Can American leaders lead?
By Alan Hart The longer version of the headline question is this: Given the corruption of the American political system which puts what passes for democracy up for sale to the highest lobby bidders, will any U.S. President (not only a second-term Obama)… more »
Two New Year's resolutions for the state of Arkansas
Mary Shaw West Memphis Three convicted the 1993 murders of three eight-year-old boys I propose two New Year's resolutions for the state of Arkansas: 1. Fully exonerate the West Memphis Three. 2. Reopen the case and find the real killer(s). The world… more »
Stop Obama’s Ongoing Grand Charade to Cut Social Insurances
By Margaret Flowers Here we go again. President Obama is in round three of his ongoing efforts to cut our important social insurances, such as Social Security and Medicare. Whether he succeeds or not is up to us. We can create a stronger economy and… more »
Cliff Notes
by Stephen Lendman Congressional/administration hype, theater, gamesmanship, brinksmanship, and duplicity define yearend fiscal cliff discussions. Previous articles explained what's at stake. Years ago, Republicans and Democrats conspired to destroy… more »
Congress Extends Warrantless Spying
by Stephen Lendman America's political process is lawless, corrupt and dysfunctional. Fiscal cliff hype, noise and theater continue. Destroying fundamental civil society social protections aren't mentioned. Rushed through legislation targeted Iran's… more »
Cold War Politics Heats Up
by Stephen Lendman Previous articles discussed how Washington reinvented the "evil empire." On March 8, 1983, Ronald Reagan coined the term. He addressed the National Association of Evangelicals. He called communism "the focus of evil in the modern… more »
Netanyahu/Lieberman Coalition
by Stephen Lendman On January 22, Israeli parliamentary elections will be held. Netanyahu/Lieberman's Likud/Yisrael Beiteinu (Israel Our Home) looks likely to win. Both men are world class thugs. They represent the worst of ideological extremism.… more »
Patriarchy, the Social Order and the Delhi Gangrape Victim
Prakash Kona The twenty-three year old victim of brutal gang-rape on a New Delhi bus finally succumbed in a Singapore hospital following a period of physical and mental devastation – a devastation that needs a different kind of imagination for it to be… more »
OWS Activists Called Domestic Terrorists
by Stephen Lendman US history is littered with repressive laws. Constitutional protections and civil liberties have been targeted. The 1798 Alien and Sedition Acts restricted First Amendment freedoms. So did the 1917 Espionage Act, 1919 anti-communist… more »
Piling on Syria
by Stephen Lendman Western-recruited Islamofascist killers are US favorites. They committed mass murder and horrific atrocities since last year. Washington, other Western countries, and regional rogues arm, fund, train, direct, and encourage them. On… more »
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