July 22, 2010

SAME OLD, SAME OLD

Iraq Withdrawal? Obama and Clinton Expanding US Paramilitary Force in Iraq
by Jeremy Scahill (> The Nation)

July 21, 2010

THINK OBAMA'S A SOCIALIST ?      THINK AGAIN

Obama a “Socialist” ?   I Wish !
by Matthew Rothschild ( > The Progressive)

July 14, 2010

SURPRISED A MARXIST ANALYSIS CUTS THROUGH THE BULLSHIT ?  NOT ME ...

The Crises of Capitalism
by David Harvey
Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce

June 07, 2010

NOT TO BE TAKEN LIGHTLY

The Christian Fascists Are Growing Stronger
by Chris Hedges

SHOULD BE MANDATORY READING

The State of the World's Human Rights :  Amnesty International Report 2010

April 07, 2010

UGLY & DISTURBING, BUT WORTH WATCHING AND THINKING ABOUT

Collateral Murder -- WikiLeaks has released a classified US military video
depicting the indiscriminate slaying of over a dozen people
in the Iraqi suburb of New Baghdad -- including two Reuters news staff

March 14, 2010

WELL PAST TIME FOR A MAKE-OVER

The New Commandments :  A re-assessment
by Christopher Hitchens ( > Vanity Fair)

February 17, 2010

THE TORTURE STORY WON'T DIE UNTIL SOMEBODY FESSES UP

The U.S. Has Been Torturing. Case Closed – Literally
by Harry Schearer (The Huffington Post)

February 13, 2010

IN FACT, NOT PARTICULARLY

How Christian Were The Founders ?
by Russell Shorto ( > The New York Times)

BAD, BAD, SHORTSIGHTED MOVE

Writing off the UK's last paleographer
by John Crace ( > The Guardian)

February 08, 2010

ERIC HOLDER COUNTERING SOME OF THE RIDICULOUS FUSS ABOUT
TRYING THE "UNDERWEAR BOMBER" IN CRIMINAL COURT

Holder's letter to Senator Mitch McConnell and others

WHAT A FUCKING EMBARASSMENT

Sarah Palin's Storm at the Tea Party
by Fred Kaplan (Slate)

January 08, 2010

YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR

America's desire to be loved and feared has long misled CIA --
The mystery is how a Jordanian 'mole' could be of use in Afghanistan
by Robert Fisk (The Independent)