Day 1: Bessel van der Kolk is lovely. He's humble, he's funny, and he is the premiere researcher on the neurobiology and/or efficacy of trauma treatments in the world. And cute and brilliant, of course. Here are nearly random gems from 3 hours of notes: With trauma, there are no stories, onl...

Rush and other mouthpieces for movement conservatism are not backing down from their public wish that Barack Obama fails. As Dave Neiwert says, his excuse for this is the time-honored foundation of all conservative morality — That other kid did it first. Limbaugh: Did the Democrats want the wa...

Friday, February 27th, 2009 at 12:42 pm Remarks of President Barack Obama – Responsibly Ending the War in Iraq Remarks of President Barack Obama – As Prepared for Delivery Responsibly Ending the War in Iraq Camp Lejeune, North Carolina Friday, February 27, 2009 Good morning Marines. Good morning...

We're just a few weeks from the 6th anniversary of the Iraq war -- but the end is now clearly in sight. President Obama, earlier today: Let me say this as plainly as I can: by August 31, 2010, our combat mission in Iraq will end.Even better, as Obama told U.S. troops: "mission [kinda] accomplished."...

AlterNet - By Nora Eisenberg - Feb. 27 (News Analysis) - Americans, and our leaders, would do well to take a hard look at the war that we continue to love only because we never got to see it. NewsTrust Rating: 4.6 average (not enough reviews) - See Review » - Review It  &nb...

CBS: Six seconds. That's all it took to turn a quiet Iraqi street into a moment both horrific and heroic. Lance Cpl. Jordan Haerter and Cpl. Jonathan Yale died so others would live. "You're talking about two guys who gave up everything for their brothers," Staff Sgt. Kenneth Grooms said. They were M...

Iraqi journalist Muntadar al-Zaidi, who quickly became renowned throughout the world after chucking his shoes at President George W. Bush during a press conference in Baghdad last December, took the stand in court Thursday to defend his memorable act as a gesture of self-expression, on behalf of bot...

Be advised, if you are offended by the F bombs be prepared to be wiped out. An American is trying to get some Iraqi police to do their job. He is not too diplomatic in his approach, but he is treating them the way he would treat his own troops if they were that big a screw ups. The purpose of the F'...

Joan Walsh: Back when I was regularly writing about Iraq and talking about it on television, I read everything the Washington Post's Thomas Ricks wrote about the war. From his devastating book "Fiasco" to his daily reporting from Baghdad and the Pentagon, Ricks was the nation's top expert on the fol...

If you happen to live in Kansas and you were planning on how you were going to spend your state refund check, don't head to the lay away section at your local Wal-Mart just yet. Unfortunately, you won't be getting a check this year. Yes folks, like so many other states in A-merry-ca, Kansas is out o...