Thursday, December 31, 2009

A Glimmer of Hope from the Past

By Lisa Pease
December 31, 2009

Former Vice President Dick Cheney has decried President Barack Obama for not taking a more belligerent tone against terrorism, accusing him of making Americans less safe when he “pretends we aren’t at war with terrorists.” But Obama is not Dick Cheney, and thank goodness.

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The Danger of Defeatism

By David Swanson
December 31, 2009

In 2004 I began speaking at rallies and forums around the country on issues of peace and justice, something I've done off-and-on ever since.

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Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Are Presidents Scared of the CIA?

By Ray McGovern
December 29, 2009

In the past, I have alluded to Panetta and the Seven Dwarfs. The reference is to CIA Director Leon Panetta and seven of his moral-dwarf predecessors — the ones who sent President Barack Obama a letter on Sept. 18 asking him to “reverse Attorney General Holder’s Aug. 24 decision to re-open the criminal investigation of CIA interrogations.”

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Obama's Unheralded Nuke Progress

By Ivan Eland
December 29, 2009

Attempting to make good on his pledge to reduce the role of nuclear weapons in the U.S. and other nations’ defense postures, and eventually eliminate them, President Barack Obama seems on the verge of reaching a new strategic arms reduction agreement with Russia.

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Monday, December 28, 2009

The Jesus Genealogy Myths

By the Rev. Howard Bess
December 28, 2009

The Matthew gospel does not start the story of Jesus with his birth. Rather Matthew starts the story with a genealogy.

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'Avatar': a Metaphor for the 'Long War'

By David Swanson
December 28, 2009

Let's face it, if James Cameron had made a movie with the Iraqi resistance as the heroes and the U.S. military as the enemies, and had set it in Iraq or anywhere else on planet earth, the packed theaters viewing "Avatar" would have been replaced by a screening in a living room for eight people and a dog.

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What the New Year Demands

By Robert Parry
December 28, 2009

The U.S. political battle lines for 2010 are already clear. Despite having caused many of the severe problems the country faces, the Republicans and the Right are again in the ascendancy, having shifted the blame for most of the troubles onto President Barack Obama and the Democrats.

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