Category Archives: RagBlog

Wrong question at the end of the article. It should be, “Are George W. Bush and Dick Cheney responsible for a holocaust in Iraq?” Our answer is, resoundingly, “Yes.” One Million Dead in Iraq: Our Own Holocaust DenialBy Mark Weisbrot … Continue reading →

George Bush: Pardon All the Turkeysby Bill Maher New Rule: The president can’t pardon just one or two turkeys this Thanksgiving. He’s got to let them all go. It’s probably too much to expect from the man who wanted “no … Continue reading →

Sign the Pledge! Trim Bush from American Historyby Ted Rall A couple of weeks ago I wrote a column that resonated with a lot of people. Since 2001, I noted, “We’ve lost our right to see an attorney, to confront … Continue reading →

Is the Worst Over–or Just Beginning? Needing PeaceBy MONICA BENDERMAN I received an email last week. Almost two pages long and with only enough sentence breaks to count on one hand, it was coming from a place I knew all … Continue reading →

NAFTA and Biotech: Twin Horsemen of the Ag Apocalypse: The Last Days of Mexican CornBy JOHN ROSS Mexico City. The single, spindly seven foot-tall cornstalk spiring up from the planter box outside a prominent downtown hotel here was filling out … Continue reading →

US veteran population: a mounting social catastropheBy Naomi Spencer, Nov 20, 2007, 05:03 As thousands of troops from Iraq and Afghanistan return to the US, the dimensions of the social burden of war are beginning to take shape. A number … Continue reading →

Lt. Col. Abraham’s Damning Verdict: Guantánamo Whistleblower Launches a New Attack on Rigged TribunalsBy ANDY WORTHINGTON The media — both mainstream outlets and the blogosphere — have spent the last week consumed by the story of a leaked operating manual … Continue reading →

Rumors of (More) War: Likelihood of Iran Attack Gains CredenceBy DAVE LINDORFF As someone who has been writing about this crazed administration’s plans to launch an attack on Iran now for over a year, I have always noted that the … Continue reading →

First Woman, First Black, First Latino, or First Honest President?Most Dishonest Politicians Have a Better Chance of WinningBy Joel Hirschhorn, Published Nov 20, 2007 The phrase honest politician has become an oxymoron. We should not be impressed by the prospect … Continue reading →

Too Parochial for Empire: The Bush Administration Conquers WashingtonBy John Brown As I write, on a cloudy Washington afternoon, my “Bush’s Last Day Countdown Keychain” tells me there are 433 days, 11 hrs, 50 minutes and 41.3 seconds left before … Continue reading →

Hate Crimes Rose 8 Percent in 2006By MICHAEL J. SNIFFEN, APPosted: 2007-11-19 13:41:38 WASHINGTON (Nov. 19) – Hate crime incidents in the United States rose last year by nearly 8 percent, the FBI reported Monday, as racial prejudice continued to … Continue reading →

War and Arlo Guthrie’s Thanksgiving: Sitting on the Group W BenchBy RON JACOBS I first heard “Alice’s Restaurant” in 1968 on Washington DC’s underground radio station WHFS. The most memorable time I heard it was in May 1970 on the … Continue reading →