Yearly Archives: 2007

Lt. Col. Abraham’s Damning Verdict: Guantánamo Whistleblower Launches a New Attack on Rigged TribunalsBy ANDY WORTHINGTON The media — both mainstream outlets and the blogosphere — have spent the last week consumed by the story of a leaked operating manual … Continue reading →

Rumors of (More) War: Likelihood of Iran Attack Gains CredenceBy DAVE LINDORFF As someone who has been writing about this crazed administration’s plans to launch an attack on Iran now for over a year, I have always noted that the … Continue reading →

First Woman, First Black, First Latino, or First Honest President?Most Dishonest Politicians Have a Better Chance of WinningBy Joel Hirschhorn, Published Nov 20, 2007 The phrase honest politician has become an oxymoron. We should not be impressed by the prospect … Continue reading →

Too Parochial for Empire: The Bush Administration Conquers WashingtonBy John Brown As I write, on a cloudy Washington afternoon, my “Bush’s Last Day Countdown Keychain” tells me there are 433 days, 11 hrs, 50 minutes and 41.3 seconds left before … Continue reading →

Hate Crimes Rose 8 Percent in 2006By MICHAEL J. SNIFFEN, APPosted: 2007-11-19 13:41:38 WASHINGTON (Nov. 19) – Hate crime incidents in the United States rose last year by nearly 8 percent, the FBI reported Monday, as racial prejudice continued to … Continue reading →

War and Arlo Guthrie’s Thanksgiving: Sitting on the Group W BenchBy RON JACOBS I first heard “Alice’s Restaurant” in 1968 on Washington DC’s underground radio station WHFS. The most memorable time I heard it was in May 1970 on the … Continue reading →

An Enduring Corruption: Why Congress Won’t ReformBy WINSLOW T. WHEELER Having endured the Congressman Randy “Duke” Cunningham saga up close and personal for the last two years, most recently in the form of Mr. Brent Wilkes’ conviction on all 13 … Continue reading →

An Open Letter To President Bush Mr. President: I am sure that you will agree that in the aftermath of the start of the Iraq war it was a total embarrassment for this nation to have to expose to the … Continue reading →

The Palestinian path to peace does not go via AnnapolisBy Jonathan Steele World opinion is still on the side of the people of the occupied territories. But as long as they are divided, talks are futile 11/16/07 “The Guardian” — … Continue reading →

Actually, we hope no one bothers raising the scarletry of the Republican masses. Who fuckin’ cares? As Pierre Trudeau said (our paraphrase), “The state has no business in the nations’ bedrooms.” Let’s raise their hypocrisy, but we need go no … Continue reading →

And still paying the enormous price of insidious colonialism in Africa. Somalia: What the News Failed to ReportBy Ramzy Baroud 11/18/07 “ICH” — — The people of Somalia are enduring yet another round of suffering as Ethiopian forces wreck havoc … Continue reading →

Forever WeirdBy JOE KLEIN, November 18, 2007 GONZO: The Life of Hunter S. Thompson.By Jann S. Wenner and Corey Seymour.Illustrated. 467 pp. Little, Brown & Company. $28.99. On July 2, 1974, I started work as deputy Washington bureau chief for … Continue reading →