By Ann Wright
September 17, 2010
Bradley Manning is accused of telling the truth.
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Friday, September 17, 2010
Lee Hamilton, the Un-Wise Man
By Robert Parry
September 17, 2010
Washington Post columnist David Ignatius has become the latest voice of influence to sing the praises of former Rep. Lee Hamilton, who is almost universally hailed in U.S. power circles as a modern-day Wise Man, a Democratic centrist who shuns partisanship and puts love of country over politics.
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September 17, 2010
Washington Post columnist David Ignatius has become the latest voice of influence to sing the praises of former Rep. Lee Hamilton, who is almost universally hailed in U.S. power circles as a modern-day Wise Man, a Democratic centrist who shuns partisanship and puts love of country over politics.
Read on.
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Nixon's Vengeful War on Marijuana
By William John Cox
September 16, 2010
September 16, 2010
In 1971, President Richard Nixon appointed Pennsylvania Gov. Raymond P. Shafer to chair a national commission to report on the effects of marijuana and other drugs and recommend appropriate drug policies. Though Shafer was a former prosecutor and was known as a "law and order" governor, he did not give Nixon the alarmist findings that the President wanted.
The Great Muslim Scare
By Lawrence Davidson
September 16, 2010
In 1951, American working-class intellectual Eric Hoffer described those he called the “true believers,” people who start out alienated from their present conditions and suffering feelings of insecurity and uncertainty about the direction of their lives and communities.
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September 16, 2010
In 1951, American working-class intellectual Eric Hoffer described those he called the “true believers,” people who start out alienated from their present conditions and suffering feelings of insecurity and uncertainty about the direction of their lives and communities.
Read on.
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
America's Decoupling from Reality
By Robert Parry
September 15, 2010
September 15, 2010
As Election Day 2010 approaches – as the United States wallows in the swamps of war, recession and environmental degradation – the consequences of the nation’s three-decade-old decoupling from reality are becoming painfully obvious.
Read on.Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Great Britain's Brave New World
By Danny Schechter
September 14, 2010
London looks pretty much like it did the last time I was here except for all the closed stores and businesses I passed on the way to the War and Media Conference that brought me here.
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September 14, 2010
London looks pretty much like it did the last time I was here except for all the closed stores and businesses I passed on the way to the War and Media Conference that brought me here.
Read on.
GOP Leaders Embrace Ugly Intolerance
By Michael Winship
September 14, 2010
Gentlemen, start your defibrillators. To baby boomers like me it gives the heart a bit of jolt to realize that 2010 marks the 50th anniversary of the presidential campaign between John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon.
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September 14, 2010
Gentlemen, start your defibrillators. To baby boomers like me it gives the heart a bit of jolt to realize that 2010 marks the 50th anniversary of the presidential campaign between John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon.
Read on.
Rory Kennedy's "The Fence"
Has US Empire Benefited the World?
By Ivan Eland
September 14, 2010
In a recent column, Thomas Friedman, probably the most influential “internationalist” — read: proponent of U.S. interventionism in faraway places — has finally discovered that the United States must soon turn inward and put domestic economic growth first because of its massive public debt, huge federal budget deficit, and looming fiscal crisis caused by a dramatic automatic escalation in entitlements spending.
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September 14, 2010
In a recent column, Thomas Friedman, probably the most influential “internationalist” — read: proponent of U.S. interventionism in faraway places — has finally discovered that the United States must soon turn inward and put domestic economic growth first because of its massive public debt, huge federal budget deficit, and looming fiscal crisis caused by a dramatic automatic escalation in entitlements spending.
Read on.
Monday, September 13, 2010
Marijuana 'Prohibition' on CA's Ballot
By Kevin Zeese
September 13, 2010
Since the founding of the Drug Enforcement Administration in 1973, 15 million Americans have been arrested for marijuana.
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September 13, 2010
Since the founding of the Drug Enforcement Administration in 1973, 15 million Americans have been arrested for marijuana.
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Sunday, September 12, 2010
US Hypocrisy Hobbles Human Rights
By Lawrence Davidson
September 12, 2010
On Aug. 23, Israel’s most prestigious human rights organization, B’Tselem released a short report on the condition of water supplies in the Gaza Strip.
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September 12, 2010
On Aug. 23, Israel’s most prestigious human rights organization, B’Tselem released a short report on the condition of water supplies in the Gaza Strip.
Read on.
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