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Go Bo Diddley
Bo Diddley, pictured in New York City in the late 1950s. Photo from Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images.Rock Pioneer Bo Diddley Dies at 79By Neda Ulaby / June 2, 2008 One of the fathers of rock ‘n’ roll died Monday at … Continue reading
We Will Reap What We Have Sown
Justice?By Monica Benderman / June 2, 2008 Earlier this week I was put in contact with the mother of a young Iraq veteran. Michael is twenty years old, with experiences no young person should have to face. Michael chose to … Continue reading
Meditations in a Time of Delusions and Lies
SDS pamphlet, April 1968. NYU Archives Collection. I picked up a copy of the Columbia Alumni bulletin off the floor of my education classroom at San Francisco State in the spring of 1868, and I could tell the University was … Continue reading
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Dear Screaming Woman…
This is an excellent post about the lunacy into which much of the Obama-Clinton maelstrom has devolved and the need to gain a bit of perspective about who the real mysognists are in this picture. Thorne Dreyer I have to … Continue reading
Monsanto’s Harvest of Fear
No thanks: An anti-Monsanto crop circle made by farmers and volunteers in the Philippines. Photo byy Melvyn Calderon/Greenpeace HO/A.P. Images.Monsanto’s Harvest of Fear By Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele, which follows, first appeared in the May issue of … Continue reading
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Trained in the Use of Cameras by Al Jazeera
Our nation’s self-respect demands impeachmentBy Linda Boyd / May 31, 2998 I wept to see Sami al Haj embrace his young son for the first time after six years in Guantanamo prison. Sami al Haj, a Sudanese news cameraman, was … Continue reading
Junior’s Delusions Persist : Rewarmed WWII
Bush Compares War in Iraq, Afghanistan with WW IIBy Diane Smith / May 29, 2008 During a speech held at the graduating ceremony of the Air Force Academy cadets, U.S. President George W. Bush said the war waged by America … Continue reading
Steven Harper Joins Junior’s Repression Club
Antiwar Group Fears Speakers will be Blocked at Borderby Doug Ward / May 31, 2008 VANCOUVER – Organizers of an antiwar conference in Vancouver this weekend fear that Canada Border Services may prohibit their keynote speaker, retired U.S. Army Colonel … Continue reading
Fewer Flights : Costs Economy, Aids Environment
American Airlines and Northwest Airlines have raised their fuel surcharges for flights to Europe by an additional $20 per round trip, an air fare expert says. / Travel-Blog. US economy begins collapse into a state of greater efficiency. And greater … Continue reading
The Waste, the Fraud, and the Abuse : Staggering
Byron Dorgan’s Contracting Fraud CrusadeBy Brian Beutler, The Media Consortium / May 31, 2008 The North Dakota senator has made investigating contractor corruption his mission, but will he succeed in creating a congressional committee devoted to it? In the wake … Continue reading
