Yearly Archives: 2008

Let’s Pay Tribute to the Spectacular Wrongness of William F. BuckleyBy David Michael Green / AlterNet / March 5, 2008 William F. Buckley was a smart man, that’s for sure. He could throw around more ten-dollar words than his beloved … Continue reading →

American Flies Five People From Chicago to London By David Millward / Telegraph, UK / March 6, 2008 A major airline is under fire from environmentalists for flying an aircraft across the Atlantic with only five passengers on board. The … Continue reading →

Lupe Valdez, gay hispanic sheriff of Dallas County, at Gay Pride Parade John Cornyn, Lupe Valdez and the Ghost of LBJby Mary Mapes / The Nation / March 6, 2008 Gosh, who could have seen this coming? America’s brush with … Continue reading →

No Standing to Lecture on JusticeBy JACOB HORNBERGER U.S. officials are hopping mad over the outcome of a criminal prosecution in Iraq. Two Iraqi officials who had been accused of kidnapping and murder walked out of an Iraqi court Monday … Continue reading →

Arms Dealer’s Planes Flew U.S. Missions in IraqBy Justin Rood and Maddy Sauer Viktor Bout Was an International Fugitive at the Time His Planes Were Used by the U.S. 06/03/08 “ABC News ” — — When U.S. officials announce the … Continue reading →

Who leaked the details of a CIA-Mossad plot against Iran?By Yossi Melman 06/03/08 “Haaretz” — — The Bush administration is prolonging the hunting season against journalists. The latest victim is James Risen, The New York Times reporter for national security … Continue reading →

Israeli Researcher : Moses High on Psychedelics By Simon McGregor-Wood / ABC News / March 5, 2008 Jerusalem — Moses and the Israelites were on drugs, says Benny Shanon, an Israeli professor of cognitive philosophy. Writing in the British Journal … Continue reading →

Five YouTube Videos Show US Soldiers At Their Worst. Axis of Logic says they show them at their best.Mar 5, 2008, 21:06 The Digg story “U.S. Soldier throws puppy off cliff” had, at last count, 5,527 votes. Digg commenters, never … Continue reading →

Mark Penn: the bloody approach. Here are two important articles discussing the Democratic presidential race and especially the destructive turn the Hillary Clinton campaign has taken, much of it under the direction of Mark Penn. These pieces put current events … Continue reading →

Democracy is ill served by its self-appointed guardiansBy Simon Jenkins Our sonorous moralising lies behind so much bloodshed in the past 50 years. A sense of history surely counsels humility 05/03/08 “The Guardian” — – This week’s Russian elections were … Continue reading →

Tomgram: Iraq, 2003-2008, Two Recipes for Disaster The Commander-in-Chef Cooks Up a Storm: Recipes for Disaster in IraqBy Tom Engelhardt and Frida Berrigan In the week that oil prices once again crested above $100 a barrel and more Americans than … Continue reading →