By Nat Parry
March 27, 2010
In the wake of the bitter health-care debate and some ugly incidents of violence against Democratic members of Congress, there have been some belated – and halfhearted – appeals from Republican leaders to tamp down the fiery rhetoric on the Right.
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Saturday, March 27, 2010
Friday, March 26, 2010
Incredible Lightness of Reform
By Bill Moyers and Michael Winship
March 26, 2010
That wickedly satirical Ambrose Bierce described politics as "the conduct of public affairs for private advantage."
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March 26, 2010
That wickedly satirical Ambrose Bierce described politics as "the conduct of public affairs for private advantage."
Read on.
The Right Finds Virtue in Extremism
By Lisa Pease
March 26, 2010
During his acceptance speech at the 1964 Republican convention, presidential candidate Barry Goldwater famously said, “Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice.” But was he correct?
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March 26, 2010
During his acceptance speech at the 1964 Republican convention, presidential candidate Barry Goldwater famously said, “Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice.” But was he correct?
Read on.
Thursday, March 25, 2010
The Politics of 'Corrections'
By Robert Parry
March 25, 2010
Perhaps nothing measures the imbalance of media and political power in the United States better than the decision-making by major news organizations about when to issue “corrections.”
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March 25, 2010
Perhaps nothing measures the imbalance of media and political power in the United States better than the decision-making by major news organizations about when to issue “corrections.”
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Wednesday, March 24, 2010
The Politics of Media
By Robert Parry
March 24, 2010
If you believed what you saw on Tuesday’s NBC evening news or what you read in the Washington Post’s lead editorial on Wednesday, you wouldn’t have a clue that Republicans are engaged in a scorched-earth political strategy to destroy the Obama administration.
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March 24, 2010
If you believed what you saw on Tuesday’s NBC evening news or what you read in the Washington Post’s lead editorial on Wednesday, you wouldn’t have a clue that Republicans are engaged in a scorched-earth political strategy to destroy the Obama administration.
Read on.
El Salvador: Ghosts at the Polls
By Don North
March 24, 2010 (Originally published June 24, 2009)
“If they kill me, I shall arise again in the Salvadoran people,” said Archbishop Oscar Romero in March 1980, just two weeks before he was gunned down by a sniper while saying Mass.
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March 24, 2010 (Originally published June 24, 2009)
“If they kill me, I shall arise again in the Salvadoran people,” said Archbishop Oscar Romero in March 1980, just two weeks before he was gunned down by a sniper while saying Mass.
Read on.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Making Unneeded Enemies in Somalia
By Ivan Eland
March 23, 2010
Although the Clinton administration’s debacle in Somalia in the early 1990s is most famous — as depicted in the Hollywood blockbuster “Black Hawk Down” — more recent American meddling by the George W. Bush and Barack Obama administrations may have worse long-term effects.
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March 23, 2010
Although the Clinton administration’s debacle in Somalia in the early 1990s is most famous — as depicted in the Hollywood blockbuster “Black Hawk Down” — more recent American meddling by the George W. Bush and Barack Obama administrations may have worse long-term effects.
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Monday, March 22, 2010
Obama, Free at Last on Health Care
By Robert Parry
March 22, 2010
The long-delayed passage of health-care reform may indeed be a historic moment for the United States, but it also marks something else – the moment when President Barack Obama has been freed, finally, to pursue a more innovative foreign policy, including a more aggressive approach to Middle East peace.
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March 22, 2010
The long-delayed passage of health-care reform may indeed be a historic moment for the United States, but it also marks something else – the moment when President Barack Obama has been freed, finally, to pursue a more innovative foreign policy, including a more aggressive approach to Middle East peace.
Read on.
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Calling Out Yoo on Presidential Power
By David Swanson
March 21, 2010
I had the opportunity to ask war lawyer John Yoo a couple of questions on Friday. The situation was not ideal, with someone else holding the microphone and deferring to the witness, and other people heckling, and other people shouting at the hecklers.
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March 21, 2010
I had the opportunity to ask war lawyer John Yoo a couple of questions on Friday. The situation was not ideal, with someone else holding the microphone and deferring to the witness, and other people heckling, and other people shouting at the hecklers.
Read on.
NYT Admits Getting Duped on ACORN
By Robert Parry
March 21, 2010
March 21, 2010
The New York Times admits, sort of, that it got duped by right-wing propagandists who appear to have succeeded in a plot to destroy ACORN, an organization that for four decades has aided and defended the poor and powerless across the United States.
Friday, March 19, 2010
Protesting a Defiler of US Principles
By Ray McGovern
March 19, 2010
This morning I was reading the 11th grade AP American History textbook used in my granddaughter here in Charlottesville.
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March 19, 2010
This morning I was reading the 11th grade AP American History textbook used in my granddaughter here in Charlottesville.
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GOP Learns to Love Dissent
By Nat Parry
March 19, 2010
“The American people are saying, ‘Stop’ and they’re screaming at the top of their lungs,” said House Republican Leader John Boehner explaining why the GOP is so determined to kill President Barack Obama’s health-insurance reform.
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March 19, 2010
“The American people are saying, ‘Stop’ and they’re screaming at the top of their lungs,” said House Republican Leader John Boehner explaining why the GOP is so determined to kill President Barack Obama’s health-insurance reform.
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The Many Lies of Karl Rove
By Melvin A. Goodman
March 19, 2010
Joseph Goebbels, the leading propagandist of the Third Reich, understood the power of the lie; the greater the lie, the greater its power.
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March 19, 2010
Joseph Goebbels, the leading propagandist of the Third Reich, understood the power of the lie; the greater the lie, the greater its power.
Read on.
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Israel's Troubling Tilt Toward Apartheid
By Robert Parry
March 19, 2010
March 19, 2010
The United Nations General Assembly may well have been wrong in 1975 to equate Zionism with racism, since many early Israelis rejected extremist notions regarding separation of Jews from Arabs. But today a virulent form of Zionism is turning Israel in the direction of an intolerant apartheid state.
The Death and Life of Bishop Romero
By Gary G. Kohls
March 18, 2010
Next week will be the 30th anniversary of the assassination of El Salvador's Archbishop Oscar Romero, a pivotal moment in the modern history of Central America and a moment that deserves reflection among U.S. citizens regarding the role their own government played in the ghastly bloodshed that surrounded Romero's death.
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March 18, 2010
Next week will be the 30th anniversary of the assassination of El Salvador's Archbishop Oscar Romero, a pivotal moment in the modern history of Central America and a moment that deserves reflection among U.S. citizens regarding the role their own government played in the ghastly bloodshed that surrounded Romero's death.
Read on.
Torture Lawyer Gets His Say at UVA
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
WPost Blames Obama First, on Israel
By Robert Parry
March 16, 2010
The U.S. government is in a clash with Israel over Jewish settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, housing construction that the Obama administration sees as a threat to renewed peace talks – and guess which side the Washington Post’s neoconservative editorial page is taking?
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March 16, 2010
The U.S. government is in a clash with Israel over Jewish settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, housing construction that the Obama administration sees as a threat to renewed peace talks – and guess which side the Washington Post’s neoconservative editorial page is taking?
Read on.
Monday, March 15, 2010
Yoo Besmirches Legacy of Jefferson
By Ray McGovern
March 15, 2010
Initially I was shocked at the thought of the University of Virginia welcoming former Justice Department lawyer John Yoo to the “Academical Village” founded by Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence, which denounced tyrannical acts by King George III, including ones that fell far short of waterboarding.
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March 15, 2010
Initially I was shocked at the thought of the University of Virginia welcoming former Justice Department lawyer John Yoo to the “Academical Village” founded by Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence, which denounced tyrannical acts by King George III, including ones that fell far short of waterboarding.
Read on.
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Spy Takes US-Israeli Secrets to Grave
By Robert Parry
March 15, 2010
Last week’s death of Israeli spymaster David Kimche – and the omissions in his obituaries about his most sensitive operations, especially those regarding the United States – are a reminder of how much crucial history is being lost as key figures from this era take their secrets to the grave.
Read on.
March 15, 2010
Last week’s death of Israeli spymaster David Kimche – and the omissions in his obituaries about his most sensitive operations, especially those regarding the United States – are a reminder of how much crucial history is being lost as key figures from this era take their secrets to the grave.
Read on.
Saturday, March 13, 2010
30 Years of US Mistakes in Afghanistan
By James A. Lucas
March 13, 2010
More than three decades ago, there were social movements in Afghanistan to improve the standard of living of its people and to provide greater equality for women. There was even a functioning, if imperfect, democracy.
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March 13, 2010
More than three decades ago, there were social movements in Afghanistan to improve the standard of living of its people and to provide greater equality for women. There was even a functioning, if imperfect, democracy.
Read on.
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