Daily Rant | Dick Freakin’ Cheney? Seriously?

Posted by afp on October 22, 2009 · 3 Comments

The former vice president is saying that President Obama is “afraid” to make key decisions on the war in Afghanistan, and that his indecision has hampered the efforts of U.S. troops and put at risk the mission in the Middle Eastern country. It’s been Obama’s war for eight months, while it was Cheney’s war for eight years in the Bush administration, AFP editor Chris Graham points out in today’s Daily Rant. AFP Video. Length: 1:10. Read more

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Shahid Buttar | Torturing the rule of law

Posted by afp on June 27, 2009 · 3 Comments

Sixty years ago, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson left Washington to pursue what he later called “the most important, enduring, and constructive work of [his] life”: prosecuting international war crimes committed during WWII. Justice Jackson helped usher in a new international regime that promised to help deter human rights abuses. Read more

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Stop the Presses | The death of the Dems

Posted by afp on December 5, 2008 · 1 Comment

We can’t leave well enough alone. Barack Obama won the keys to the White House, and our liberal and progressive friends are fretting over how he’s going to govern. We’re going to be Republicans fighting each other to the death before you know. Stop the Presses commentary by AFP editor Chris Graham. Length: 2:18. Read more

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Chris Graham | ‘W.’ as art, ‘Religulous’ as divine inspiration

Posted by afp on November 13, 2008 · Leave a Comment

“I don’t know. She said she fell asleep, it was so bad.” This was the warning from my wife after one of our friends saw an early screening of Oliver Stone’s “W.,” a chronicle of the life and times of the 43rd President of the United States of America, who thankfully is weeks away from a retirement that if it hadn’t been forced by the Constitution would have been enforced by the voters at the polls last week. Read more