How Do You Solve a Problem Like Dick Cheney?
Helen Philpot To solve a problem, you have to know what causes the problem. For example, to understand Dick Cheney you have to understand that his name is Richard but people call him Dick for a reason. To understand Ann Coulter, you have to understand… more »
POPE ENDORSES "WORLD POLITICAL AUTHORITY"
Cliff Kincaid Some in the media are calling it just a statement about “economic justice.” But Pope Benedict XVI’s “Charity in Truth” statement, also known as an encyclical, is a radical document that puts the Roman Catholic… more »
Real ID: A Real Warning on the Danger of Government
James Bovard There was no reason to pass Real ID, and there is no reason to enact a replacement after state legislatures shot REAL ID to pieces. Nothing has happened since 2005 to make the government more trustworthy or to make liberty less valuable.… more »
If Paulson's a national hero, I'm Batman
Matt Taibbi “Hank Paulson is a national hero. I said it last October and I’m sticking by it. And now, there’s actual evidence to back me up. The TARP bailout worked. The Wall Street crisis is over.” -Evan Newmark, It’s Time… more »
McNamara’s Evil Lives On
Robert Scheer Why not speak ill of the dead? Robert McNamara, who died this week, was a complex man—charming even, in a blustery way, and someone I found quite thoughtful when I interviewed him. In the third act of his life he was often an… more »
Israel calls on Jewish fanatics to “save” Galilee from its own Arab citizens
Jonathan Cook Israel’s housing minister has called for strict segregation between the country’s Jewish and Arab populations last week as he unveiled plans to move large numbers of fundamentalist religious Jews to Israel’s north to… more »
Why Jerusalem? -- Israel’s hidden agenda
Dan Lieberman Three huge granite stones rest comfortably on the top of Midbar Sinai Street, in Givat Havatzim, Jerusalem’s northernmost district. Cut to specification, the imposing stones represent one of several preparations by the Temple Mount… more »
Neutralizing a Nation
Joharah Baker It is not always about overt political displays when it comes to what defines our conflict with the Israelis. It is easy to become wrapped up in the grandiose issues such as borders, settlements, the separation wall, refugees, Jerusalem,… more »
You Betcha Sarah Palin Has a Higher Calling
by Walter Brasch Sarah Palin said she had a "higher calling" that required her to resign 17 months before her term ended as governor of Alaska, and not to seek a second term. I have no idea where this "higher calling" came from, but I suspect it could… more »
Forget the Headlines: Iraqi Freedom Deferred
By Ramzy Baroud As US combat troops redeployed to the outskirts of Iraqi cities on June 30, well-staged celebrations commenced. The pro-US Iraqi government declared “independence day” as police vehicles roamed the streets of war-weary Iraq in an… more »
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