Yearly Archives: 2008

Executive Power Grab: Remembering the Separation of PowersBy DAVID SWANSON In a December 31, 2007, editorial, the New York Times faulted the current president and vice president of the United States for kidnapping innocent people, denying justice to prisoners, torturing, … Continue reading →

A long but important story centered on Yale and New Haven; about how private cash now rivals public money for infrastructure. I collected the best parts (IMO) at the top below. But note the part that compares $2.7 billion of … Continue reading →

The Mindless Iran Strategy: Bush Snatches Defeat from VictoryBy SAUL LANDAU Historians will view Bush as the President who snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. A National Intelligence Estimate (NIE), made public on December 4, concluded Iran had closed … Continue reading →

Everything I know I learned since Jan. 20, 2001NEAL STARKMAN, GUEST COLUMNIST Being a Christian is the best. It’s not really OK to be a Jew unless you live in Israel, the Promised Land. Mormons should learn how to be … Continue reading →

Education is IgnoranceBy Noam Chomsky Excerpted from Class Warfare, 1995, pp. 19-23, 27-31 01/04/08 “ICH” — — DAVID BARSAMIAN: One of the heroes of the current right-wing revival… is Adam Smith. You’ve done some pretty impressive research on Smith that … Continue reading →

Social Repression and Internet Surveillance: H. Res. 1695, 1955 & S.1959By Nikki Alexander 01/04/08 “ICH” — – Perhaps a clear and simple law is needed that states: “Congress shall pass no law abridging the freedom of speech. Speech includes ‘the … Continue reading →

Iraqi Girl tells of US Attack in Haditha Ten-year-old Iman Walid witnessed the killing of seven members of her family in an attack by American marines in November 2005. The interview with Iman was filmed exclusively for ITV News by … Continue reading →

Kenya’s democracy on trialby Mukoma Ngugi, January 04, 2008UK Independent Blogs On Thursday December 27th 2007, shortly after polling stations were closed, Kenya was hailed as having fulfilled an African dream – to have a free and fair closely contested … Continue reading →

Edwards Reconsideredby Norman Solomon, January 05, 2008, AlterNet There have been good reasons not to support John Edwards for president. For years, his foreign-policy outlook has been a hodgepodge of insights and dangerous conventional wisdom; his health-care prescriptions have not … Continue reading →

Progress in Iraq?by Ashley Smith, January 05, 2008, ISR THE WHITE House, leading Democrats, and the media are all trumpeting the recent decrease in violent attacks in Iraq as a sign that Bush’s surge has worked. This Chicago Tribune report … Continue reading →

An Appeal to Barack Obamaby Tom Hayden, January 05, 2008 “The Democrats have been stuck in the arguments of Vietnam, which means that either you’re a Scoop Jackson Democrat or you’re a Tom Hayden Democrat and you’re suspicious of any … Continue reading →

FASCIST AMERICA, IN 10 EASY STEPSBy Naomi Wolf [Naomi Wolf’s new book, The End of America: Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot was published by Chelsea Green in September.] Last autumn, there was a military coup in Thailand. The … Continue reading →