September 30, 2010
Thumbing through Bob Woodward’s Obama’s Wars, I should not have been surprised that the index lacks any entry for “intelligence.”
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Fear Still Erodes American Liberties
By Danny Schechter
September 30, 2010
There is a saying I may be twisting in the retelling to the effect of what you do unto others will be done onto you. In Karmic terms, it boils down to what goes around cones around.
Read on.
September 30, 2010
There is a saying I may be twisting in the retelling to the effect of what you do unto others will be done onto you. In Karmic terms, it boils down to what goes around cones around.
Read on.
Our Unheeded Warnings to Obama
By Robert Parry
September 30, 2010
In the days after Barack Obama won the presidency in 2008, we published a three-part series warning him of dangers ahead. However, the new President chose to ignore all our warnings. So nearly two years later, it might be a good time to assess whether our concerns were valid or not.
Read on.
September 30, 2010
In the days after Barack Obama won the presidency in 2008, we published a three-part series warning him of dangers ahead. However, the new President chose to ignore all our warnings. So nearly two years later, it might be a good time to assess whether our concerns were valid or not.
Read on.
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Israeli Commandos Accused of Murder
By Gareth Porter
September 29, 2010
The report of the fact-finding mission of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on the Israeli attack on the Gaza flotilla released last week shows conclusively that U.S. citizen Furkan Dogan and five Turkish citizens were murdered execution-style by Israeli commandos.
Read on.
September 29, 2010
The report of the fact-finding mission of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on the Israeli attack on the Gaza flotilla released last week shows conclusively that U.S. citizen Furkan Dogan and five Turkish citizens were murdered execution-style by Israeli commandos.
Read on.
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Mystery of a 'Disgraced' War Reporter
By Don North
September 28, 2010
War changes – and often harms – not only its combatants but its eyewitnesses, including the war correspondents with their unique job of getting as close as possible to a conflict, reporting what they see, and somehow surviving to tell about it.
Read on.
September 28, 2010
War changes – and often harms – not only its combatants but its eyewitnesses, including the war correspondents with their unique job of getting as close as possible to a conflict, reporting what they see, and somehow surviving to tell about it.
Read on.
Rove's Money Tramples Democracy
By Kevin Zeese
September 28, 2010
In this first post-Citizens United election, voters are the victims of a crime against democracy that the government seems unable, or unwilling, to stop despite it occurring right before our eyes.
Read on.
September 28, 2010
In this first post-Citizens United election, voters are the victims of a crime against democracy that the government seems unable, or unwilling, to stop despite it occurring right before our eyes.
Read on.
The Neocons' 'Democracy' Fraud
By Ivan Eland
September 28, 2010
American policymakers love to see purple thumbs in the developing world, especially in countries in which the United States has undertaken “nation-building” projects (read: invasions and occupations).
Read on.
September 28, 2010
American policymakers love to see purple thumbs in the developing world, especially in countries in which the United States has undertaken “nation-building” projects (read: invasions and occupations).
Read on.
Monday, September 27, 2010
How Bush Holdovers Trapped Obama
By Robert Parry
September 27, 2010
President Barack Obama trapped himself in the morass of Afghanistan by his post-election decision to show bipartisan continuity and to keep in place George W. Bush’s military command structure, particularly Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Gen. David Petraeus.
Read on.
September 27, 2010
President Barack Obama trapped himself in the morass of Afghanistan by his post-election decision to show bipartisan continuity and to keep in place George W. Bush’s military command structure, particularly Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Gen. David Petraeus.
Read on.
Must Christianity Dominate America?
By the Rev. Howard Bess
September 27, 2010
One of the great sins of Christianity over the centuries is that it has sought dominance over believers in other religions as well as non-believers.
Read on.
September 27, 2010
One of the great sins of Christianity over the centuries is that it has sought dominance over believers in other religions as well as non-believers.
Read on.
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Big Media Won't Forgive Colbert
By Jeff Cohen
September 26, 2010
Let's face it: Some in the Washington press corps still resent Stephen Colbert because he so brilliantly lampooned them to their faces at the 2006 White House Correspondents Dinner over their coziness with the Bush White House.
Read on.
September 26, 2010
Let's face it: Some in the Washington press corps still resent Stephen Colbert because he so brilliantly lampooned them to their faces at the 2006 White House Correspondents Dinner over their coziness with the Bush White House.
Read on.
New FBI Raids in 'War on Dissent'
By Coleen Rowley
September 26, 2010
The war on dissent, rather than terrorism, continued full steam with FBI SWAT teams breaking down doors at 7 a.m. Friday morning and raiding the homes of several anti-war leaders and activists in Minneapolis, Chicago and possibly a couple other Midwest cities.
Read on.
September 26, 2010
The war on dissent, rather than terrorism, continued full steam with FBI SWAT teams breaking down doors at 7 a.m. Friday morning and raiding the homes of several anti-war leaders and activists in Minneapolis, Chicago and possibly a couple other Midwest cities.
Read on.
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.
Read on.
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.
Read on.
Friday, September 24, 2010
Petraeus Cons Obama on Afghan War
By Ray McGovern
September 24, 2010
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.
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.
Read on.
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.
Read on.
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.
Read on.
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.
Read on.
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Losing Ahmadinejad's Translation
By Lawrence Davidson
September 22, 2010
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.
Read on.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.
Read on.
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.
Read on.
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.
Read on.
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.
Read on.
Monday, September 20, 2010
How Gen. Petraeus Deceived Obama
By Gareth Porter
September 20, 2010
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.
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.
Read on.
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.
Read on.
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