Public Enemy Number One
Stephen Lendman A note before beginning. This article focuses on today's financial and economic crisis. Not affairs of state, war and peace or geopolitics. No guessing who's number one under those headings. That said: With so many good choices, it's… more »
The Biggest Heist in History
Len Hart The bailout is the biggest overt theft in history. Only healthy banks get funding --so why do they get a bailout? The 'bailout' is yet another monumental instance in which 'wealth is spread around' to those who do not need it, did not create… more »
Laying Palin's Wardrobe Bare
Mathew Maavak The US presidential campaign has already descended into a make-believe world of cosmetic saturnalia, and in this looney world, one should not be surprised if the Republicans pull off another White House coup on Nov 4. This campaign has… more »
Remember Remember the Fourth of November
Gabriele Zamparini "Everything has to change so that nothing changes." - Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa, Il Gattopardo The color of money. Senator Barack Obama's campaign has now raised more than $600 million, almost equaling what all the candidates from… more »
Chomsky, Zinn, and Obama
Mickey Z "You don't stick a knife in a man's back nine inches, and then pull it out six inches, and say you're making progress." - Malcolm X Another Election Day approaches and I’m reminded of something the late Pakistani dissident, Eqbal Ahmad said… more »
This Time Is Different
Stephen Lendman Whatever we know about today's financial crisis. Think we know. Eventually will know in the fullness of time. This time is really different. In 1922, Henry Ford put it this way in his book titled "My Life and Work:" "The (economy's)… more »
Now the Cost of War Really Matters
By Kevin Zeese The Finance Crisis Means the U.S. Can No Longer Continue Two War-Quagmires and Must Reconsider Military-Based Foreign Policy Nobel prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz predicts the Iraq war will cost the United States $3 trillion.… more »
The Peter Principle Playoffs
Sheila Samples We have now sunk to a depth at which the restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men~~George Orwell So here we sit, our heads jerking back and forth so rapidly most of us are suffering severe whiplash. Will the US… more »
World Food Day: Global Crises’ Double Standards
Ramzy Baroud The 25th annual World Food Day, marked on 16 October, was an occasion whose arrival and passing received little media attention or governmental fanfare. Evidently, much of the world media and governments are consumed with an economic crisis… more »
Have Fun Bending Over for the Catch 22
Les Visible Tap, tap, tap….. Hmmmm… finger drumming on the table top… restless stretching and reaching… got an itch under my shoulder blade… confusion… a little I guess. Like ‘tells’ in poker, I’m getting some reads but the betting doesn’t reflect the… more »
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