The costs of the Iraq War, 10th anniversary edition
Today marks the 10th anniversary of the US’ invasion of Iraq. A new study by Brown University’s “Cost of War” project tallies the costs of the war, finding the total cost of the Iraq conflict to be devastating: at least…
Conservatives exempted themselves from the reality-based community
The aide said that guys like me were “in what we call the reality-based community,” which he defined as people who “believe that solutions emerge from your judicious study of discernible reality.” I nodded and murmured something about enlightenment principles…
Tricky Dick
An actual quote from the honorable Richard Cheney, Vice President of these United States, 7 October 2004: “The headlines all say no weapons of mass destruction stockpiled in Baghdad. We already knew that,” Cheney said. Some of you, especially you…
