Border Collies TGIF
By Robert Singer All five of my border collies have access to my bedroom. Some sleep on the bed, others on the floor and Bart always sleeps outside. They have a morning routine that begins at a different time every day. Therefore either they don’t know… more »
US Cities Going Bankrupt
by Stephen Lendman In past decades, many US municipalities declared bankruptcy. Since 1981, 42 cases were filed. Ten came in the past four years. Given hard times getting harder, what's happening now is unprecedented since the Great Depression. Cities… more »
The Real Bain Capital Story
By Numerian posted by Michael Collins Originally published in The Agonist Is the Bloomberg news service turning into The Agonist? Or at least The Agonist, circa 2005, when what was written here was so out of the mainstream that most writers had to hide… more »
The Great Transformation: From the Welfare State to the Imperial Police State
James Petras Introduction The United States has experienced the biggest political upheaval in its recent history: the transformation of a burgeoning welfare state into a rapidly expanding, highly intrusive and deeply entrenched police state, linked to… more »
Who is the winner of sanctions game?
Kourosh Ziabari Less than a week ago, the European Union put into effect its comprehensive oil embargo against Iran upon which the member states had reached an agreement on January 23. The EU's unilateral sanctions come after the United States targeted… more »
World Economies on Life Support
by Stephen Lendman Since crisis economic conditions erupted in fall 2007, resolution has been sorely lacking. US corporations and America's super-rich benefitted from over $3 trillion in tax cuts. Anywhere from $9 trillion to double or triple that… more »
Is Syria Worth World War III?
By Timothy V. Gatto The question of Syria’s problems resulting in a nuclear holocaust is real, not imagined. According to the NATO treaty the treaty states that an attack on a NATO member is regarded as an attack on all NATO members. “By joining NATO… more »
Washington's Man in Tripoli
by Stephen Lendman Mahmoud Jabril takes over as Libya's new leader. He heads its puppet government. Sham elections installed him. The process was farcical. Illusion substituted for reality. Obama called his ascension "another milestone in the country's… more »
We The People - What Does That Really Mean Today
Larry Pinkney "Tell no lies, claim no easy victories." - Amilcar Cabral The U.S. Declaration of Independence (including its Preamble) and the U.S. Constitution, though egregiously deficient with regards to the rights of Indigenous Native people, Black… more »
International Law Revisionism
by Stephen Lendman In January 2012, Netanyahu appointed a three-member committee headed by former Supreme Court Justice Edmond Levy. Included were former Foreign Ministry legal adviser Alan Baker and former Tel Aviv District Court president Tchia… more »
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