Saturday, September 25, 2010

Obama's Anti-historical UN Speech

By Lawrence Davidson
September 25, 2010

On Sept. 23, as President Obama took his turn at the United Nations’ podium, there were a world of problems to address but, not unexpectedly, he chose to concentrate on the Middle East.

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Friday, September 24, 2010

Petraeus Cons Obama on Afghan War

By Ray McGovern
September 24, 2010

One thing that comes through clearly in Bob Woodward’s new book, Obama’s Wars, is the contempt felt by Gen. David Petraeus, commander of U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan, toward President Barack Obama.

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Thursday, September 23, 2010

Testing the Value of Truth

By Rory O'Connor
September 23, 2010

On Aug. 29, 2008, just prior to the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota, presidential candidate John McCain announced he had chosen Alaskan Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate.

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The No-Longer Endless Summers

By Danny Schechter
September 23, 2010

As the November election approaches, the White House seems to be ending its Rip Van Winkle-like slumber and has begun crawling out of the bubble of its own making. Many fear it’s a bit late.

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Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Losing Ahmadinejad's Translation

By Lawrence Davidson
September 22, 2010

Iran’s president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was at the United Nations on Tuesday to address the Millennium Development Goals Summit. What he had to say was, as usual, a mixed bag of worthwhile insights and questionable assertions.

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Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Ed Newman, a Newsman's Newsman

By Michael Winship
September 21, 2010

I was in London last week when news came of the death of the great NBC newsman Edwin Newman, 91 years old.

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Colin Powell's Tolerance of Murder

By Robert Parry
September 21, 2010

Former Secretary of State and retired four-star Gen. Colin Powell has returned as the Washington media's favorite oracle, appearing on NBC’s “Meet the Press” to tell President Barack Obama, the Republican Party and the nation what they should be doing. That has been followed by media figures like MSNBC’s Chris Matthews swooning at the revealed wisdom from the ultimate Wise Man.

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Monday, September 20, 2010

How Gen. Petraeus Deceived Obama

By Gareth Porter
September 20, 2010

In interviews in recent weeks, Gen. David Petraeus has been taking a line on what will happen in mid-2011 that challenges President Barack Obama’s announced intention to begin a troop withdrawal from Afghanistan by that date.

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TNR's Peretz Reveals Mideast Bigotry

By Lawrence Davidson
September 20, 2010

Martin Peretz is editor-in-chief of The New Republic, a position he acquired by simply buying the magazine in 1974. Although he resold it to a group of investors in 2002, they were, and apparently remain, his ideological soul mates for he continues to this day to be the magazine’s top editor.

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