One of the unintended consequences of liberating Iraq’s Shiite population is the daily Anti-American protest. As soldiers give way to politicians, the situation is decaying into a cesspool of absurdity: Chief U.N. weapons inspector Hans Blix wants to … [Continue reading]
War on $10 a Day
Dissention in the ranks? U.S. Army officers are calling Donald Rumsfield the new Robert McNamara and complain that the Iraqi war plan is feckless. Colin Powell’s doctrine of overwhelming force has been discarded for more minimalist version of war … [Continue reading]
Mighty Casey
The unemployment rate rose to 5.8% as the economy gave up 308,000 jobs last month. It’s evident as the Dow heads back to 7200 that the market isn’t buying any of this sophistry that the downfall can be explained away by the call up of military … [Continue reading]
Remotely Dangerous
The only war on the boob tube these days is the scuffle over network ratings and the collateral damage from reality programming. Alleged killers Robert Blake and Robert Chambers air competing interviews as a distressed America anticipates the George … [Continue reading]
Tower of Babel
It seems like the good old days when long hair and Vietnam split our country apart. Police met 3,000 anti-war protesters in Colorado Springs with riot gear and tear gas, arresting a dozen in the process. Fault lines have spread to Europe where … [Continue reading]