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Street: Vilsacking Iraq
Znet Article, December, 22 2006
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Vilsacking Iraq
Street: Deleting Irony and Hiding Truth: Recent Reflections on the New York Times and the Narrow Spectrum of Debate
Znet Article, December, 12 2006
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Deleting Irony and Hiding Truth: Recent Reflections on the New York Times and the Narrow Spectrum of Debate
Street: Blaming the Iraqis: What Took So Long?
Znet Article, December, 05 2006
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It takes a lot to surprise me these days, but a recent news item in the Washington Post did the trick. The story, titled “More U.S. Officials Blame Iraqis,†appeared last Tuesday. According to its authors Thomas E. Ri...
Street: What About Bob (Herbert)? Reflections on History, Policy and the Progresive Illusions of a Times Liberal"
Znet Article, November, 26 2006
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What About Bob (Herbert)? Reflections on History, Policy and the Progresive Illusions of a Times Liberal"
Street: Neanderthal Continuities of a Bipartisan Nature
Znet Article, November, 20 2006
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A friend recently wrote to say, “I’m so glad the Democrats won Congress. Now everything will be fixed and okay. We can relax and focus more on our personal lives.†My correspondent was kidding, of course. As he know...
Street: Victory Without Vision
Znet Article, November, 11 2006
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Victory Without Vision
Street: Daley and Bush: A Perfect Match
Znet Article, November, 07 2006
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Daley and Bush: A Perfect Match
Street: Who Killed My Democracy? On Republicans, Cheese, Mice, Rats, and Littlepeople
Znet Article, October, 15 2006
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These are dangerous times for the U.S. war party in power. Its messianic-militarist administration is mired in a disastrous occupation that has killed many hundreds of thousands of Iraqis and thousands of Americans. The reasons that it has given ...
Street: Score One For Justice in Chicago
Znet Article, July, 30 2006
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Good for Chicago - they did it. They passed a living wage ordinance requiring "big box" retailers like Wal-Mart and Target to pay their workers at least $10 an hour along with $3 an hour worth of benefits as part of the cost of doing business in ...
Street: "The Blame is Wide"
Znet Article, July, 10 2006
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"When we move from the who to the what, the blame is wide and the responsibility grows." These simple words, spoken by Martin Luther King, Jr. in Selma, Alabama's Brown Chapel on March 15, 1965, deserve serious reflection on what passes for a lef...
Street: Note to Kerry: It's Lie and KILL, Not "Lie and DIE"
Znet Article, June, 23 2006
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Someone should tell United States Senator John F. Kerry (D-MA) that Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, George W. Bush, Karl Rove, and the rest of the nation’s imperial, right-wing “leadership†are still alive. Kerry seemed unaw...
Street: Note To Jimmy Kimmel and Roger Daniels
Znet Article, May, 11 2006
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I doubt that many ZNet readers will be shocked to hear that ABC television's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" show does not provide an especially incisive or critical take on United States history and current events. Still, I found two found comments Kimmel ma...
Street: Iraq Not Vietnam, 3
Znet Article, April, 27 2006
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Iraq Not Vietnam, 3
Street: Iraq Is Not Vietnam, Part 2
Znet Article, April, 23 2006
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In Part 1 of my serialized "Iraq is not Vietnam" essay, I advanced the proposition that many observers across the ideological spectrum tend to overdo the "two quagmires" analogy between the criminal United States war on Vietnam (1962-1975) and the...
Street: Iraq Is Not Vietnam
Znet Article, April, 22 2006
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Making historical analogies is often like eating a thin bowl of soup with a fork: you might catch something nutritious if you're lucky but much of the substance gets lost. The strong analogy that many commentators and authorities r...
Street: Lesson From the Other Americas: "Si, Se Puede"
Znet Article, April, 15 2006
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My fellow English-speaking United-States-of-American progressives, are you feeling defeated, and depressed? Are you tired of beating your head against the wall of plutocracy, racism, popular weakness, mass fear and indifference? Are you bummed o...
Street: The Pessimism of the Do-Nothing Liberal-Left Intelligentsia
Znet Article, March, 25 2006
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Who will save us from the pessimistic, do-nothing "realism" of the privileged and elitist "liberal left"? "RACISM WILL NOT BE SOLVED" Did you know that the problem of racism in America "is not going to be solved?" Efforts to address racial di...
Street: Bob Herbert Doesn't Get It: It's About Empire, Not Democracy
Znet Article, March, 18 2006
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American liberals, even left-liberals, just don't get United States (U.S.) imperialism. For an excellent case in point, see a recent opinion-editorial titled "Stop Bush's War" by Bob Herbert, who is probably the "liberal" New York Times' leftmo...
Street: Addicted to Empire, Not Middle Eastern Oil
Znet Article, February, 08 2006
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I am in the middle of my usual George Orwell-inspired dissection of the George W. Bush's "State of the Union" address (SOUA). A soon-to-be-published ZNet commentary of mine will grace readers with my critical analysis of how Bush...
Street: Thomas Friedman and the Murder of Civilians
Znet Article, January, 05 2006
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Maybe New York Times columnist and corporate globalization champion Thomas Friedman should consult his paper’s news desk before crafting his creepy, power-worshipping editorials. THE UNITED STATES AS A BENEVOLENT “ELEPHANTâ̈́...
