On the other hand

Condoleezza Rice: “Countries that decide to disarm lead inspectors to weapons and production sites, answer questions before they are asked, state publicly and often the intention to disarm and urge their citizens to cooperate.” [Scripting News]

One one hand

Daniel Ellsberg answers questions on Iraq for Metall (Germany Metalworkers Union newspaper) and Freitag “What threat does Iraq now pose or could pose in the future to essential US objectives in the Middle East or globally?” No threat at all, so long as...

New(s) clones of our time

Inquirer: It seems the Republican Party blanket emailed different newspaper editors with the same letter praising George Bush as “demonstrating genuine leadership.” Dozens of editors of US newspapers published the letter, apparently in good faith. Good...

About that ML King quote…

Ted Zittel points out: As the narrator says at the end of Chapter One of “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”, “Even if it didn’t happen, it’s still true.”

MLK: Letter to an anti-Zionist friend

It’s MLKjr Day; his words still ring true: “…You declare, my friend, that you do not hate the Jews, you are merely ‘anti-Zionist.’ And I say, let the truth ring forth from the high mountain tops, let it echo through the valleys of...