3,000 US servicemen and women have been killed by a war that was declared "accomplished" in May 2003.

North Koreans Hail Rise of 'Dear Leader' Kim Jong-il

Why does the Kim Jong-il regime starve its population in order to build nuclear weapons and feed its military? According to this tribute to Kim Jong-il published by the country's state-controlled newspaper, the threat of a 'U.S. imperialist attack' means nuclear weapons and a strong military are absolutely essential......more

The Juche Idea

A BARBARIAN'S BARBARIC END

The fate of Saddam, as a person, is trivial. We wish he had been tried in an Iraq where democracy and the rule of law prevail. We wish his trial had been a signal of the victory of justice and the end of injustice, tyranny and totalitarianism......more

A bitter family saga is at an end

“I don’t think the public would stand for it.”

It was ill-advised for Ford to utter these nine words. To even intimate a commitment not to pardon at that early date was inappropriate if there was even a possibility that he would later feel compelled to do so......more

Most Outrageous Right Wing Comments of 2006

The offensive, the senseless, the bigoted, the inaccurate: a year in right-wing nuttery.....more

2,996, Do I Hear 3,000

Armed Forces Relief Trust

"It's a success that hasn't occurred yet."

Homeland Security Advisor Frances Fragos Townsend, on why Osama bin Laden hasn't been captured

Say it loud, I'm black and I'm proud

Thousands Mourn James Brown At Apollo

Thousands of people danced and sang in the streets outside the Apollo Theater on Thursday in raucous celebration of the music legend's life as his body was displayed to the public on the stage where he made his 1956 debut. Music thumped from storefronts and portable stereos. Brown's wails and growls even blasted inside the auditorium as fans marched quietly, single-file past his open gold coffin.....more

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Ethiopia invades Somalia

On December 26, US State Department spokeswoman Janelle Hironimus described Ethiopia’s illegal attack as a response to “aggression” by Islamists and an attempt to stem the flow of outside arms shipments to them. Washington was also concerned about reports that the Islamists were using child soldiers and abusing Ethiopian prisoners of war, she added......more