Not that any genocide is less hideous because fewer were murdered, but it appears the biggest genocidal killer ever was King Leopold of Belgium. He killed 15 million Congolese in his imperialist bloodlust for money and power. In the late…

French youths fired at police and burned over 300 cars last night as towns around Paris experienced their worst night of violence in a week of urban unrest. After seven nights of escalating unrest, this is now becoming an open…

Plus, Bush appears to want him gone else why are the leaking this? Top White House aides are privately discussing the future of Karl Rove, with some expressing doubt that President Bush can move beyond the damaging CIA leak case…

WaPo: CIA holds terror suspects in secret prisons The hidden global internment network is a central element in the CIA’s unconventional war on terrorism. It depends on the cooperation of foreign intelligence services, and on keeping even basic information about…

Arlo Guthrie played last night at Royce Hall at UCLA. He still does his amazing  monologues which at first seem rambling but soon zero in on the point clear as can be. Crazy like a fox, he is. He made…

They’re all going down Hasta la vista, Arnold.

Violent skirmishes between police and immigrant groups in the suburbs around Paris have continued for the sixth consecutive night with scores of cars set alight and nearly three dozen people arrested overnight, officials said today. It’s unusual for riots/uprisings to…