The Girl in the Polka Dot Dress

LAST Tuesday I just happened to put on a recording of Joan Baez singing “We Shall Overcome,” and suddenly I thought of the poignancy of the day.

US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has been the square-jawed face of war, the man behind the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan that he predicted were just the beginnings of a long, hard slog.

A leading Presidential candidate is using a photo of himself posing with John Lennon in an attempt to boost his support among anti-war voters, it emerged today.

British journalist Christopher Hitchens today claimed that former US President Bill Clinton was spying for the CIA while they were students together at Oxford University.