Day January 23, 2006

Not a good plan

The Democrats will never become the majority party until they can prove to the American people that they have a better plan for keeping us safe. — Arianna Huffington No. Democrats will become the majority party when they stop mouthing…

One sick puppy

Chief Warrant Officer Lewis Welshofer was just convicted of negligent homicide in the death of Iraqi Major General Abed Hamed Mowhoush, who was savagely beaten for two days before being suffocated by Welshofer. Here’s some of Welshofer’s testimony. It’s a…

The Forgotten Wounded of Iraq

A Dig led by Ron Kovic Thirty-eight years ago, on Jan. 20, 1968, I was shot and paralyzed from my mid-chest down during my second tour of duty in Vietnam. It is a date that I can never forget, a…

Morales becomes Bolivia’s president

Leftist coca grower leader Evo Morales was sworn in on Sunday as the first indigenous president of Bolivia with high expectations of a better life for the poor majority in one of Latin America’s most volatile countries. “The 500 years…