Authoritarianism: At the Core
Scarecrow, over at FireDogLake, picks up the Authoritarian theme we posted with Glen Greenwald’s piece the other day. He adds …
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Iraq: While McCain is Out Strolling
Senator John McCain’s hallucinatory statements on Tuesday and Wednesday that it was safe to stroll around Baghdad these days failed …
Climate Change Means Weather Change Means Life Change
Tornadoes have swept through Holly, Colorado today, described as “massive,” with all the reportable carnage. I am reminded of the …
The New New Left: SDS redux
I was a bit pleased and a bit puzzled to see that the planting of flags, a week or so …
Another Conservative Attacks Bush
Glenn Greenwald, picking up on David Brooks’ NY Times column today, has a very useful column at Salon. It’s not …
Climate Change Position Papers
Thanks to David Leonhardt of the NY Times Joe Biden Hilary Clinton Chris Dodd John Edwards Barack Obama Bill Richardson …
CNN’s Ware Stupified by McCain Claim
Senator John McCain, once an independent of some repute, is loosing all of his marbles in his fading pursuit of …
Numerology on Iraq Numbers
Remember the Lancet reported study by Johns Hopkins last fall? 655,000 Iraqis dead it said. Not 12,000 as the Iraqi …
Webb: Gunner
Following the incident of his aide’s detention for trying to get a loaded pistol into the Senate, James Webb showed …
Pakistan: Trouble in the Streets
The street scenes in Pakistan, of lawyers in three-piece suits braving tear gas and calling for the end of Pervez …
The Normalization of Torture
Slavoj Zizek, post modernist philosopher and ADHD commentator on everything from Lenin to David Lynch, would be an unusual contributor …
Other Wars
Following the news of soldiers at Walter Reed Army hospital, and today more scandal at more hospitals, brought to mind …