By Gary G. Kohls, MD
February 28, 2010
An author that every prospective soldier (and their loved ones) needs to read is Tim O’Brien.
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Sunday, February 28, 2010
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Vermonters Take on Nuclear Power
By Charlotte Dennett
February 28, 2010
A driving snowstorm could not keep Vermonters away from the statehouse in Montpelier as the Vermont Senate convened a historic debate and then voted on the future of the state’s aging nuclear power plant.
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February 28, 2010
A driving snowstorm could not keep Vermonters away from the statehouse in Montpelier as the Vermont Senate convened a historic debate and then voted on the future of the state’s aging nuclear power plant.
Read on.
Ahmadinejad Won, Get Over It!
By Robert Parry
February 27, 2010
Many in the West may agree that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is an unpleasant politician with a rhetorical tendency to bluster about Iran’s power and to foolishly question the historical accuracy of the Holocaust, but that doesn’t answer the crucial question of whether he was democratically reelected.
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February 27, 2010
Many in the West may agree that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is an unpleasant politician with a rhetorical tendency to bluster about Iran’s power and to foolishly question the historical accuracy of the Holocaust, but that doesn’t answer the crucial question of whether he was democratically reelected.
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Friday, February 26, 2010
Two Legal Foes Back Gay Marriage
By Michael Winship
February 26, 2010
Watching this week's "health summit" in Washington, with both sides barely repressing the urge to turn the Blair House event into the Potomac version of mixed martial arts cage fighting, was discouraging.
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February 26, 2010
Watching this week's "health summit" in Washington, with both sides barely repressing the urge to turn the Blair House event into the Potomac version of mixed martial arts cage fighting, was discouraging.
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Iran Captures a 'Good' Terrorist
By Ray McGovern
February 26, 2010
February 26, 2010
The Iranian government is celebrating the capture of Abdolmalek Rigi, the leader of a violent group called Jundallah (Arabic for Soldiers of God), which Tehran says is a terrorist organization supported by the United States, Great Britain and Israel.
Read on.Iraqi View of 'Hurt Locker,' 'Avatar'
By Mamoon Alabbasi
February 26, 2010
James Cameron's "Avatar" and Kathryn Bigelow's "The Hurt Locker" had battled for best film and best director at the BAFTA awards.
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February 26, 2010
James Cameron's "Avatar" and Kathryn Bigelow's "The Hurt Locker" had battled for best film and best director at the BAFTA awards.
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Thursday, February 25, 2010
Parallels of Conquest, Past and Present
By Douglas Valentine
February 25, 2010
After the Battle of Hastings in 1066, William the Conqueror’s army buried its fallen comrades, but left the corpses of the English defenders to rot in the fields.
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February 25, 2010
After the Battle of Hastings in 1066, William the Conqueror’s army buried its fallen comrades, but left the corpses of the English defenders to rot in the fields.
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Al Haig's Foreign Policy Blunders
By Melvin A. Goodman
February 25, 2010
The obituaries in the mainstream media failed to capture the full extent of the controversy and confrontation that marked Gen. Alexander M. Haig's political career in the White House during the Nixon administration and the State Department during the Reagan administration.
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February 25, 2010
The obituaries in the mainstream media failed to capture the full extent of the controversy and confrontation that marked Gen. Alexander M. Haig's political career in the White House during the Nixon administration and the State Department during the Reagan administration.
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Monday, February 22, 2010
BBC Depicts US/UK Torture Tolerance
By Richard L. Fricker
February 22, 2010
February 22, 2010
If you’ve never heard of Craig Murray, then you have an excellent opportunity to get acquainted with the remarkable story of this flawed whistleblower by listening to "A Murder in Samarkand" on BBC’s Radio Four, an adaptation of Murray’s book about his years as British Ambassador to Uzbekistan.
Sunday, February 21, 2010
New Grist for Hype on Iran
By Ray McGovern
February 21, 2010
Here we go again. A report issued by the new Director General of the U.N. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Japanese diplomat Yukiya Amano, injected new adrenalin into those arguing that Iran is developing a nuclear weapon.
February 21, 2010
Here we go again. A report issued by the new Director General of the U.N. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Japanese diplomat Yukiya Amano, injected new adrenalin into those arguing that Iran is developing a nuclear weapon.
Al Haig & a 'Green Light' to Chaos
By Robert Parry
February 21, 2010 (Originally published in 1996)
In summer 1980, Iraq's wily president Saddam Hussein saw opportunities in the chaos sweeping the Persian Gulf.
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February 21, 2010 (Originally published in 1996)
In summer 1980, Iraq's wily president Saddam Hussein saw opportunities in the chaos sweeping the Persian Gulf.
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Saturday, February 20, 2010
Yoo Called Civilian Slaughter OK
By Jason Leopold
February 20, 2010
Former Justice Department lawyer John Yoo argued that President George W. Bush’s commander-in-chief powers were so sweeping that he could willfully order the massacre of civilians, yet Yoo’s culpability in Bush administration abuses was deemed “poor judgment,” not a violation of “professional standards.”
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February 20, 2010
Former Justice Department lawyer John Yoo argued that President George W. Bush’s commander-in-chief powers were so sweeping that he could willfully order the massacre of civilians, yet Yoo’s culpability in Bush administration abuses was deemed “poor judgment,” not a violation of “professional standards.”
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Upping the Bid on American Justice
By Bill Moyers and Michael Winship
February 20, 2010
That famous definition of a cynic as someone who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing has come to define this present moment of American politics.
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February 20, 2010
That famous definition of a cynic as someone who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing has come to define this present moment of American politics.
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Thursday, February 18, 2010
US Media Replays Iraq Fiasco on Iran
By Robert Parry
February 18, 2010
Major U.S. news organizations, including the New York Times and the Washington Post, are engaged in a replay of the kind of slanted coverage that paved the way to war in Iraq, only this time regarding Iran.
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February 18, 2010
Major U.S. news organizations, including the New York Times and the Washington Post, are engaged in a replay of the kind of slanted coverage that paved the way to war in Iraq, only this time regarding Iran.
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Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Free Speech v Truth in Medals
By Ivan Eland
February 16, 2010
Dozens of people have been arrested under the Stolen Valor Act, which punishes, by up to a year in jail, the wearing of any unearned military medal. It is still a crime even if no effort was made to profit from the adornment or dissembling about earning it.
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February 16, 2010
Dozens of people have been arrested under the Stolen Valor Act, which punishes, by up to a year in jail, the wearing of any unearned military medal. It is still a crime even if no effort was made to profit from the adornment or dissembling about earning it.
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Duty to Warn: Lessons for Americans
By Gary G. Kohls
February 16, 2010
Sixty-seven years ago, on Feb. 18, 1943, three courageous, patriotic German college students from Munich, the birthplace of the Nazi party, were arrested by the Gestapo on charges of treason, a crime that was punishable by death.
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February 16, 2010
Sixty-seven years ago, on Feb. 18, 1943, three courageous, patriotic German college students from Munich, the birthplace of the Nazi party, were arrested by the Gestapo on charges of treason, a crime that was punishable by death.
Read on.
Monday, February 15, 2010
On Health Care, Dems Lack GOP Grit
By Bruce P. Cameron
February 15, 2010
Over the past quarter century when the Republicans had a priority – from funding the Nicaraguan contras to passing massive tax cuts for the wealthy – they would use whatever legislative means necessary, including bending congressional rules to get their way, a marked contrast to how today’s Democrats are handling health-care reform.
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February 15, 2010
Over the past quarter century when the Republicans had a priority – from funding the Nicaraguan contras to passing massive tax cuts for the wealthy – they would use whatever legislative means necessary, including bending congressional rules to get their way, a marked contrast to how today’s Democrats are handling health-care reform.
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Can a Jewish Tradition Help Christians?
By the Rev. Howard Bess
February 15, 2010
Just as I cannot allow my soul to be without worship, neither can I allow the inquiries of my mind to be denied. I have concluded that my spiritual health needs large doses of midrash just as I need regular worship.
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February 15, 2010
Just as I cannot allow my soul to be without worship, neither can I allow the inquiries of my mind to be denied. I have concluded that my spiritual health needs large doses of midrash just as I need regular worship.
Read on.
Sunday, February 14, 2010
NYT Sees UN-Syria Conspiracy Theory
By Robert Parry
February 15, 2010
The New York Times simply refuses to deal with “enemy” Muslim states with any sense of objectivity or fairness, reaffirming its deep-seated bias again on Sunday with the publication of a one-sided article about the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri on its fifth anniversary.
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February 15, 2010
The New York Times simply refuses to deal with “enemy” Muslim states with any sense of objectivity or fairness, reaffirming its deep-seated bias again on Sunday with the publication of a one-sided article about the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri on its fifth anniversary.
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Cheney Exposes Torture Conspiracy
By Robert Parry
February 14, 2010
If the United States had a functioning criminal justice system for the powerful – not just for run-of-the-mill offenders – former Vice President Dick Cheney would have convicted himself and some of his Bush administration colleagues with his comments on ABC’s “This Week.”
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February 14, 2010
If the United States had a functioning criminal justice system for the powerful – not just for run-of-the-mill offenders – former Vice President Dick Cheney would have convicted himself and some of his Bush administration colleagues with his comments on ABC’s “This Week.”
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