Thursday, February 26, 2009.  Chaos and violence continue, the Pentagon admits Iraq is still a war zone (admits under pressure, but admits nonetheless), England admits to taking part in renditions by turning over prisoners in Iraq to the US (the prisoners then whisked off to Afghanistan),&...

From the GREAT STATE OF MAINE... Breakfast with Brandon One of the great things about the blogosphere is that it's given military veterans a platform in which they can bypass the traditional media's filters and report on the ugliness of war from their own experience. One of the most well-known and r...

Abizaid, John, 264, 287 Abolition movement, U.S., 92-93 Abortion controversy, 394-95 Abundance, 387-90, 394, 398-99; religions and, 392 Acheson, Dean, 130, 136, 138, 139, 142 Activism, social, 406 Adams, John, 82, 100, 101 Adams, John Quincy, 92, 101 Adaptation, Americans and, 320 Afghanistan, 52, 1...

Yesterday, Sarabeth caught me by surprise with this: Everyone simply assumes that the tax cuts were inserted to attract Republican votes. But there’s really no evidence of that, is there? None whatsoever. We assume they were inserted for that reason, because we assume that no one on the Democr...

Shinseki Vows Faster VA Claims Process February 05, 2009 Associated Press WASHINGTON - Eric K. Shinseki, the new Veterans Affairs secretary, said Wednesday he is trying to reduce the six-month delays in paying veterans’ disability claims, and he wants to move quickly toward an all-electronic c...

From The New York Times: Pentagon officials say they have been relieved that Mr. Obama has so far proceeded slowly on two campaign promises: to pull all combat troops out of Iraq within 16 months and to allow gay men and lesbians to serve openly in the military. Mr. Obama’s aides have signaled tha...

"To what extent Mrs. Coolidge has influenced her husband's judgment only two persons many testify. One is too silent to say...and the other too smart!" -Editor William Allen White on the wife of taciturn President Calvin Coolidge As memories of Inauguration Day 2009 begin to fade in and the new Admi...

Addendum: In the columm I am posting below, Chuck Baldwin is critical of Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and others for their apparent disdain of New World Order watchers. I want you to look beyond that and focus on the substance of what Chuck writes, especially the quotes and sources. I have heard Rush...

"I heard a strange sound in the sky, then heard two huge explosions," Anthony Shadid (Washington Post) quotes Mohammed Abdullah explaining of yesterday's helicopter crashes that resulted in the deaths of 4 US soldiers. If the article seems sleight (and it is), the Los Angeles Times manages to reduce...

Photo by solupine The U.S. Senate today confirmed Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State, adding to the list of those confirmed to the cabinet within a single day of President Obama's inauguration. Immediately after the Congressional Luncheon on Tuesday, the Senate approved Steven Chu as Energy Secre...