Category Archives: RagBlog

Traffic Jam On The Highway To HellBy Sheila Samples “When once a republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is … Continue reading →

From Buses to Blogs, a Pathological Individualism Is Poisoning Public Lifeby Madeleine Bunting Our shared spaces have become a bear pit. This ever-crumbling civility risks our wellbeing and points to a bleak future. A grey weekday morning at 7.40am in … Continue reading →

One last Argument with BushBy Juan Cole When Bush first came in, the comedian Will Ferrell did a skit on the television show “Saturday Night Live” that depicted the president cowering under his desk as bombs went off in Washington … Continue reading →

Suharto, the Model Killer, and His Friends in High PlacesBy John Pilger 28/01/08 “ICH” — – In my film Death of a Nation, there is a sequence filmed on board an Australian aircraft flying over the island of Timor. A … Continue reading →

American Liberty Teetering on Edge of AbyssBy Paul Craig Roberts 28/01/08 “ICH” — – -“Your papers please” has long been a phrase associated with Hitler’s Gestapo. People without the Third Reich’s stamp of approval were hauled off to Nazi Germany’s … Continue reading →

And for that matter, demonstrating the moral bankruptcy of the MSM and all the regular folks for listening to/reading this drivel. McCain, Romney Trade ‘Liberal’ BarbBy GLEN JOHNSON,APPosted: 2008-01-28 14:50:07 WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (Jan. 28) – Mitt Romney and … Continue reading →

A Criminal IdeaBy James K Galbraith Attacking other countries to stop them acquiring nuclear weapons repudiates a key principle of international law 27/01/08 “The Guardian” — — Five former Nato generals, including the former chairman of the US Joint Chiefs … Continue reading →

I’m glad that Goff has the word “Voter” appending his single issue stance. It may counter that other single-issue-voter-crowd, the anti abortion folks. With the prospect of the problem of the end of oil looming, which could proportionally wipe out … Continue reading →

Obama as JFK? No (and yes) Is Barack Obama the new JFK? A Washington press corps that is forever on the lookout for its next cue wants to know. (There are links below, but I don’t suggest you actually read … Continue reading →

War and Peace and GlobalizationBy Steve Russell It’s an article of leftist faith that capitalism breeds war. Sounds reasonable. War is, after all, the ultimate competition. In the heyday of colonialism, economic clashes came in the form of exploitation licenses … Continue reading →

It’s Time to Hold Democratic House Leaders in Contemptby Naomi Wolf Enough is enough. Like many of us, after having watched helplessly as the Bush administration trampled the Constitution and made a mockery of checks and balances over the course … Continue reading →