Category Archives: RagBlog

From Informed Comment. Juan Cole’s guest writer apparently chose to remain anonymous. Guest Op-Ed: US Foreign Policy; the Principle of Non-InterventionTuesday, January 01, 2008 A seasoned observer writes: ‘ The complexity, interrelationships, results and consequences (intended and unintended) of US … Continue reading →

Visions of Utopia or Eutopia?by Sean Gonsalves It’s the start of a new year. ‘Tis the season to frolic in the Future – a time to consider our utopian dreams and confront our dystopian nightmares. Or, as my grandfather is … Continue reading →

Let’s Toast to Ten Good Things About 2007by Medea Benjamin As we close this year on the low of Congress giving Bush more billions for war, and the assassination of Benazir Bhutto in Pakistan, let’s remember some of the year’s … Continue reading →

The Five Iraqsby Scott Ritter It has become a mantra of sorts among the faltering Republican candidates: Victory is at hand in Iraq. Mitt Romney, in particular, has taken to so openly embracing the “success” of the U.S. troop “surge” … Continue reading →

Why We Need Single-Payer Health Care: Does This Happen in Canada?By MARK T. HARRIS The story of 17-year-old Nataline Sarkisyan’s recent death from liver failure was tragic. But it was a uniquely American brand of tragedy. Only in the United … Continue reading →

Goodbye 2007 and Good Riddance! Hello 2008 and You’d Better Shape UpBy ALEXANDER COCKBURN It was the … No! 2007 was never the best of times. It was a whiny, fretful twelve months, and what should have been a time … Continue reading →

Bank of America Gets Ballooned

What Ever Happened To The New Generation?By Thorne Dreyer [This article first appeared in the November, 1976 issue of Texas Monthly. Thorne Dreyer, an SDS activist and underground journalist in the sixties and seventies, now resides in Austin.] Someone came … Continue reading →

We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For

US mayors’ report: Hunger and homelessness intensify in US citiesBy Debra Watson, Dec 30, 2007, 13:56 The number of people hungry and homeless in US cities rose dramatically again in 2007, according to the annual report on hunger and homelessness … Continue reading →

They Don’t Blame Al-Qa’ida. They Blame Musharraf.by Robert Fisk, December 30, 2007, The Independent/UK Weird, isn’t it, how swiftly the narrative is laid down for us. Benazir Bhutto, the courageous leader of the Pakistan People’s Party, is assassinated in Rawalpindi … Continue reading →

Here is the latest piece by a very talented ex-CIA analyst named Tom Whipple. Nobody can match him on the quality of his weekly energy analysis, IMO. Here he looks at the bigger picture. Even if he is only partly … Continue reading →