Saturday, February 26, 2011

America's Radical 'Conservatism'

By Lawrence Davidson
February 26, 2011

If you have the stomach to listen to the likes of Glenn Beck or track the antics of people like Sarah Palin, you might get the idea that today’s American political conservatives are a bunch of radicals and extremists. And, as we will see, you would be correct.

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Professor Maguire Criticizes UN Veto

By Daniel C. Maguire
February 26, 2011

Dear Dr. Rice, A criticism and a comment: "Settlement" is, as you know, a euphemism for expropriation of Palestinian property.

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America, a Land of No Prophets

By the Rev. Howard Bess
February 26, 2011

In today’s English language, a prophet is someone who has the power to predict the future, but that is not the role of the prophets that we find in the Bible.

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Friday, February 25, 2011

Recruiting America to War on Itself

By Michael Winship
February 25, 2011

"More cheese, less sleaze!" That was the funniest group chant at Tuesday’s rally of several hundred union and other progressive activists outside the Manhattan headquarters of Fox News.

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Political Upheaval and Women's Rights

By William John Cox
February 25, 2011

As the youth-led Freedom Movement of 2011 spreads rapidly across the Middle East, one can only wonder what would be happening in Iraq today if the U.S. had not invaded eight years ago.

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Thursday, February 24, 2011

Budget Crisis? Duh, Tax the Rich!

By Robert Parry
February 24, 2011

A great tragedy of the United States is that the answer to many of the country’s domestic problems is obvious, even simple, but can’t be done because of a dominating political/media dynamic that rules that solution out.

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Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Wisconsin's Right-Wing Radical

By Lisa Pease
February 23, 2011

It’s not just Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s recent efforts to strip public employees of their right to collectively bargain that have citizens of his state outraged. Walker is nothing short of a radical hell-bent on privatizing the public sector of Wisconsin.

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Standing Up to War and Hillary Clinton

By Ray McGovern
February 23, 2011

It was not until Secretary of State Hillary Clinton walked to the George Washington University podium last week to enthusiastic applause that I decided I had to dissociate myself from the obsequious adulation of a person responsible for so much death, suffering and destruction.

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US Endless-War Budget Rolls On

By Sherwood Ross
February 23, 2011
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Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Which Way on America's Road to Ruin?

By Don Monkerud
February 22, 2011

America remains on the "road to ruin," former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin declared as she honored the legacy of Ronald Reagan.

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Monday, February 21, 2011

Madoff Fingers Wall Street,, Sort of

By Danny Schechter
February 21, 2011

Thank you Bernie for breaking your silence, even if you are still clinging to that cover-up mode you adopted since your guilty plea took all the blame for your crimes on yourself.

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Sunday, February 20, 2011

Multiple 'Realities' in the Middle East

By Lawrence Davidson
February 20, 2011

The inspiring moments when President Obama appeared before the cameras, and thus the world, to declare that the dictator Hosni Mubarak must step down and the people of Egypt must be given the inalienable right to self-determination are now in the past.

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The GOP's Mixed Emotions on Anger

By Nat Parry
February 20, 2011

The national Republican leadership embraced anger during the first two years of Barack Obama’s term with rank-and-file Republicans even brandishing guns at rallies. But anger is suddenly a bad thing again, at least when expressed by public employees defending their collective bargaining rights.

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