Roanoke art exhibit memorializes fallen soldiers
September 22, 2010
Robert William Hoyt is one of the 4,400 names of fallen Iraqi soldiers inscribed on leaves, part of an on-going installation by artist Jane Hammond.
Content on Iraq:
Column: Evaluating what constitutes terrorism at home, abroad
October 7, 2009
This column is written on the premise that it is wrong to kill innocent people. The principle underlying the war on Iraq is simple: It is righteous when we kill innocent people, but it is terrorism if they do so. This is applied to several aspects of the
Column: Obama's promise on War in Iraq remains unfulfilled
August 27, 2009
Remember that war? Whatever happened to that? I heard a lot of people died. I also heard that there was no end in sight. I don't seem to hear about that war at all anymore. I remember promises of it coming to an end, even talk of a troop withdrawal. But I
Column: Commencement speaker advocates war crimes
August 23, 2009
Gen. Lance Smith gave this May's commencement speech to Virginia Tech graduates as a man proud of his country, "a unique force for good in the world," having "done more to free people from tyranny and poverty than any other nation on earth."
Column: American foreign policy continues pattern of failure
April 2, 2009
Did you all read about Obama's plan to withdraw troops from Iraq? The plan calls for a complete withdrawal of troops from Iraq, leaving 50,000 troops behind. Doesn't make much sense, does it? Fifty thousand troops sounds an awful lot like a complete occup
Column: Protest on sixth anniversary of Iraq invasion
March 18, 2009
There will be an anti-war protest on the Drillfield tomorrow at 5 p.m. on the sixth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq.
Column: In the Promised Land, America plays subjugator
November 10, 2008
Moses learned two new tricks to prove that he had been anointed: one, when he threw his staff on the ground it turned into a snake; and two, when he put his hand into his jacket, his hand turned white. The trick is facile for an Irishman such as myself, b
October 22, 2008
Former Marine Corps reservist and anti-war activist Adam Kokesh will be on campus this evening to speak in Litton-Reaves 1670 at 7 p.m. Kokesh, who spent more than six years in the Marine Corps reserves and completed a tour of Iraq before being discharged
Politics Roundtable 1: Mark Warner and Vacillation
September 11, 2008
Politically active students get together weekly to dish it out.