In a desperate attempt to get Osama Bin Laden before election day, the Bush administration is abandoning its previous agreement to honor Pakistan's territorial integrity and is conducting cross-border raids into Pakistan. They are also flying missile-equipped drones high above Pakistan and taking...

Sitting not before a jury of his peers, but the same six U.S. military jurists that had acquitted him of conspiracy to commit terrorism, but found him guilty of providing material support by driving a car for Bin Laden, Salim Hamdan was sentenced to 5 1/2 years. The prosecution, also military, had asked...

A new Rand Corporation study concludes that the Bush administration's "war on terror" was essentially ill-conceived and wholly ineffective at preventing terrorist violence. In fact, it has been counterproductive and the study urges a "fundamental rethinking" of counterterrorism...

Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama, currently in Afghanistan as part of a tour of Europe and the Middle East, is working hard to separate himself from the Bush/McCain war policies, and at the same time demonstrate that he can muster some enthusiasm for those same policies. Obviously, he is...

In the last two days, George Bush has, by his own definition, surrendered on two fronts in his “War on Terror”. When Bush spoke before the Israeli Knesset a few weeks ago, he compared Barack Obama’s call for unconditional talks with Iran to Nazi appeasers: "Some seem to believe we should negotiate...

It’s the Fourth of July! Hooray! We’ve won the War on Iraq! Big Oil is moving in to pump more oil our way. Mission Accomplished! Light up those fireworks! So maybe things are not going so well in Afghanistan, with violence up, the Taliban running the country outside of Kabul, and even the neocons afraid...

Americans appetite for war has been satisfied, and the media is reacting by turning down their war coverage. The vicarious rush of "shock and awe" passed quickly, the euphoria of "Mission Accomplished" gave way to the nightmare of the insurgency, Saddam's capture was exhilarating...

I can't even comment on this. "An eight-month McClatchy investigation of the detention system created after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks has found that the U.S. imprisoned innocent men, subjected them to abuse, stripped them of their legal rights and allowed Islamic militants to turn the prison...

Personally, I am excited about the holiday weekend, as I will be visiting some good friends in Indianapolis and attending the Indy 500 for the first time. (Go Danica!) But I will miss being with Doc and going to the cemetery, like we usually do. I have learned from Doc that Memorial Day is not about...

I was in McDonalds today. (Believe it or not, I had just come from Wal-Mart.) I will readily admit, as I am already considered by some readers to be anti-American, that I do my best to avoid both of these corporations. Sometimes you do what is convenient. I took my tray from the counter and looked for...