Suckling at the Breast of Empire

Billmon, writing in his brilliant weblong, Whiskey Bar: "If the symbol of the Roman state was a statue of a she wolf suckling the city's founders, Romulus and Remus, then I think America should have one of a sow, suckling every defense contractor, hack politician and PR operative in Washington." It's a hair-raising and perceptively-written story about the Pentagon's growing budget for strategic information -- or "psywar" operations. It is a scary, trenchant look into the bowels of George W. Bush's America, and well worth a read.