Author: James Landrith
Dad tells Son Why we Fight this War!
Hip Hop Republicans has posted an interesting "explanation" for Gulf War II. An excerpt: Our President is doing what is right. We, as a free nation, must understand that this war is (being fought...
Bloody Hell, I’m Beginning To Hate Hawks
BBC News on US wounded in Iraq reaches 10,000: The Pentagon says that more than 10,000 US military personnel have been wounded in Iraq since the conflict began in March 2003. Newly published figures...
Breaking Our Backs
Tom Bowman of The Baltimore Sun on In a memo to Army brass, its leader says overseas demands, dysfunctional policies pose a 'grave danger': Lt. Gen. James R. "Ron" Helmly, the chief of the...
Quitting It
Jeffrey A. Tucker, writing for LewRockwell.com, on The Myth of the Voluntary Military: When you see the pictures of American troops fighting their way through sand storms, in a strange land with strange people,...
Losing Our Minds To Lasers
Patrick Smith, writing for Salon on The laser-wielding terrorists are coming! Not since the Dread Syrian Wedding Musicians went to the bathroom has such idiotic hysteria gripped America. Back in mid-December, the FBI and...
Someone’s Been Taking Too Much Vitamin Crack
John Derbyshire is doing his usual denial shuck and jive routine – this time with regard to torture and mistreatment of prisoners of war. But then, as long-time readers also know, he's just plain...
UK National ID Cards
British Telecom wobbles over ID scheme bids The Register "British Telecom may not bid for ID card contracts because of concern that its involvement would make it seem like a 'Big Brother' company in...