e m p h y r i o [blog]

Covers selected news items.

U.S. Military Attacks A Foreign Country

POLL  ----  Will it happen?  When will it happen?

War In Iraq News

It does what it says in the title.

Saddam Accepted Bush's Ultimatum, To Prevent The Invasion

Saddam yielded to all demands to reach peaceful resolution, but the Bush administration did not respond to his offer.

Osama bin Laden & 9/11

POLL ---- The Mastermind or Fall Guy?

The new detention camps in the United States

POLL:    Illegal Immigrants / Dissident U.S. Citizens.

The Vietnam War was 10 years of American involvement. Approximately 1962 to 1...

POLL:    Iraq War / Vietnam War ---- Longer / Shorter

Whose WMD are the greatest threat to world peace?

* China * France * India * Iran * Iraq * Israel * North Korea * Pakistan * Russia * Ukraine * United Kingdom * United States  

POLITICAL POLL: Who's the most crazy?

Left-Wingers or Right-Wingers?

Orwell Today

"Then came Hitler, the Spanish Civil War, etc. By the end of 1935 I had still failed to reach a firm decision. The Spanish war and other events in 1936-37 turned the scale and thereafter I knew where I stood. Every line of serious work that I have written..."

Unauthorized Migrants -- Numbers and Characteristics

Pew Hispanic Center  [report in PDF]

Border Battles -- The U.S. Immigration Debates

"...the positions taken by advocates and the policies proposed by politicians have recently become more contentious and extreme..."

The USS Liberty Photo Album

A collection of photographs of the USS Liberty and her crew.

Visions of Peace -- A Combat Vet's Dream

A place to consider why we can't break the addiction to violence and war.