F. Roger Devlin Archive       February 02, 2010         By F. Roger Devlin   Kevin Lamb has produced a guidebook to the enemies of patriotic immigration reform that is at once handy and comprehensive—The Open-Borders Network. How a Web of Ethnic Activists, Journalists, Corporations, Politicians, Lawyers, and Clergy Undermine [...]

A high-ranking officer has acknowledged for the first time that the Israeli army went beyond its previous rules of engagement on the protection of civilian lives in order to minimise military casualties during last year’s Gaza war, The Independent can reveal.   The officer, who served as a commander during Operation Cast Lead, made it [...]

    Allan Wall Archive     Email a Friend… Printer Friendly Version…   February 01, 2010             From Conservative Radio Shock Jock To “Defensor De La Raza”—The Ben Reed Story This is the story of a conservative white American who learned Spanish, moved to Mexico, married a Mexican, and [...]

The days after the earthquake brought joyous reunions for some families. Others faced the grim realization that they’d been suddenly robbed of parents, children, or siblings. For 9-year-old Manuchka, there was neither. Manuchka is a restavek, a child servant who has done domestic chores for two sisters and their families since she was 6. Since [...]

By David Swanson Add Congressman Bill Delahunt to the list of misrepresentatives who claim to oppose wars when a Republican is president but agree to support them when a Democrat moves into the White House. When Bush was president, Delahunt sometimes voted for war funding bills and sometimes voted against them. The inclusion in the [...]

MONDAY’S MINI-REPORT…. Today’s edition of quick hits: * Iraq: “A female suicide bomber detonated her explosives inside a way station for Shiite pilgrims Monday, killing 54 people and rattling security officials who are struggling against a possible rise in violence before key elections next month.” * Haiti: “[E]ven as food-aid workers enjoyed their most successful [...]

GIVING THE HOUSE WHAT IT NEEDS…. There’s a legitimate side debate in the fight over health care reform about which institution should be doing more to help seal the deal. Reasonable observers can blame the House (it needs to pass the Senate bill), the Senate (it needs to agree to some key changes), and the [...]

By David Swanson Last June we were handed an opportunity to block the funding of our illegal, murderous, counterproductive, catastrophic, and hated wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.  The president insisted on an off-the-books “emergency supplemental” bill, and the Senate added an IMF bailout to the bill, leading all the Republicans in the House to commit [...]