Headlines from DemocracyNow.org, a daily TV/radio news program, hosted by Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez, airing on over 650 stations, pioneering the largest community media collaboration in the US. Shoe-Throwing Iraqi Journalist Sentenced to 3 Years The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at Presid...

The Pathetic Afghan Army & Will Obama Fumble Iraq? Today Iraq is succeeding, but as Generals Petraeus or Odierno might say, the situation remains fragile and reversible. Whereas the Bush-war ended in a new if messy democracy, this year we could see an Obama-war begin; the new President has sent ...

What an inspirational lecture by an American officer, apparently motivated by the need to discipline the occupied third-worlders he has the (white man's) burden of protecting. They should be thankful for his interventions, which have been in the interest of the Iraqi people. He should be listened to...

You may have heard about the scandalously overpriced presidential helicopters the U.S. had ordered from Italy, but did you know they may have been a payoff for forged intelligence used to sell the war in Iraq? It’s all a part of “a web of conspiracy and deceit,” says journalist Pao...

The 2008 presidential campaigns will long be remembered as historic.  Of course, one of the most remarkable thresholds crossed was the record breaking financial resources raised and spent through the process.  In fact our fund-raising for McCain-Palin 2008 raised over $450 million, by far the most...

Gen. Ray Odierno, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, said he doesn’t expect the Iraqi government to ask U.S. troops to remain beyond the 2011 deadline. “I think that the Iraq leadership is focused on that this ends in 2011,” Odierno told the Associated Press. He also said he would sen...

Instapundit » Blog Archive » MICHAEL YON: Victory in Iraq: Next Stop, Afghanistan…. MICHAEL YON: Victory in Iraq: Next Stop, Afghanistan. I guess it all boils down to what you mean by victory. If you mean an Iraq under the control of a Shia majority, and controlled by a military whose core, the ...

A SPECIAL AQUIDNECK INQUIRER ENDORSEMENT "now's the time": FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: BARACK OBAMA As we watched Senator Barack Obama speak to a large crowd in Jacksonville, Florida, a city with which some of the staff of The Aquidneck Inquirer has roots, the great "Now&#...

JANUARY 20, 2009 Barack Obama’s Inaugural Address Following is the prepared text of President-elect Barack Obama’s Inaugural Address, as provided by the Presidential Inaugural Committee: My fellow citizens: I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have b...

The president will withdraw 12,000 troops from Iraq over the next six months, but where will he send them? Back to America? Ski trip to Aspen? Or perhaps he’ll just airlift the veterans to Afghanistan, where a similar number of reinforcements has been promised over a similar period. Here’...