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'Crushed,' the U.S. Soldier Wrote -- and Then He Was Dead

Greg Mitchell | Posted 04.13.2008 | Politics


Greg Mitchell

Word emerged yesterday of another mysterious, non-hostile fatality in Iraq. His name is Jeremiah Hughes.

No Shame, No Blame -- Media Refuse to Face Up to Role in Iraq Disaster

Greg Mitchell | Posted 04.02.2008 | Media


Greg Mitchell

The media, with months to plan for the five-year commemoration of the war, were ready to take stock of everything but themselves.

Why Did Dr. Roselle Hoffmaster Die in Iraq?

Greg Mitchell | Posted 03.26.2008 | Politics


Greg Mitchell

She is still officially listed among the "nonhostile -- accident" victims. So the mystery remains.

War and Pax

Marc Gunther | Posted 03.26.2008 | Politics


Marc Gunther

Why is the Pax World family of mutual funds investing in a defense contractor with thousands of employees deployed in the Persian Gulf?

Dick

Brandon Friedman | Posted 03.25.2008 | Politics


Brandon Friedman

If Dick Cheney wants to get a rise out of the troops in theater, he should just keep talking.

David Brooks: No Apologies 5 Years Later

Greg Mitchell | Posted 03.25.2008 | Media


Greg Mitchell

Brooks is among those who have long argued that they actually got the war right, but Donald Rumsfeld made it wrong.

4,000 Dead -- Fox News Empowering War And Making Us Dumber (Murdoch and His Vengeful Fools)

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 03.24.2008 | Media


Frank Schaeffer

Murdoch's fake conservatism isn't about principle. It's about power. It's about voting for Bush and his war, while watching TV shows exalting mindless prurience that would have made Nero blush.

3/19 Anti-War Rally Photos

Chris Weigant | Posted 03.24.2008 | Politics


Chris Weigant

Last week, on the fifth anniversary of American military involvement in Iraq, anti-war rallies were held in various locations around the country. The...

A McCain Moment: Do You Want Four More Years of This?

Arianna Huffington | Posted 03.24.2008 | Politics


Arianna Huffington

It only makes sense that the media have focused non-stop on the looming threat of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago while paying scant attention to the fact that the presumptive Republican nominee for president apparently doesn't have a clue about what's going on in the Middle East. And with the U.S. death toll hitting 4,000, John McCain's tenuous grasp on what is happening in the region becomes all the more worthy of attention. READ MORE John McCain, Iraq, and the Eyewitness Fallacy: John McCain's glowing post-visit assessment of conditions in Iraq, and Hillary Clinton's hyperbolically harrowing recollections of her 1996 trip to Bosnia both stand as shining examples of what the British writer Malcolm Muggeridge dubbed "the eyewitness fallacy." In a brilliant essay, Muggeridge described public figures of strong conviction throughout history -- many of them greatly admired and well-meaning -- who, in eyewitness accounts, saw what they wanted to see, and became what they wanted to be. READ MORE

4,000 Souls

Sen. Robert Byrd | Posted 03.24.2008 | Politics


Sen. Robert Byrd

As we mark this painful milestone, we must ask ourselves: what is the moral justification for allowing this war to continue?

4,000 Dead

Paul Hipp | Posted 03.24.2008 | Politics


Paul Hipp

2008-03-24-hipp_4000.jpg Here is a new song for 4000 American soldiers and the 89,000 Iraqi civilians and all the others who have died as a result of George Bush's war.

4000 Killed in Iraq: A Harsh Reminder

Jon Soltz | Posted 03.24.2008 | Politics


Jon Soltz

Today, like yesterday and tomorrow, we will lose some of the finest Americans we have. That is a harsh reminder that disastrous policy decisions have tragic consequences.

Friday Talking Points [24] -- Which Side Are You On?

Chris Weigant | Posted 03.21.2008 | Politics


Chris Weigant

Like the hapless characters in Waiting For Godot, America sits and watches in fascination as the Democratic nomination race grinds into yet another ca...


 

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