“Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind.
Bertrand Russell
Autobiography
I’ve never read anything by Noam Chomsky that allows such personal remarks as this interview with David Samuels in Tablet. Fascinating.
…there is also something awe-inspiring about the consistency and breadth … [Keep reading >>]
Based on all we saw and heard, our assessment is that, when coupled with the prompt implementation of the recommendations we offer below, the risk of repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t … [Keep reading >>]
Eric Schmitt and Charlie Savage of the NY Times have laid out exactly the problems with the recent high-profile capture of a Somali-American teenager dialing a cell-phone he believed was … [Keep reading >>]
Most of you will know the very readable Michael Lewis from one of his well known books, from Money Ball, to The Blindside to recently, The Big Short. Before his … [Keep reading >>]
Sarah Palin: The Sound and the Fury
Even as Sarah Palin’s public voice grows louder, she has become increasingly secretive, walling herself off from old friends and associates, and attempting to … [Keep reading >>]
In a rare interview, Assange tells Forbes that the release of Pentagon and State Department documents are just the beginning. His next target: big business.
Early next year, Julian Assange says, … [Keep reading >>]
David Harris has the second posting of his new blog, TrueDogBlog, up. Check it out.
I stumbled into the phalanx of news and talk show channels among the upper numbers on … [Keep reading >>]
From Climate Progress, a review and links to a special issue of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. 12 articles are included in the issue. The following comes … [Keep reading >>]
It is a terrible thing that a 19 year old would make the cell phone call he believes will murder and maim many. We have to be thankful he was … [Keep reading >>]
KPFA Radio 94.1FM presents
An Evening with CHRIS HEDGES
“The Death of the Liberal Class”
Tuesday, November 30, 6:30 pm
First Congregational Church of Berkeley
2345 Channing at Durant, Berkeley
$12 advance tickets: brownpapertickets.com :: 800-838-3006
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The cables relevant to this attack are not likely to be posted on anything but top encrypted circuits.
Unidentified assailants riding motorcycles launched separate bomb attacks early on Monday against … [Keep reading >>]
