By Lisa Pease
July 17, 2010
Oliver Stone is under attack again, which isn’t a surprise, given that no other filmmaker has been so willing to challenge the “conventional wisdom” in an effort to uncover the facts about important events.
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Saturday, July 17, 2010
Iranian Scientist, a Different Curveball
By Ray McGovern
July 17, 2010
Useful insights often must be seen through a glass darkly. But some can be pulled through the smoke and mirrors shrouding the wanderings of Iranian scientist Shahram Amiri, who is now back home in Iran after 14 months in the U.S. as guest of the CIA.
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July 17, 2010
Useful insights often must be seen through a glass darkly. But some can be pulled through the smoke and mirrors shrouding the wanderings of Iranian scientist Shahram Amiri, who is now back home in Iran after 14 months in the U.S. as guest of the CIA.
Read on.
Friday, July 16, 2010
Why I am a Jew
By Daniel C. Maguire
July 16, 2010
My coming out as a Jew would certainly surprise my Irish Catholic parents who produced a brood of seven Irish Catholics, including me, three of whom became priests, including me.
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July 16, 2010
My coming out as a Jew would certainly surprise my Irish Catholic parents who produced a brood of seven Irish Catholics, including me, three of whom became priests, including me.
Read on.
Dying Sea Turtles Warn of Toxic Gulf
By Dennis Bernstein
July 16, 2010
July 16, 2010
Many of Nature’s most ardent defenders are gathered in the Gulf of Mexico, engaged in a desperate rescue mission, trying to save not only the wildlife directly endangered by BP’s massive oil spill but the ecosystem’s viability for sustaining future animal life as well as the economic life of coastal communities.
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Bybee Faults CIA on Torture Excesses
By Jason Leopold
July 15, 2010
Jay Bybee, who as a senior Justice Department lawyer signed two memos in 2002 authorizing CIA interrogators to torture “war on terror” prisoners, told a congressional panel that more than a half dozen other brutal methods were used by the CIA without legal approval.
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July 15, 2010
Jay Bybee, who as a senior Justice Department lawyer signed two memos in 2002 authorizing CIA interrogators to torture “war on terror” prisoners, told a congressional panel that more than a half dozen other brutal methods were used by the CIA without legal approval.
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Obama Frees CIA from Its Watchdog
By Melvin A. Goodman
July 15, 2010
President Barack Obama has been a major disappointment to a liberal community that rallied to his call for genuine change.
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July 15, 2010
President Barack Obama has been a major disappointment to a liberal community that rallied to his call for genuine change.
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Some Hard Truths about America
By Robert Parry
July 15, 2010
July 15, 2010
A hard truth about the U.S. economy is that corporations don’t need as many of us as workers but still need us as consumers. That dilemma helps explain why unemployment is stuck near 10 percent and why the economic recovery is stumbling toward a double dip.
Read on.Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Oakland Reels after Killer-Cop Verdict
By Dennis Bernstein
July 14, 2010
Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums had a chance to shine last Thursday after the verdict was announced in the murder trial of transit cop, Johannes Mehserle, for the Jan. 1, 2009, killing of a 22-year-old, unarmed black man, Oscar Grant.
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July 14, 2010
Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums had a chance to shine last Thursday after the verdict was announced in the murder trial of transit cop, Johannes Mehserle, for the Jan. 1, 2009, killing of a 22-year-old, unarmed black man, Oscar Grant.
Read on.
PanAm 103 Verdict: Justice or Politics?
By William Blum
July 14, 2010 (Originally published Feb, 5, 2001)
The newspapers were filled with pictures of happy relatives of the victims of the 1988 bombing of PanAm 103.
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July 14, 2010 (Originally published Feb, 5, 2001)
The newspapers were filled with pictures of happy relatives of the victims of the 1988 bombing of PanAm 103.
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How James Meredith Beat the Racists
By Sherwood Ross
July 14, 2010
July 14, 2010
The inscription on the life-sized bronze statue of James Meredith on the campus of the University of Mississippi at Oxford reads “courage,” “perseverance,” “opportunity,” and “knowledge.”
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
The Wasteland of Social Media
By Phil Rockstroh
July 13, 2010
In an age, when nature is besieged and the political landscape blighted, and one stands, stoop shouldered and wincing into the howling wasteland of epic-scale idiocy extant in the era, a solitary person can feel lost ... marooned inside an increasingly isolated sense of self.
July 13, 2010
In an age, when nature is besieged and the political landscape blighted, and one stands, stoop shouldered and wincing into the howling wasteland of epic-scale idiocy extant in the era, a solitary person can feel lost ... marooned inside an increasingly isolated sense of self.
Monday, July 12, 2010
The Rich Work Around the Recession
By Michael Winship
July 12, 2010
July 12, 2010
I may be one of the only Manhattan residents not disappointed with LeBron James’s televised announcement that, “This fall, I’m going to take my talents to South Beach and join the Miami Heat.”
Valentine's 'Pack' Traces Real Drug War
By Adam Engel
July 12, 2010
Relentless is the pack in search of prey, relentless are the wolves. Meticulous is the disclosure of truth about the real“war on drugs,” as chronicled by Douglas Valentine in The Strength of the Pack (“PACK”).
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July 12, 2010
Relentless is the pack in search of prey, relentless are the wolves. Meticulous is the disclosure of truth about the real“war on drugs,” as chronicled by Douglas Valentine in The Strength of the Pack (“PACK”).
Read on.
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Baker's Misfocused 'Family of Secrets'
By James DiEugenio
July 11, 2010
Russ Baker's Family of Secrets has a rather deceptive title. In two ways.
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July 11, 2010
Russ Baker's Family of Secrets has a rather deceptive title. In two ways.
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Who Goes to Jail? BP CEO or Shrimper
By Dennis Bernstein
July 11, 2010
On June 17, after watching BP’s oil blowout pollute the Gulf of Mexico for nearly two months, environmental campaigner and fourth-generation Texas shrimp boat captain, Diane Wilson, had had more than enough.
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July 11, 2010
On June 17, after watching BP’s oil blowout pollute the Gulf of Mexico for nearly two months, environmental campaigner and fourth-generation Texas shrimp boat captain, Diane Wilson, had had more than enough.
Read on.
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