By Marjorie Cohn
May 15, 2010
After President Obama nominated Elena Kagan for the Supreme Court, he made a statement that implied she would follow in the footsteps of Justice Thurgood Marshall, the civil rights giant and first black Supreme Court justice.
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Saturday, May 15, 2010
Chevron's 'Crude' War on Free Speech
By Bill Moyers and Michael Winship
May 15, 2010
Even as headlines and broadcast news are dominated by BP's fire-ravaged, sunken offshore rig and the ruptured well gushing a reported 210,000 gallons of oil per day into the Gulf of Mexico, there's another important story involving Big Oil and pollution - one that shatters not only the environment but the essential First Amendment right of journalists to tell truth and shame the devil.
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May 15, 2010
Even as headlines and broadcast news are dominated by BP's fire-ravaged, sunken offshore rig and the ruptured well gushing a reported 210,000 gallons of oil per day into the Gulf of Mexico, there's another important story involving Big Oil and pollution - one that shatters not only the environment but the essential First Amendment right of journalists to tell truth and shame the devil.
Read on.
Friday, May 14, 2010
The Return of Madcap Capitalism
By Robert Parry
May 14, 2010
For much of the post-World War II era, there was a broad consensus that well-regulated capitalism – paired with an effective public sector – was the economic model that worked best, especially compared with the Soviet Union’s heavy-handed central planning or the madcap capitalism that had led to the Great Depression.
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May 14, 2010
For much of the post-World War II era, there was a broad consensus that well-regulated capitalism – paired with an effective public sector – was the economic model that worked best, especially compared with the Soviet Union’s heavy-handed central planning or the madcap capitalism that had led to the Great Depression.
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Thursday, May 13, 2010
The Historical Challenge of Rabbi Jesus
By the Rev. Howard Bess
May 13, 2010
Today’s New Testament scholars have lively arguments among themselves; but they have a near unanimous opinion about one thing: Jesus was a Jewish rabbi.
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May 13, 2010
Today’s New Testament scholars have lively arguments among themselves; but they have a near unanimous opinion about one thing: Jesus was a Jewish rabbi.
Read on.
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Tea Party Crazy Has a History
By William Blum
May 12, 2010
If you shake your head and roll your eyes at the nonsense coming out of the Teabagger followers of Sarah “Africa is a country” Palin and other intellectual giants like Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh ...
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May 12, 2010
If you shake your head and roll your eyes at the nonsense coming out of the Teabagger followers of Sarah “Africa is a country” Palin and other intellectual giants like Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh ...
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The Danger of Israeli Nuke Hypocrisy
By Robert Parry
May 12, 2010
The United States finds itself in the curious position of going to the mat on behalf of Israel’s top security concern – preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear bomb – while Israel and its supporters continue to insist that U.S. officials maintain Israel’s decades-old “ambiguity” about whether or not it possesses a nuclear arsenal of its own.
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May 12, 2010
The United States finds itself in the curious position of going to the mat on behalf of Israel’s top security concern – preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear bomb – while Israel and its supporters continue to insist that U.S. officials maintain Israel’s decades-old “ambiguity” about whether or not it possesses a nuclear arsenal of its own.
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Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Iraq's Divided Future
By Ivan Eland
May 11, 2010
Recently, Massoud Barzani, president of the northern Kurdish region in Iraq, bluntly declared that the American visions of a strongly unified Iraq were “bird dreams and wishes.” Barzani then proceeded to heighten pressure for greater decentralization of the country and expanded Kurdish control over oil.
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May 11, 2010
Recently, Massoud Barzani, president of the northern Kurdish region in Iraq, bluntly declared that the American visions of a strongly unified Iraq were “bird dreams and wishes.” Barzani then proceeded to heighten pressure for greater decentralization of the country and expanded Kurdish control over oil.
Read on.
Monday, May 10, 2010
Condi: The Queen of No Soul
By Sebastian Doggart
May 10, 2010
Two events, both of which feature a public figure named 2005’s “most powerful woman in the world,” may go down as the most bizarre of the year.
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May 10, 2010
Two events, both of which feature a public figure named 2005’s “most powerful woman in the world,” may go down as the most bizarre of the year.
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Diminishing Supreme Court Justice
By Marjorie Cohn
May 10, 2010
As the Rehnquist court continued to eviscerate the right of the people to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures, Associate Justice John Paul Stevens filed principled and courageous dissents.
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May 10, 2010
As the Rehnquist court continued to eviscerate the right of the people to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures, Associate Justice John Paul Stevens filed principled and courageous dissents.
Read on.
WPost's Ignatius Still Fawns Over CIA
By Melvin A. Goodman
May 10, 2010
David Ignatius, the Washington Post's self-appointed apologist for the Central Intelligence Agency, has struck again.
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May 10, 2010
David Ignatius, the Washington Post's self-appointed apologist for the Central Intelligence Agency, has struck again.
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