Author Archives: Team VCS

“I had to do an appendix operation without enough medicine. Only a few tubes of Novocain, but the wounded young soldier never cried out or yelled. He continued to smile to encourage me. Looking at the forced smile on his … Continue reading →

I just read an excellent book on World War I, and it made me incredibly sad. World War I was the beginning of all the horrors of the 20th century and of problems we still have to deal with in … Continue reading →

For a Syrian, Samir Nashar is close to being a dream democrat. He’s liberal, secular, rich—and brazenly outspoken. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has “lost his credibility,” Nashar boldly told a NEWSWEEK reporter who visited him recently at his home in … Continue reading →

The genesis of two category-five hurricanes (Katrina and Rita) in a row over the Gulf of Mexico is an unprecedented and troubling occurrence. But for most tropical meteorologists the truly astonishing “storm of the decade” took place in March 2004. … Continue reading →

New Orleans Police Beating Caught on Tape At least one police officer repeatedly punched a 64-year-old man accused of public intoxication, and another officer assaulted an Associated Press Television News producer as a cameraman taped the confrontations. There will be … Continue reading →

During War Speech, Bush Calls Himself a ‘Tyrant’ and a ‘Radical’ Bush’s speech today at the National Endowment for Democracy was loaded with what author Mark Crispin Miller has observed as Bush’s pathological tendency for “projectivity.” “Projectors are those people … Continue reading →

U.S. general in Iraq: Growing disconnect with Washington “I don’t know if I have the moral authority to send troops into combat anymore,” a senior American general recently told United Press International.          He knows what his power means — … Continue reading →