Author Archives: RagBlog

Mostly just for whitewashing the issues and continuing the corruption. Where Impeachment is Taken Seriously … By Everyone But Nancy Pelosi: The Streets of San FranciscoBy BEN TERRALL On January 6, 2007, two days after Nancy Pelosi became Speaker of … Continue reading →

Kurdistan’s Fatal FlamesBy Kevin Peraino Why are a growing number of young women in this relatively safe corner of Iraq showing up in local hospitals, dying of suspicious burns? Sept. 18, 2007 – The doctor knows, just from glancing at … Continue reading →

America and Iran: the spark of warPaul Rogers, 20 – 09 – 2007 Four fresh developments – involving Israel, France, and Washington and Tehran themselves – are bringing closer a war that could happen by accident. The two most recent … Continue reading →

The architects of IraqTareq Y Ismael, 18 – 09 – 2007 The impulse that drives United States policy in Iraq is reflected in the professional character of its leading military and diplomatic figures, says Tareq Y Ismael. A potentially decisive … Continue reading →

A friend of ours just started a new blog to oppose the farm bill that is pending in Congress, and to provide information about other agriculture and food issues that are pertinent to our health. Here’s a brief sample: STOP … Continue reading →

Summary – What are we trying to accomplish? We are at a juncture where the pendulum of The American Way of Life has swung to the end of its arc on one side. The side in question is the one … Continue reading →

PensionAlice EmbreeSeptember 19, 2007 Char nursed a large, iced mocha in a trendy café in the near-trendy North Loop neighborhood of Austin. She was the oldest person in the place. By far. She was musing on a pension – no … Continue reading →

Checkbook Imperialism: The Blackwater FiascoBy Robert Scheer 09/19/07 “Truthdig” — — Please, please, I tell myself, leave Orwell out of it. Find some other, fresher way to explain why “Operation Iraqi Freedom” is dependent upon killer mercenaries. Or why the … Continue reading →

At What Price, Safety?By Cindy Sheehan 09/19/07 “ICH ” — — I am consistently amazed at things that right-wing nut jobs throw at me to justify their support of an unjustifiable war. Seriously, when you watch Generals, Ambassadors, Senators and … Continue reading →

Was the Iraq War Inevitable? For A Critical Appraisal of the Background that Led to the Warby Fawwaz TraboulsiSeptember 18, 2007 [Translator’s Introduction: The article below by Fawwaz Traboulsi first appeared in Arabic in the Beirut daily as-Safir on July … Continue reading →