The Middle East: Misrepresentations by Bush and Blair’Tis the season for doublespeak. Writing in the Guardian, Gary Younge implicates Bush and Blair in a realm of obfuscation that is more … [Keep reading >>]
Archive for May, 2004
The Middle East: Misrepresentations of Sharon and BushThe Saudi Arabia-based Arab News can get a bit full of itself at times, but this piece by M. Salahuddin is on target … [Keep reading >>]
Election Watch: Changing Face of Support for WarCritical Voices from Mid-AmericaIn South Dakota, where Tom Daschle is in a fight for his political life and a special election might actually … [Keep reading >>]
Iraq: Credibility ProblemsThomas Oliphant of the Boston Globe, reflecting recent Reuters accounts of military leaders disgruntled with the current civilian leadership, examines the current lack of credibility regarding our military … [Keep reading >>]
Bubble of American Supremacy
By Geroge Soros
Recommended by Will Kirkland
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Soros, the Hungarian born financier, who has made his billions in currency speculation — and is none too popular in some parts of … [Keep reading >>]
American Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune, and the Politics of Deceit in the House of Bush
Kevin Phillips
Recommended in a Kirkus Review, November 15 2003
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A corrupt dynasty founded on conquest, lies and the certainty that ruler equals divine agent. Ancient China? Imperial Rome? No, … [Keep reading >>]
Election 2004 | Landslide?Nothing in this article relieves you of acting, daily, as if it must be false.Kerry Landslide? … [Keep reading >>]
Culture Wars | Fighting BackA great letter from a great Vermonter.Atrios: On the Consequences of Hate … [Keep reading >>]
The Administration | The MediaThe Washington Post, against type, hammers Bush.”PRESIDENT BUSH’S persistence in describing the abuse of foreign prisoners as an isolated problem at one Iraqi prison is blatantly … [Keep reading >>]
Bush | Blessing in Disguise?Well, “blessing” may be too strong a word but Calpundit is one of the new astute observers to come out of the bloggosphere; worth checking out.The … [Keep reading >>]
The War PresidentYou will not effen believe this:Bush Keeps Saddam Gun at White House … [Keep reading >>]
Israel | NukesVanunu wants out. 18 years in jail for spilling nuclear secrets. Now he can’t leave and start his life over.”The former technician jailed for 18 years … [Keep reading >>]