May 11, 2011
If you want to see how an ostensibly religious regime can be corrupted into something close to fascism, just take a look at contemporary Bahrain.
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Turning a Blind Eye to Bahrain's Abuse
By Lawrence Davidson
May 11, 2011
May 11, 2011
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
The War Against Taxing the Rich
By Michael Winship
May 10, 2011
May 10, 2011
Nothing is certain but death and taxes, it used to be said, but in the madcap times we live in, even they're up for grabs.
Declaring Victory Over Osama
By Ivan Eland
May 10, 2011
May 10, 2011
Although the Obama administration has said that the killing of Osama bin Laden is not a V-E or V-J day — which brought a return to normal times after World War II ended — perhaps it should be.
Monday, May 09, 2011
Post-Bin Laden Peace Hopes Dim
By Gareth Porter
May 9, 2011
May 9, 2011
President Barack Obama and top administration officials have taken advantage of the killing of Osama bin Laden to establish a new narrative suggesting the event will pave the way for negotiations with the Taliban for peace in Afghanistan.
US Policy Still Misreads the Middle East
By Lawrence Davidson
May 9, 2011
May 9, 2011
Last week, I was in Egypt, a country presently moved by an optimism that reflects a high state of political consciousness.
Sunday, May 08, 2011
The Anti-War Message of Mother's Day
By Gary G. Kohls
May 8, 2011
May 8, 2011
In 1870 – five years after the American Civil War ended – the disastrous long-term human and economic consequences of the conflict were becoming increasingly apparent, especially to the mothers of the sons and the wives of the husbands who had seen their patriotic men march off to that “inglorious” war and had come home dead or wounded.
Saturday, May 07, 2011
The Curious Bush/Bin Laden Symbiosis
By Robert Parry
May 7, 2011
May 7, 2011
Since Osama bin Laden’s killing on May 1, it has become shockingly clear that the terrorist leader did not spend most of the last decade on the run or hiding in caves. He was holed up in the Pakistani city of Abbottabad enjoying the comforts of family life with his twenty-something-year-old latest wife.
America's Need for a 'Public Good'
By the Rev. Howard Bess
May 7, 2011
May 7, 2011
The United States was never meant to be a Christian nation. Instead, the Founders envisioned a secular state in which religion would be pursued with complete freedom, but they also understood the need for the young nation to have a moral compass.
Thursday, May 05, 2011
Politics of Revenge and Submission
By Phil Rockstroh
May 5, 2011
May 5, 2011
Osama bin Laden is dead. And so is the U.S. republic. We had to destroy our freedoms in order to save them.
What Has Bin Laden's Killing Wrought?
By Ray McGovern
May 5, 2011
May 5, 2011
As America’s morbid celebrations over the killing of Osama bin Laden begin to fade, we are left with a new landscape of risks – and opportunities – created by his slaying at the hands of a U.S. Special Forces team at a compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
Wednesday, May 04, 2011
From 'Birtherism' to Bin Laden
By Michael Winship
May 4, 2011
May 4, 2011
This has been the kind of week that makes news junkies wig out in a frenzy of adrenalin and information overload while driving to distraction people who try to write weekly pieces like this one.
Tuesday, May 03, 2011
'Liberating' Iraq, Now Libya
By William Blum
May 3, 2011
May 3, 2011
On April 9, Condoleezza Rice delivered a talk in San Francisco. Or tried to. The former Secretary of State was interrupted repeatedly by cries from the audience of "war criminal" and "torturer". (For which we can thank Code Pink and World Can't Wait.)
A Never-Ending 'War on Terror'
By Ivan Eland
May 3, 2011
May 3, 2011
The WikiLeaks documents released on Guantanamo prisoners indicate appalling military incompetence in haphazardly patching together sketchy and contradictory information that has allowed many high-risk terror suspects to go free, while low-risk or innocent detainees continue to be incarcerated.
Monday, May 02, 2011
'Birtherism' and the US 'News' Media
By Danny Schechter
May 2, 2011
May 2, 2011
In the aftermath of the resolution of the Great Birther bash-up, even as President Obama tried to lay the issue to rest by producing the document that showed, proved, verified, documented, and validated his birth in one of the great states of our disunion, it was said that its release would only fuel more debate and convince no one.
Finishing a Job: Obama Gets Osama
By Robert Parry
May 2, 2011
May 2, 2011
President Barack Obama touched off American celebrations with his Sunday night announcement that U.S. forces finally had killed al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, but that long frustrating hunt might not have been necessary if George W. Bush had rejected neoconservative advice to pivot prematurely from Afghanistan to Iraq in late 2001.
Sunday, May 01, 2011
The Royal Wedding's Pre-Crime Arrests
By Coleen Rowley
May 1, 2011
May 1, 2011
Pre-emptive wars and pre-emptive policing have been instituted as a result of the fear planted (and deliberately hyped) in the "war on terror."
Saturday, April 30, 2011
Forget Hell: A Rebirth of Christianity
By the Rev. Howard Bess
April 30, 2011
April 30, 2011
A few days ago, I received my copy of Time magazine and found that the Rev. Rob Bell, a pastor of a megachurch in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and a graduate of my alma mater, Wheaton College, had made the front cover.
The Robber Barons Are Back!
By Aerik Vondenburg
April 30, 2011
April 30, 2011
Since the Gilded Age of the 19th century, the wealthy financiers and "robber baron" industrialists have been effectively purchasing power – and creating further revenue for themselves – by directing money into the coffers of business friendly politicians, who in turn vote for lower taxes, special exemptions, tax loopholes, deregulation, etc.
Friday, April 29, 2011
Questioning Obama's Americanism
By Robert Parry
April 29, 2011
April 29, 2011
Some Americans, especially on the Left, seem to have almost forgotten that Barack Obama is an African-American whose rise to the presidency was one of the most unlikely political stories in U.S. history.
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