Category Archives: RagBlog

The Ides of March.Felicity ArbuthnotMarch 20, 2007 ‘Beware the ides of March’, is said as a warning of impending and certain danger. Since it is from Plutarch, referring to a warning to Julius Caesar, it is unlikely to have influenced … Continue reading →

“The Dentist”Introducing Saif, who hopes one day to be a dentist.

Thank you, Charlie.

From Informed Comment Bush’s Top Ten Mistakes in Iraq during the Past 4 Years 10. Refusing to fire Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld when his incompetence and maliciousness became apparent in the growing guerrilla war and the Abu Ghraib torture … Continue reading →

Our Highest Law Enforcement Officials are Criminals: Crime Blotter: 1600 Pennsylvania AvenueBy PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS While serving as President Bush’s White House lawyer, Alberto Gonzales advised Bush that the president’s war time powers permitted Bush to ignore the Foreign Intelligence … Continue reading →

Torture and victim chasmBy John PilgerMar 19, 2007, 10:13 In Andrew Cockburn’s new book Rumsfeld, the gap between rampant power and its faraway victims is closed. Donald Rumsfeld, US secretary of defence until last year and a designer of the … Continue reading →

The regrets of the man who brought down SaddamAudrey GillanMonday March 19, 2007Guardian His hands were bleeding and his eyes filled with tears as, four years ago, he slammed a sledgehammer into the tiled plinth that held a 20ft bronze … Continue reading →

Further support for the argument that the drug war has been used, and continues to be used, to circumscribe civil liberties. Note Justice Breyer’s concern that “we’ll have people testing limits all over the place” should students’ rights to free … Continue reading →

The Apple iRack – MadTVSteve Jobs unveils the new iRack.

“Forbidden Salad”Introducing Ausama, his family and their dangerous eating habits.

When Al Gore was Veep: The Green ImposterBy JEFFREY ST. CLAIR The official version of the political battles over the environment in the late 1990s goes something like this: As the Republican Visigoths swept into control of the 104th Congress, … Continue reading →