Today I talked with David Wallechinsky about his list of the World’s Worst Dictators, as seen in Parade magazine. We talked about the massacres in the Darfur region of Sudan, the religious extremism in Saudi Arabia and Iran, and the continuing power of Muamma Al-Qaddafi in Libya. I also asked him whether he thinks China’s […]
Lt. Ehren Watada refused to go to Iraq with his unit and spoke out against the war publicly. The Army frowns on both of those, which is how he ended up in a court martial this week. He faces up to 4 years in prison for both missing a movement and conduct unbecoming an officer. […]
Scott Ritter returned to my show today to discuss how to stop the Iran war before it starts. He says we’re closer to war now than we were a few months ago when we talked, even though there’s no evidence that Iran is any closer to being capable of making nuclear weapons. I asked Ritter, […]
A gas station in Nebraska is calling itself Terror-Free Oil. The owner says he’ll only sell gasoline made from oil that originates in countries friendly to the United States. That means no oil from the Middle East, none from Venezuela, etc. Which oil companies does that leave? Forget about the big boys. No Chevron, Texaco, […]
Exactly 40 years before President Bush’s “surge” speech, another President from Texas gave a speech and talked about war. It was LBJ’s State Of The Union address on January 10, 1967, and Will Bunch found some eerie similarities between then and now… LBJ, Jan. 10, 1967: We have chosen to fight a limited war in […]
Laura Bush thinks she knows more about what’s going on in Iraq than the reporters who are there, and blasted them for not showing more of the “good news” in that country. Today, I talked to USA Today media columnist Peter Johnson about whether that criticism is valid. Listen, then click here to subscribe to […]