The Problem with Frenchness Readers have asked me for comment about the riots in France that have now provoked emergency laws and a curfew. What […]

Saddam Attorney Assassinated Reuters reports that another attorney working for Saddam’s defense team was assassinated on Tuesday. It is obvious that Saddam cannot be properly […]

Chalabi and Abdul Mahdi An informed reader writes: ‘ There appears to be some Bush Administration disarray in relation to the candidates for Iraqi Prime […]

Conyers to Chalabi A press release from the office of Congressman John Conyers: Today, Congressman John Conyers, Jr., Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, […]

5 GIs Dead, US Kills 36 in Qaim District; Guerrillas Kill 16 Guerrillas at a checkpoint south of Baghdad detonated a car bomb that killed […]

Italians Release Video of Phosphorous Attack on Fallujah The Italian television network RAI has released a video that includes an interview with an ex-Marine and […]

Comment Section Rules The comment section of Informed Comment is intended to allow readers to weigh in on the issues raised in the postings. The […]

Comments at Informed Comment Readers have occasionally asked for a comment feature at this web site. I of course love the idea, but did not […]

Future of the Book The Institute for the Future of the Book is having a gathering soon to which I am invited, as an academic […]