Yearly Archives: 2007

The Wages of Militarism: Whining ImperialistsBy SAUL LANDAU Two kinds of imperial whining have come to pervade foreign policy discussion. One relates to Bush’s overextending the military so they cannot deploy to other places desperately needing their lethal capacity. Others … Continue reading →

Wolfowitz Responds to Controversy Over Staffer World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz, in a memo to the bank’s staff, responded today to the growing controversy surrounding the salary paid to a staffer with whom he is romantically linked after she was … Continue reading →

Coming Soon to a Continent Near YouBy Paul Richard HarrisApr 8, 2007, 19:34 Following a grand photo opportunity in March 2005 for the presidents of Mexico and the United States, and the prime minister of Canada, observers were regaled, almost … Continue reading →

Venezuela’s Banco del Sur: The End of the IMF in Latin America?By Paul McIvorApr 9, 2007, 09:02 Speaking to an audience at Columbia Business School in February, Rodrigo de Rato, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, sketched out his … Continue reading →

Hijacking Catastrophe: Sorrows of Empire pt. 2 (7 of 10)

Hat-tip to Pensito Review for posting this comment from one of their readers. We applaud the candour and rejection of hypocrisy. Thank you. I stopped going to church after our shameful shock and awe of Iraq. I believe God spoke … Continue reading →

Paul Desmond, Dave Brubeck – Balcony Rocks (circa 1975)

Were the post 9/11 anthrax mail attacks a well timed ‘inside job’ designed to target and intimidate U.S. senate opponents to the White House sponsored Patriot Act just prior to it’s Capitol Hill passage?

The True Story of Free Speech in Americaby Robert FiskApril 08, 2007Independent Laila al-Arian was wearing her headscarf at her desk at Nation Books, one of my New York publishers. No, she told me, it would be difficult to telephone … Continue reading →

Pity the sick of Iraq After repeatedly topping the Arab health index, Iraq’s health record is now worse than ever because of the US-led occupation. The general effect on the Iraqi population amounts to a massive war crime, writes Bert … Continue reading →

Hijacking Catastrophe: Sorrows of Empire pt. 1 (6 of 10)

And Other Reflections on the Internationalization of Genocide: Where Have All the Bees Gone?By FIDEL CASTRO The Camp David meeting has just come to an end. All of us followed the press conference offered by the presidents of the United … Continue reading →