Yearly Archives: 2007

Travails of the Super-RichBarbara Ehrenreich On Labor Day we customarily give a nod to America’s underpaid and overworked blue- and pink-collar workers–janitors, flight attendants, forklift operators and the like. But this year let’s go a step further and salute the … Continue reading →

Many thanks to the folks at Iraq Today / Staying Alive.

What will you do if the United States uses “small-scale” (“bunker buster”) nuclear weapons against Iran? 1,200 Targets in 3 Days? A Look at Bush’s Iran War PlansBy MARJORIE COHN The Sunday Times of London is reporting that the Pentagon … Continue reading →

The Next Quagmireby Chris Hedges The most effective diplomats, like the most effective intelligence officers and foreign correspondents, possess empathy. They have the intellectual, cultural and linguistic literacy to get inside the heads of those they must analyze or cover. … Continue reading →

Fake Photos Helped Lead US to War in Iraq: The News DronesBy WALTER BRASCH Add faked photos to the list of lies told by the Bush­Cheney Administration before its invasion of Iraq. In a town hall meeting in Bloomsburg, Pa. … Continue reading →

End in Sight – A Movie ReviewBy Alice Embree No End in Sight by Charles Ferguson is a powerful documentary. It will chill you to the bone. It is not, however an antiwar film. If you have read The Assassins’ … Continue reading →

… to direct the orchestra. “Can’t recall” why the Iraqi military was disbanded, our collective ass. George W. Bush is a bald-faced liar. Bush can’t recall why Iraqi army disbanded: In biography excerpts, he says he initially wanted to maintain … Continue reading →

Al-Maliki digs in: While US military operations expand, Iraq’s non-functioning political process remains deadlockedNermeen Al-Mufti Iraqis are finding it harder to be optimistic about the future these days. Not only is violence rife everywhere, but also the government of Nuri … Continue reading →

Here’s a project that everyone can undertake across America to bring the debate about the Iraq war to those to whom it most matters – high school students. If all of us, everywhere, initiated this style of debate with military … Continue reading →

New Orleans After 24 Months: ‘They wanted them poor niggers out of there.’By Greg Palast 09/01/07 “ICH” — — “They wanted them poor niggers out of there and they ain’t had no intention to allow it to be reopened to … Continue reading →

FOOTBALL IS BACKCharlie Loving This is the real meat of society – nothing else matters. Gak! what a horrid game. The UTEP Miners and New Mexico Lobos were on television? The Miners have got to have the worst looking football … Continue reading →