Month September 2006

Where’s Riverbend?

She’s a young Iraqi woman living in Baghdad who blogs eloquently about the disintegrating situation there. Her last post, dated Aug. 5, was pessimistic. Things had become impossibly dangerous, and many were leaving. Now it’s been almost six weeks since…

Republicans split on torture

The chameleon, Colin Powell, is now opposing the Grand Inquisitor plans of Bush to allow more torture and have those doing it be exempt from prosecution. While it’s always nice to see serious schisms emerge among Republicans, Powell has always…

Bloodlust from Israel

Olmert on the Lebanon invasion. “The claim that we lost is unfounded. Half of Lebanon is destroyed; is that a loss?” HT: Lenin’s Tomb