January 8, 2011
Five years ago, we became aware that something significant was happening among Christian churches. Young people were leaving churches in huge numbers, most with no intention to ever return.
Saturday, January 08, 2011
Friday, January 07, 2011
The Power of False Narrative
By Robert Parry
January 7, 2011
January 7, 2011
As the House of Representatives was engaged in its reading of an abridged version of the U.S. Constitution – leaving out parts like the sections on slavery that would make the Founders look bad – I was reminded again of the power of false narrative, especially at a time when the American Right dominates the U.S. media landscape.
Thursday, January 06, 2011
Preparing for More Reagan Mythology
By William Blum
January 7, 2011
January 7, 2011
Feb. 6 will mark the centenary of the birth of Ronald Reagan, president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. The conservatives have wasted no time in starting the show.
Republicans Give Aid to 'Terrorists'
By Lawrence Davidson
January 6, 2011
January 6, 2011
Here is an interesting piece of news from the Washington Post: "A group of prominent U.S. Republicans" went to Paris last month to attend a rally of the French Committee for a Democratic Iran. This organization just happens to be intimately connected with the Mujaheddin-e Khalq (MEK).
Wednesday, January 05, 2011
Justice Scalia's 'Originalist' Hypocrisy
By Robert Parry
January 5, 2011
January 5, 2011
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia unintentionally revealed the hypocrisy of the Right’s rhetoric about “originalist” interpretations of the U.S. Constitution with his comments about how the 14th Amendment’s guarantee of “equal protection under the law” doesn’t mean equal rights for women.
Tuesday, January 04, 2011
Republicans Aim Info-War at Obama
By Robert Parry
January 4, 2011
January 4, 2011
Finally, Congress appears ready to hold some high-profile hearings – except they won’t be about the most important scandals of the past decade, like how the United States was misled into the Iraq invasion, how the Afghan War was bungled, how torture became a U.S. practice, or how bank deregulation and Wall Street greed nearly destroyed the economy.
Monday, January 03, 2011
Obama Should Read WikiLeaks Docs
By Ray McGovern
January 3, 2011
January 3, 2011
Perhaps President Barack Obama should give himself a waiver on the ban prohibiting U.S. government employees from downloading classified cables released by WikiLeaks, so he can better understand the futility of his Afghan War strategy.
Sunday, January 02, 2011
The Danger of Pro-Israel Extremism
By Lawrence Davidson
January 2, 2011
January 2, 2011
When we think of the great struggles of our day we almost always think in terms of movements and groups. There are Communists and Fascists, Capitalists and Socialists, Jews and Muslims, Zionists and Christian Fundamentalists, Democrats and Republicans, Western Civilization and its rivals, ad nauseum.
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