Category Archives: RagBlog

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 →

Surge to NowhereBy Andrew J. Bacevich, Sunday, January 20, 2008; Page B01 Don’t buy the hawks’ hype. The war may be off the front pages, but Iraq is broken beyond repair, and we still own it. As the fifth anniversary … Continue reading →

Opposition to the War in Iraq From Deep in the Heart of TexasThorne Dreyer, for Next Left Notes Austin — Some 30 Austin activists, dressed all in black, stood in near-freezing drizzle in front of the Texas state capitol building … Continue reading →