Steve Gilliard

I was watching the History Channel, and they're showing a documentary on the liberation of Luzon from the Japanese, probably the least studied of the US Army's major campaigns. The aging veterans are describing how they participated in the battles there, a story not told outside the Army. When we discuss the Pacific War, it [...]

  In the movie The Battle of Algiers, you see the French officers excuse torture as a way to get the information they need to fight the rebels. They shock men, burn them with  torches, break their spirits and souls. But it doesn't work. The more the French torture, the more the Algerians resist. They [...]

I am a lifelong New Yorker. I went to NYU, worked in New Jersey, spent more hours in the shadows of the World Trade Center than I care to remember. You could look down LaGuardia Place and see the twin towers, yes, people called them that all the time. They imposed themselves over the lower [...]

  Making the trains run on time seems like it’s simple enough. Even if they’re a few minutes late, they still follow a schedule. Campaigns are not nearly as neat. I know many of you have been following the travails of Joe Lieberman, but are still worried he might rise from the dead, like a [...]

[Steve Gilliard was nice enough to share a post on the conflict between Israel and Lebanon.  For many in the US, making any sense out of the factions and nations involved, let alone the strategy, is difficult -- partly because this part of the region has been neglected by the Bush Administration, it's been off the radar [...]

[Huge thank you to Steve Gilliard for sending this guest post.  Nothing like a little history, and a doofy WH press secretary, for a good laugh, I always say.  (Oh, wait, I'm not laughing...) -- CHS]  Tony Snow is the reason I’m building a collection of Osprey history books. They’re 64 page illustrated books used by modelers [...]

(Tonight’s guest poster is Steve Gilliard of The News Blog)  If you’ve ever wondered why the right seems to trade in race online, the answer is very simple: it works.  In an era where Barry Bonds gets letters which start "Dear Nigger" one should not be surprised by this. But it isn’t that simple. The [...]

2318 dead March 19, 2003-March 19, 2006

As I ate breakfast yesterday morning, eggs, bacon, french toast, I sipped from a glass of iced tea, the new york kind which always comes unsweetened, I was looking through the Daily News. I usually leave the Times for the internets.

Claude Allen This is funny. This was up at the Corner, as Atrios pointed out. CLAUDE ALLEN [John Podhoretz]
I wrote a book about the Bush White House. I know the names of many people who worked in the Bush White House. I’ve read every story there is to read about the Bush White House.

A revolt not seen since Nixon

ANALYSIS

BY THOMAS M. DeFRANK
DAILY NEWS WASHINGTON BUREAU CHIEF
WASHINGTON – Not since Watergate, when GOP congressional leaders told Richard Nixon they would vote him from office if he didn’t resign, have Capitol Hill Republicans challenged their President like this.

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# Self-preservation. Bush has run his last race, but the midterm elections are less than eight months away, and Republicans are jittery about their prospects.