Author Archives: RagBlog

“The most effective barrier to a White House decision to launch a war [against Iran] is the kind of organized popular opposition that frightened the political-military leadership enough in 1968 that they were reluctant to send more troops to Vietnam … Continue reading →

We’re perfectly content to see John Boy throw his Presidential bid into the toilet – good place for it. We’d like to see a whole pack of others do the same. John McCain’s Iraq problemBy Juan Cole His rosy statements … Continue reading →

Thank you, Charlie.

Hijacking Catastrophe: “Bring it On” pt. 1 (8 of 10)

The Wages of Militarism: Whining ImperialistsBy SAUL LANDAU Two kinds of imperial whining have come to pervade foreign policy discussion. One relates to Bush’s overextending the military so they cannot deploy to other places desperately needing their lethal capacity. Others … Continue reading →

Wolfowitz Responds to Controversy Over Staffer World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz, in a memo to the bank’s staff, responded today to the growing controversy surrounding the salary paid to a staffer with whom he is romantically linked after she was … Continue reading →

Coming Soon to a Continent Near YouBy Paul Richard HarrisApr 8, 2007, 19:34 Following a grand photo opportunity in March 2005 for the presidents of Mexico and the United States, and the prime minister of Canada, observers were regaled, almost … Continue reading →

Venezuela’s Banco del Sur: The End of the IMF in Latin America?By Paul McIvorApr 9, 2007, 09:02 Speaking to an audience at Columbia Business School in February, Rodrigo de Rato, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, sketched out his … Continue reading →

Hijacking Catastrophe: Sorrows of Empire pt. 2 (7 of 10)

Hat-tip to Pensito Review for posting this comment from one of their readers. We applaud the candour and rejection of hypocrisy. Thank you. I stopped going to church after our shameful shock and awe of Iraq. I believe God spoke … Continue reading →

Paul Desmond, Dave Brubeck – Balcony Rocks (circa 1975)

Were the post 9/11 anthrax mail attacks a well timed ‘inside job’ designed to target and intimidate U.S. senate opponents to the White House sponsored Patriot Act just prior to it’s Capitol Hill passage?