The Rise of Private Armies -- Mercenaries, Murder and Corruption in Iraq and Afghanistan
Bill Moyers Journalist Jeremy Scahill warns against the growing power of corporate private armies and the "disintegration of the nation state apparatus." The following is a transcript from the Bill Moyers Journal on PBS, broadcast on June 5. There was… more »
Profiting from Scarcity
by Philip Henshaw Economic theory is based on the observed regularities of the past. Some are considered as general principles, or “natural laws” that are expected to never change. From a systems view, though, such laws are emergent properties of the… more »
Legalize “It”
Mantiq al-Tayr 1. No, I am not talking about legalizing Marijuana – that would upset the Islamofascists who own all the liquor companies in the US and its suburb, Canada. And I am certainly not talking about legalizing gay marriage, I… more »
The Duped and the Duplicitous: The Secret of Obama’s “Popularity”
Andrea Freiboden There are several reasons why Obama has won over many Americans, but I shall consider two. There are two kinds of Obama supporters. There is the genuinely duped, the kind of people who really look at him as the messiah of CHANGE and… more »
Don't Look Now, Mr. President
Mary Pitt Don't look now but your base is slipping! You may ask anyone involved in the Katrina disaster how important those few little grains of sand sliding off to the side can be. Nobody seemed to notice when the levees that held back the waters of… more »
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