A Failed Voyeur to War

May 7, 2011 By

This is a silly story about a sad story. In January of 2005, American troops opened fire on a car that turned out to be carrying an Iraqi family. Both parents were killed outright, the sons was badly injured. Getty Images photographer Chris Hondros snapped an image of the daughter standing in the blood spatter. [...]

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Spitzer-take; In the Arena?

February 25, 2011 By

To the surprise of no one, Kathleen Parker is departing CNN’s Parker/Spitzer; Kathleen Parker, the Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist who co-hosted CNN’s 8 p.m. show, is leaving just five months after the show debuted, the company announced Friday. “I have decided to return to a schedule that will allow me to focus more on my syndicated [...]

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Egypt: As Vague as We Wanna Be – UPDATED

February 8, 2011 By

Photosource In 2003, when the United States liberated Iraq, an older Iraqi man related his vision of what life would be like without Saddam Hussein.“Democracy!” he shouted. “And whiskey! And sexy!” Yes, but perhaps with a Middle-Eastern, faith-based spin that intellect-based Washington could never quite grasp, not in Iraq, not in Afghanistan, and now, not [...]

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