Appearing in the upcoming May/June 2006 issue of Foreign Affairs will be this article, entitled “Saddam’s Delusions: The View from the Inside.” It presents excerpts from the recently declassified book-length report of the USJFCOM Iraqi Perspectives Project. Author Kevin Woods … Continue reading →
No, I’m not Caesar. But I should have listened anyway. This was going to be a 2-post day. Actually, it is a 2-post day, since I’m writing this one. But it was going to be a different 2-post day. I … Continue reading →
Many–if not most–of you have probably heard of Dr. Wafa Sultan by now. She’s the talk of the blogosphere (try doing a Techorati search and see how many links turn up), a woman of immense courage who’s risked speaking out … Continue reading →
Whatever could be good about spam? No, not that kind, this kind. The kind I remember not all that fondly from my youth, when every home (including mine) sported a few cans in the cupboard. In my house, they were … Continue reading →
Dr. Sanity has posted another of her wonderful takeoffs. Usually she specializes in song lyrics, but today she has outdone herself and channeled an old favorite, T.S. Eliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.” Enjoy.
Continue reading →Michael Totten, posting from Kurdish Suleimaniya in Iraq, reminds us of a few things some may have forgotten.
Continue reading →I’ve got a busy day today–further posting is planned some time this evening. [ADDENDUM 10:30 PM: Well, everything took much longer than I thought it would–not an unusual situation for me. So, posting will resume tomorrow.]
Continue reading →A companion piece to the previous essay: Paul Simon’s “Kodachrome.” [ADDENDUM: Another companion piece, this one by blogger Ed Driscoll in TCS daily, describes some of the newest technology in recording and communicating, and how they might affect the blogosphere … Continue reading →
[NOTE: I’m not sure why this post has so much blank space in it. It has something to do with the text I copied to display the results. I can’t seem to fix it, so just scroll down a bit.] … Continue reading →
I don’t have time to write a post about this now, but I plan to later: David Irving has pleaded guilty to Holocaust denial, and has been sentenced to three years in prison, which he will appeal. See this, and … Continue reading →
…this article, entitled: “Hamas leader faults Israel sanction plan.” It’s not that the Times has become a mouthpiece for Hamas propaganda. Not exactly. Not precisely. But it certainly comes uncomfortably close. Here are the first three paragraphs of the article … Continue reading →
According to Reuters (and who am I to doubt them?): The United States lags dangerously behind al Qaeda and other enemies in getting out information in the digital media age and must update its old-fashioned methods, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld … Continue reading →