Month July 2005

One million say “U.S. Out – Now!”. Unfortunately, or fortunately (I’m not sure which), that’s one million Iraqis. And talk about burying the lead! The New York Times covers the fact that supporters of Moqtada al-Sadr collected one million signatures…

I mean, what IS going on over there? The British government has quietly instituted a shoot-to-kill policy. Thankfully many are fighting back. It emerged yesterday that the Met’s guidelines for confronting bombers allow armed police, in some cases, to fire…

I just bought a box of Political Affairs magazines from the late 40’s-early 50’s at a library sale. This was the official magazine of the Communist Party USA. This issue makes it obvious that the peace movement didn’t start in the…

State says Diebold failures in massive mock election could translate to problems at polls. Other states will probably follow California’s lead. Good.

Pope Benedict XVI was yesterday immersed in the first big diplomatic crisis of his papacy after the Vatican issued an unusually blunt statement criticising Israel for its response to Palestinian attacks. In a 1,300-word communique, the Vatican said: “It has…