March 13, 2011. His cell is six feet wide and twelve feet in length. It has a bed, a drinking fountain, and a toilet. At 5:00 a.m. he is woken...
"When they came to my village, they asked my older brother whether he was ready to join the militia. "He was just 17 and he said no; they shot him in the head. "Then they asked me if I was ready to sign, so what could I do—I didn't want to die." This is the...
Listen to Rep. Ron Paul deliver this address here. Last week we once again heard numerous voices calling for intervention in Libya. Most say the U.S. should establish a “no-fly” zone over Libya, pretending that it is a benign, virtually cost-free action and the least...
Jerusalem is abuzz with brilliant new ideas. The brightest minds of our political establishment are grappling with the problems created by the ongoing Arab revolution that is reshaping the landscape around us. Here is the latest crop of mind-bogglingly innovative...
They can’t help themselves. Really, they can’t. Like children, the most monstrous of secret police outfits evidently come to believe themselves immortal. They lose all ability to imagine that they might ever go down and so keep records to the very moment of their...
The idea that there is a nation called “Libya” is the central problem with our understanding of what is going on in that fake “country,” the flaw in our projections of what will or ought to happen. The country known today as Libya has only...
At least eight Iraqis were killed and 17 more were wounded in new violence and a prison riot. A riot at a prison in Tikrit left two inmates dead and 14 people wounded, including seven policemen. Apparently, the prison was damaged to the point that remaining prisoner...
At least nine Iraqis were killed and six more were wounded in only three reported attacks. Meanwhile, the Iraqi government has asked tribal leaders to discourage ongoing protests — which seem to be having an effect on some politicians. Lawmakers tentatively agreed to...
