First Cindy Sheehan, then Dolores Kesterson and now Senator Elect Jim Webb of Virginia, whose campaign hinged largely on his opposition to the Iraq war.  It seems that George Bush just doesn’t know how to treat parents whose children are fighting and dying in his wars, with the proper respect they deserve. During a meeting…

It is interesting that I should come across this story right after I posted a comment on Prawfs Blawg where a discussion was under way as to whether the criticism of the Iraq war is in some ways responsible for its failure and if criticizing the war constitutes treason during war time. Although the majority of…

One significant casualty (at least for now) of the disastrous and immoral Iraq war is the neo-conservative philosophy of shaping the world, particularly the middle east, through aggressive military invasions.  With Bush-Cheney’s Iraq policy now thoroughly discredited and in shambles, their neo-con supporters are scrambling to distance themselves from this administration. But they also remind…

Political assassinations are as old as history. That this practice is still alive in the late 20th and early 21st century is disheartening. John F. and Robert Kennedy, Indira and Rajeev Gandhi were some of the high profile cases. But numerous other deaths of lesser known political figures and operatives go mostly unnoticed except in…