Yearly Archives: 2007

Preparing for Life After OilBy Michael T. Klare, The Nation. Posted November 8, 2007. Welcome to the Age of Insuffiency: As oil prices hit new highs and supplies sink, our way of life will drastically change. This past May, in … Continue reading →

The Doctrine of Revengeby Desmond Tutu I have seen the horror of the death penalty and the violence it propels. It is time for a global ban. For most of the 20th century the majority of the world’s nations used … Continue reading →

New Report Details ‘Hidden’ War CostsBy JEANNINE AVERSA, Posted: 2007-11-13 20:38:31 WASHINGTON (Nov. 13) – The economic costs of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are estimated to total $1.6 trillion — roughly double the amount the White House has … Continue reading →

Writer as Fighter: Mailer and UsBy JEFFREY ST. CLAIR Two years ago Norman Mailer came to Portland for a big book event portentously marketed as WordStock. Mailer had been battling his failing body for the last couple of years. He … Continue reading →

This stuff is getting more moronic by the day. Let’s be brutally honest: what we are doing is championing our inhumanity to fellow humans. Texas Mayors Want to Widen Rio GrandePosted: 2007-11-13 21:55:20 BROWNSVILLE, Texas (Nov. 13) – Texan mayors … Continue reading →

A Small Louisiana Town Struggles to Shut Down a Prison and Build a School: Education Versus Incarceration in TallulahBy JORDAN FLAHERTY Tallulah is a small town in Northeastern Louisiana, one of the poorest regions in the US. It is about … Continue reading →

The Last Dead Bull on Wall StreetBy Mike Whitney 11/11/07 “ICH” — – Whew! What a week for the stock market. On Wednesday the market took a 360 point nosedive followed, two days later, by a 220 point belly-flop. By … Continue reading →

Getting the Facts Right: Why Hillary’s Health Care Plan Really FailedBy VICENTE NAVARRO In his article “The Hillarycare Mythology” (The American Prospect, October 2007, pp. 12-18), Paul Starr, a senior health policy advisor to President Bill Clinton and a leading … Continue reading →

From CNET News. Does Senate FISA bill immunize FBI ‘black-bag jobs’?Posted by Declan McCullagh A few decades ago, the FBI regularly conducted “black-bag jobs” that involved sneaking into homes, hotel rooms and offices with the cooperation of the building’s owner … Continue reading →

Dual Power in the Venezuelan RevolutionBy George Ciccariello-Maher, Nov 11, 2007, 10:04 Too often, the Bolivarian Revolution currently underway in Venezuela is dismissed by its critics—on the right and left—as a fundamentally statist enterprise. We are told it is, at … Continue reading →

About 70 Stryker vehicles remain contained by PMR at the Port of Olympia, as of 8 pm Nov. 10th. The Port of Olympia Statement: “We oppose Olympia’s complicity in a war whose disastrous effects have been felt worldwide and we … Continue reading →

Treason of the Mainstream Democrats: The Political Crimes of ComplicityBy RICHARD W. BEHAN Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. — Article III, … Continue reading →