Last night, various major news agencies ran headlines that were shocking. They declared that Venezuelan President, Hugo Chavez, was attempting to alter the constitution of his country so that he could remain in power indefinitely. There was, at the time, no mention of the fact that the actual alteration being proposed would only allow Chavez to run for re-election without term limitations. Most of them had simply jumped the gun before bothering to read the details, having since amended their reports. This morning, there is ...More »

I have never been fond of the term ‘The War On Terror’. The reason? It probably has to do with the fact that those who coined the phrase are the world’s foremost militarists, have aided in the survival or emplacement of a variety of despotic regimes over the last sixty some odd years, have played a significant role in undermining the integrity of the United Nations over the last six years, have scoffed at the Geneva Conventions and international law because they have more planes, ...More »

Rosa Brooks On The Posada Hyporcisy From today’s Los Angeles Times… “LIKE PIRATES, terrorists are supposedly hostis humani generis — the “enemy of all mankind.” So why is the Bush administration letting one of the world’s most notorious terrorists stroll freely around the United States? I’m talking about a man who was — until 9/11 — perhaps the most successful terrorist in the Western Hemisphere. He’s believed to have masterminded a 1976 plot to blow up a civilian airliner, killing all 73 people on board, including teenage members ...More »

While my last entry regarding Paris Hilton seems to have fueled some anger, this is an entry which should not merely fuel anger, but dump kerosene on an already burning fire. In 1976, Cubana Flight 455 was downed by two timed bombs. All seventy three people on board were killed. Cuban, Venezuelan, and American investigations traced the planting of the bombs to two Venezuelan passengers employed by Luis Posada’s private detective agency based in Venezuela, both of whom admitted to the crime. Following their admissions, ...More »