"Of course the people don't want war. But after all, it's the leaders of the country who determine the policy, and it's always a simple matter to drag the people along whether it's a democracy, a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the…
Here's a recent example of the effective use of sharp-edged rebuttal (see the comments) to puncture bloated and unthinking terror-mongering (see the post). http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-smerconish/play-the-tape_b_19449.html The point of these comments is that two wrongs don't make a right. The post-writer, a good example of tens of millions of like-minded others, is apparently oblivious. …
Where is the outcry by our congressional representatives? I find their silence chilling and haunting. Silence is not what I'm hearing from real people on the streets. They didn't think Iran posed any imminent danger, not until Bush started provoking Iran with inflammatory rhetoric and talk of preemptive attacks. My question tonight…
Looks like it’s not going to happen with either Rudy Giuliani or John McCain. If you want to elect a moderate republican in 2008, you’ll have to cast your vote for one of the many people that will be running as "democrats."
We're just getting started here at DI--this blog is only a few weeks old. New authors are joining us this month (yesterday, for example, Jason Rayl posted on the political "wisdom" that money = speech). If you have any reactions (including disagreements!) to the posts, we certainly welcome your comments.…