Bush’s Iraq War Spiraling into Civil War
Iraq is descending into civil war. The nation is close to a partition of the country into Sunni, Shiite, and Kurdish zones, a predictable result of Bush's ill-advised, unnecessary war.
Can the U.S. Claim Victory in Iraq?
Following the withdrawal of combat forces from Iraq in December 2011, can the U.S. claim victory or did the Obama administration adopt the face-saving solution of “Just declare victory and…
Syria and Chemical Weapons of Mass Destruction
Evidence of alleged sarin gas use has supposedly come from human tissue samples. A few dozen Syrians are said to have been killed. If true, did Assad forces or the…
Philanthropic Federal Program Raises Over $1.8 Billion for Nonprofits
A Billion Plus Change is a national campaign launched in 2008 with the ambitious goal of raising billions of dollars in pro bono, skills-based pledges from businesses, resource commitments benefiting…
Why Did Baby Doc Duvalier Return to Haiti?
In 1991, five years after Baby Doc fled, Haitians elected a priest, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, who resisted the IMF's austerity dictates. Within months, the military, with a wink and a nod…
Music to My Ears
Cindy Sheehan Photo by Luke Thomas By Cindy Sheehan June 10, 2008 Around 5pm (PDST) this evening, I received an email saying that Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) was introducing 35…