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- Saturday, Mar 05, 2011
Commentary During my years of writing and speaking about the harm and injustice inflicted upon the world by unending United States interventions, I've often been met with resentment from those who accuse me of chronicling only the negative side of US foreign... -
- Tuesday, Dec 07, 2010
Commentary If the house where Julian Assange of Wikileaks is staying is destroyed by a Predator drone, and the United States denies any involvement... Well, I'll believe them. -
- Wednesday, Nov 03, 2010
Commentary The left in America is desperate; desperate for someone who can inspire them, if not lead them to a better world; or at least make them laugh. -
- Thursday, Jun 17, 2010
Commentary The worst thing that ever happened to the Jewish people is the Holocaust. The second worst thing that ever happened to the Jewish people is the state of Israel. -
- Tuesday, Mar 09, 2010
Commentary About half the states in the US require that a woman seeking an abortion be told certain things before she can obtain the medical procedure. In South Dakota, for example, until a few months ago, staff was required to tell women: "The abortion will... -
- Saturday, Oct 03, 2009
Commentary Picture the scene: Afghanistan, two hijacked tankers filled with highly inflammable fuel, surrounded by a crowd of Afghans eager to syphon off some for free ... What's the last thing you want to do? Right — drop bombs on the tankers. That's what... -
- Wednesday, Jun 10, 2009
Commentary The praise heaped on President Obama for his speech to the Muslim world by writers on the left, both here and abroad, is disturbing. I'm referring to people who I think should know better, who've taken Politics 101 and can easily see the many hyp... -
- Saturday, Apr 11, 2009
Commentary In the West, one of the most unfortunate results of the Cold War was that 70 years of anti-communist education and media stamped in people's minds a lasting association between socialism and what the Soviet Union called communism. Socialism meant ... -
- Tuesday, Nov 04, 2008
ZNet Article The Republican presidential campaign has tried to make a big issue of Barack Obama at one time associating with Bill Ayers, a member of the 1960s Weathermen who engaged in political bombings. Governor Palin has accused Obama of “palling around wit... -
- Sunday, May 04, 2008
ZNet Article Food riots, in dozens of countries, in the 21st century. Is this what we envisioned during the post-World War Two, moon-landing 20th century as humankind's glorious future? It's not the end of the world, but you can almost see it from here. -
- Wednesday, Apr 02, 2008
Video US foreign policy, democracy, and freedom of the press... -
- Wednesday, Jan 16, 2008
Commentary I recommend the new documentary about Ralph Nader, which was recently shown on PBS television, "An Unreasonable Man". Its primary focus is on Nader's argument for having run in the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections despite the alleged harm done... -
- Saturday, Oct 13, 2007
Commentary If not now, when? If not here, where? If not you, who? I used to give thought to what historical time and place I would like to have lived in. Europe in the 1930s was usually my first choice. As the war clouds darkened, I'd be surrounded by intrig... -
- Saturday, Jun 23, 2007
Commentary What if NBC cheered on a military coup against Bush? -
- Wednesday, Mar 21, 2007
Commentary Flash! This just in! The Cold War was not a struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union. It was a struggle between the United States and the Third World. What there was, was people all over the Third World fighting for economic and pol... -
- Thursday, Jan 25, 2007
Commentary Johnny got his gun -
- Wednesday, Dec 27, 2006
Commentary Designer monsters -
- Wednesday, Oct 25, 2006
Commentary The jingo bells are ringing -
- Monday, Jul 31, 2006
Commentary There are times when I think that this tired old world has gone on a few years too long. What's happening in the Middle East is so depressing. Most discussions of the eternal Israel-Palestine conflict are variations on the child's eternal defense ... -
- Thursday, Jul 13, 2006
Commentary Great Moments in the History of Imperialism -
- Monday, May 22, 2006
Commentary "Come Out of the White House with Your Hands Up!" -
- Thursday, Feb 16, 2006
Commentary The Anti-Empire Report -
- Sunday, Sep 01, 2002
ZMag Article Bill Blum
Defending
pro-Castro Cubans in Miami, in a criminal case utterly suffused
with political overtones, with the U.S. government wholly determined
to nail a bunch of commie... -
- Sunday, Jul 01, 2001
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