U.S. Armed Forces

Fox Slams Amazing Race on CBS For Pro-Communist Tributes During Vietnam Stop

One of the token liberals on Fox News is blasting CBS for airing an Amazing Race broadcast this week that required contestants visiting Vietnam to watch a pro-communist musical show, recite a pro-communist poem and then gather at an anti-American military site in Hanoi.Bob Beckel--a cantankerous, lo ... More >>

Kirby Dick Brings The Invisible War to UCI; Oscar-Nominated Doc on Military Sex Assaults

Women in combat is a hot topic and Kirby Dick is a hot documentary filmmaker.Both are coming to UC Irvine Tuesday, when Dick's Academy Award-nominated documentary The Invisible War will be screened, followed by a panel discussion featuring the provocative director and the lead attorney in several cl ... More >>

'Patriots & Peacemakers' Exhibits Arab-American Service to Country

Too often subjected to prejudicial stereotypes, Arab-Americans have made concrete historical contributions to the United States--even if history textbooks fail to tell the tale. "Patriots & Peacemakers: Arab-Americans in Service to Our Country" is a traveling exhibition curated by the Arab Ameri ... More >>

Communist China Spy in Anaheim Loses Conviction Appeal

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected the complaints of Chi Mak, the Anaheim defense company engineer who claims he was wrongly convicted of trying to deliver to communist China a CD containing data about sensitive methods U.S. Navy submarines and warships employ to avoid sound detection.M ... More >>

What do Mexicans Think of Ron Paul?

[¡Ask a Mexican!] Plus, what's some good Mexican sci-fi?

The LA Times Crosses Over

How the newspaper's cozy relationship with Camp Pendleton hampers its coverage of religious controversies on the base

[UPDATED with Director Hating 3D:] Bong Joon-ho Opens Busan West Festival at Chapman University with 3D Version of The Host

​UPDATE, NOV. 12, 9:37 A.M.: Introducing a new 3D version of his 2006 South Korean smash hit The Host to Friday's opening night Busan West Asian Film Festival audience at Chapman University's Knott Studios, director Bong Joon-ho said, "I don't like 3D."Cue nervous audience laughter and a smatteri ... More >>

Kristoffer B. Domeij, Fallen Army Ranger and Santa Ana Native, is Praised and Damned

Hero of villain?​The death by roadside bomb of Santa Ana native and Army Ranger Kristoffer B. Domeij has drawn two very different reactions. Controversial conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart's Big Peace site wonders if Domeij's death proves the U.S. military is spread too thin as  he was on ... More >>

Guns, Video Games, Rap Music, and Sumo Wrestling: Coverage of the Call of Duty XP 2011 in LA

​The Call of Duty XP event took place over the Labor Day weekend, with publisher Activision making some huge announcements regarding their next money maker game, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. The event, of course, was filled with gaming tournaments, major announcements regarding Modern Warfare ... More >>

Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) in Anaheim Welcomes "Elimination" of Bin Laden

Hussam Ayloush, CAIR-LA executive director​The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) Greater Los Angeles area office in Anaheim issued a statement today welcoming the news that Osama bin Laden, "a threat to America and the world," has been "eliminated." The statement came on the heels of ... More >>

Habuya Represents the Perfect Prefecture

This Tustin dive dazzles as the first Okinawan restaurant in Orange County

A Year of Navel Gazing: The Virtual Orange County

Looking back at 2010 on our news blog, one Top 10 List at a time

DREAM Activists March Through Anaheim

​High-ranking members of Orange County churches, community organizations and Anaheim public school districts join local DREAM Act activists in marching this afternoon for federal legislation providing a pathway for citizenship and higher education to college-bound immigrants and those ser ... More >>

ACLU Accuses Feds of Retaliatory Deportation of Whistleblower Who Sued Fullerton Company

​The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is "deeply concerned" over federal immigration agents detaining and initiating deportation proceedings against an immigrant worker who filed a federal class action lawsuit against a Fullerton-based firm in August for labor and civil rights violations. ... More >>

White House Dribbles Out Obama's Iraq Speech Tonight, Anti-War ANSWER Coalition Answers

​The Washington Post is reporting that in his speech tonight to announce the end of major combat operations in Iraq, President Barack Obama will say it is time to "turn the page." "Ending this war is not only in Iraq's interest-it is in our own. The United States has paid a huge price to put t ... More >>

American Soldiers

'Restrepo' captures military life in Afghanistan

Over the Weekend: Dengue Fever At Detroit Bar

Beth Stirnaman/OC Weekly​Watch our slideshow here!The Hype: This isn't the story of a nasty mosquito-borne tropical disease which causes rash and vomiting. Rather, it's the story of how five American males with no aesthetic appeal--but plenty of musical chops--brought a beautiful Ca ... More >>

Obama, Economy, War, Swine Flu, Iran Election Crack Alamanac's Top 10 News Topics of 2009

Here are The World Almanac and Book of Facts Top Ten News Topics of 2009:​1. Obama Presidency Begins. With the U.S. at war in Iraq and Afghanistan, and facing its worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, Barack Obama swearing in as the nation's 44th president Jan. 20 in Washington, DC.her ... More >>

Top 5 Hate Crime Reports in June--and a [Non-]Bogus Bonus [THE RE-WRITE]

Kevin O'Grady, regional director of the Anti-Defamation League's Orange County/Long Beach office, was kind enough to email over five hate-crime reports his office received this past June, in reverse chronological order. While that format may be helpful to give readers a sense of ... More >>

[Special Screenings] Local Showings of 'Aliens,' 'Casablanca,' 'Happy Go Lucky,' More

American Heroes and Zeroes

Morgan Spurlock makes us look bad, plus (separate!) films on baseball and steroids shine at sundance '08

Wednesday's Headlines & Surprises: My New Slogan For The Deputies!

Back the Badge, Support the Star, Empty your Wallet: Peggy Lowe at the Register watched “dozens of black-shirted deputies march through Civic Center Tuesday as the union went on a public offensive to rally support for their fight to preserve” an incredibly generous pay, perk and pension package ... More >>

Rock Em, Sock Em

Giant robot fights look better than ever in Transformers

LAFF 2007: Chasing Ghosts and Iranians

I think I may finally be getting the hang of this festival schedule. Four shows today, and I never felt close to collapsing from tiredness. Perhaps it was the concession food that kept me going. Speaking of which, doesn’t it seem totally wrong that a hot dog is cheaper than a small popcorn? I’m ... More >>

New Reviews

We recommend: Brand Upon the Brain!, DOA: Dead or Alive, The Golden Door, Nancy Drew

Good News from Iraq (Fake news edition)

Somehow it's fitting that the only good news to come out of Iraq recently is the fake news. The New York Times reports on a satirical news show that debuted on the Iraqi sattelite station Al Sharqiya at the beginning of Ramadan. This being Iraq, the show's title is somewhat darker than "The Daily ... More >>

Dodging Mortar Attacks

Eileen Padberg

Cocaine Airways

A former CIA pilot says secret flights to El Toro could explain a Marine officers suicide

Super Troopers

A Vietnam war doc with powerful contemporary parallels

Letters

'He is smart enough to realize if he didnt get out then, he may have awoken a fortysomething with crazy-colored hair and a tattoo of dragons circle jerking'

War Games

Meant to blog this yesterday, based on something we saw on ABC's Nightline, but it's also reported on by InfoWorld. The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence held a hearing on May 4. Among the speakers was a specialist whose company we taxpayers are paying more than $7 million a year. The ... More >>

To Hell and Back

Michael Winterbottom puts a faceand a hoodon the suffering at Guantanamo

Diary of a Mad County

May 30 - June 6

A Third Anniversary Gift for Iraq

Who knew that our political and military leaders were such a bunch of ol' sentimental softies? As a gift for the Iraqi people to mark the third invasion of their country, our leaders got them a miniature version of the invasion, Operation Swarmer. The mini-invasion has all feature that made that ful ... More >>

Call Me Irresponsible

Yes, Its Undeniably True

Diary of a Mad County

Attack of the Puppet People

How reviewers misread Team America, the years most potent political satire

Back to the No Future

The War of the Worlds and the evolution of doomsday

An Army of One

Whatever happened to the Brea Peace Vigil?

Where Have All the Blowhards Gone?

An Iraq invasion retrospective!

Jingo Fever

YAFfers try to strangle Surf City council member with yellow ribbons

Not Embalmed Yet

Rocket From the Crypts locomotive breath

Kiss My Axis!

A Geezer for Weezer!

Dog of War

Windtalkers bunk is worse than its bite

War! Huh?

Welcome to the summer of love at a theater near you

The Bob Dornan Hall of Fame

2001 Inductee: LOU SHELDON

Black and Brown and Blue All Over

A Soldier's Play is too at-ease, Two Sisters sparkles

The Ho Story

Good God, Y'all!

Just another day for you and me in paradise