President Bush heads off to the Middle East today for a five-day tour through a political landscape of false predictions and broken promises. Terence Hunt writes for the Associated Press: "President Bush has a faulty calendar and questionable optimism when it comes to the Middle East. By his...
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Today is Saturday, September 6, the 250th day of 2008. French under Marshal Michel Ney are defeated by Prussians at Dennewitz in Germany. U.S. President William McKinley is shot by an anarchist and dies eight days later....
The waterborne show of international solidarity to break Israel's blockade on Gaza succeeded, reports Saleh Al-Naami Palestinian waves a national flag as two boats filled with international peace activists arrive at the...
Remember that Robert De Nero film when he said those words? I think it was Taxi Driver, and believe me; you wouldn’t want to be the one talking to him. You probably have enough troubles without getting a crazed animal on...
by Jason Leopold What would a John McCain administration look like if the Arizona senator and presumptive Republican presidential nominee were elected President of the United States in November? Although McCain insists he...