Yearly Archives: 2007

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From An Arab Woman Blues The language of Parrots. Some years ago, I read a beautiful Sufi treatise by Farradin’Attar entitled “Conference of the Birds”.Like all powerful Sufi stories, this one stayed with me.The story, an allegory, is basically about … Continue reading →

Tomgram: De la Vega, The Whole Truth about Libby and the Leak The U.S. government and military has undergone a series of jolting expansions in the Bush years. We got, for instance, a second Defense Department called the Department of … Continue reading →

Why can’t the US do stuff like this? Well, for one, there’s way too much money and inflated ego involved in US efforts. We believe all US politicians should take mandatory mindfulness and meditation training. And the population should hold … Continue reading →

Tomgram: Chernus, An American Identity Crisis in a Losing War In recent days, we’ve have two reports on timing, when it comes to the future of the President’s “surge” plan for Baghdad. According to Richard A. Oppel of the New … Continue reading →

From Informed Comment Secretary of the Army Francis Harvey was forced to resign Friday over the scandal of substandard conditions at a wing of Walter Reed Hospital. Note that all the time Donald Rumsfeld was in office, and despite horrible … Continue reading →

In spring 1967, six members of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) at the University of Texas in Austin ran for Student Assembly on the following platform. The original platform was mimeographed. It has been reproduced in 2007 for cyberspace … Continue reading →

In the spring of 1966, Gary Thiher, a member of the University of Texas’ chapter of Students for a Democratic Society, ran for president of student government. He lost, but his energetic campaign changed the student dialogue. An SDS candidate, … Continue reading →

We don’t need a “new generation” of these fucking things: we need to get rid of them forever. U.S. Selects Design for New Nuclear WarheadBy H. JOSEF HEBERT, AP WASHINGTON (March 1) – The Bush administration took a major step … Continue reading →

Congress and the war [an Axis “Must Read!”]By Sara FloundersMar 1, 2007, 10:13 The Democratic Party now has a majority in both houses of Congress. This new majority had promised, if elected, to act against the war. Every politician is … Continue reading →

From Arthur Silber’s Once Upon a Time A Nation of Stupid Children, Who Refuse to Give Up the Lies By the age of eight or nine, most children realize that Santa Claus isn’t a real person, just as they know … Continue reading →