From Sara Rich Good Order and Discipline From Suzanne’s case to the world at large In thinking about this phrase “Good Order and Discipline” and its impact on my family, I have to come to the conclusion that the people defining “Good Order and Discipline” for Suzanne’s case are comparable to the Commander and Chief. [...]

From Insurgent American Editorial intervention from Stan Goff De Clarke forwarded the latest from Jim Kunstler via Life After the Oil Crash (LATOC), wherein Kunstler manages to drip his “critique” of Senator Hillary Clinton’s presidential candidacy with effortless sexism and racism, and LATOC follows on enthusiastically with references to “bitch-slapping” contests. We are obliged, then, [...]

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me a couple of dozen times, and shame on me — but also shame on what passes for journalism on television. This truism comes to mind after my appearance on “Paula Zahn Now” on CNN this week to discuss the Duke rape case. I’m not naïve about these [...]

A Girl Like Me (7 Minutes) For a growing list of “Insurgency Intelligence” video links, go here.

On January 18, 2007, the putative Prime Minister of Iraq, Nouri al-Maliki launched rhetorical barbs at his masters in the Bush administration, appealing for more weapons even as the Americans ignored his behind-the-scenes plea not to set him up for a war with Muqtada al-Sadr. Bush, he said, was yielding to media pressure in the [...]

The Bush-Maliki Plan, now called The Surge, to deploy an additional 20,000 US troops to Iraq is a last-ditch effort to prevent a decisive US political defeat in Iraq. The principle purpose of this “surge” is to destroy the Mehdi Army of Muqtada al Sadr , who broke his alliance with the Maliki government after [...]

For the end of the year… Thirty-six separate commentaries from throughout the year. 2006: My Year with the Liberals By Stan Goff Spouting off on everything from Arnold Schwarzenegger to Anorexia nervosa, from gay marriage to vice-presidential gun safety, a middle-aged Army veteran without qualifications or credentials takes caustic potshots at the rich and infamous. [...]

This post is from Cheryl Lindsey Seelhoff aka Heart, at Women’s Space, on the outrageous and draconian ban on abortion just pushed through in Nicaragua, with full support from president-elect Daniel Ortega… a so-called leftist. Shame! *** War on Women in Nicaragua: Left and Right Unite in Total Ban on Abortion Protest at Embassies in [...]

Jim Craven (Omahkohkiaayo i’poyi) teaches economics in Vancouver. He is a veteran and long-time activist on behalf of anti-imperialism, which includes the ongoing imperial predations of the US and Canada against the First Nations. We (virtually) met on the former “Crashlist” hosted by Mark Jones, to whom Jim refers in this post pasted in below. [...]