Author Archives: RagBlog

“… Lawmakers, including the House Republican whip, Roy Blunt of Missouri, have cautioned the White House that a furor over earmarks could upend Mr. Bush’s hopes for cooperation with Congress on other issues, including efforts to revive the economy…” Translation: … Continue reading →

Elementary Remarks on the Education System The university education system is a primary obstacle in overcoming the apathy and conformism which is gripping our generation. If we dislike the fact that for the last seven years most of us have … Continue reading →

Richonomics 101 in Post-Bush Americaby Beth Quinn I used to feel like a fool for not being rich. I’d see friends taking great vacations, hiring nannies, buying fabulous cars and wearing expensive jewelry. And I’d wonder, what’s wrong with me … Continue reading →

From Informed Comment, with thanks. King: War Cannot Achieve Even a Negative Good Martin Luther King will be honored today throughout America as a champion of racial justice and racial harmony. That is a pivotal legacy for the United States … Continue reading →

Bread and CircusesBy Morton Skorodin 20/01/08 “ICH” — — The Roman emperors provided bread and circuses for their people. The American empire does the same, though lately with less bread. They’re making up for it in the circuses department. I’m … Continue reading →

Professor of linguistics, at MIT, Noam Chomsky speaking at Boston’s historic Old South Church, October 27, 2007. Chomsky says U.S. backing of continued Israeli occupation and annexation of Palestinian land is the biggest obstacle to peace. This is from conference … Continue reading →

There Is No “War on Terror”By Edward S. Herman and David Peterson 20/01/08 “ZNet” — — One of the most telling signs of the political naiveté of liberals and the Left in the United States has been their steadfast faith … Continue reading →

Death and Darkness in Gaza: People are dying, Help us!By Maan 20/01/08 “ICH” — — A humanitarian crisis is underway as the Gaza Strip’s only power plant began to shut down on Sunday, and the tiny coastal territory entered its … Continue reading →

This wouldn’t be a bad piece except for Dr. Gitlin’s as per usual inclusion of such passages as: “But 1968 was also a year of wishful thinking, rife with an error repeated even now in the shrines of the unreconstructed … Continue reading →

Pentagon and Contractors One Happy Family?by Tim Shorrock AHOMA, Calif. – A Pentagon office that claims to monitor terrorist threats to U.S. military bases in North America has just awarded a multi-million-dollar contract to a company that employs a top … Continue reading →

Is US on Brink of War with Iran?by Catherine Kavanaugh FERNDALE- Scott Ritter, one of the former United Nations inspectors who didn’t find any weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, denounced the Bush administration for going to war with WMDs … Continue reading →

ANALYSIS: Discontent Surges in IraqBy HAMZA HENDAWI BAGHDAD (AP) — In the depths of a strangely cold winter in the Middle East, Iraqis complain that the lights are not on, the kerosene heaters are without fuel and the water doesn’t … Continue reading →