Bush Fulfills His Grandfather's Dream
It's remarkably common for a grandson to take up his grandfather's major project. This occurred to me when I read recently of Thor Heyerdahl's grandson taking up his mission to cross the Pacific on a raft.
Impeachment Redux: A Reply to a Cranky Critic
In his response to a recent article I wrote calling on progressives to adopt different tactics with regard to the impeachment issue, David Walsh makes a number of shrill and dishonest points.
The Intra-national Colonization of Patriotisms
Once, in a high school class, we asked the teacher why she never talked about Juan Carlos Onetti. The answer was blunt: that gentleman had received everything from Uruguay (education, fame) and 'he had left' for Spain to speak ill of his own country.
600 “Disappeared' by Bush Allies in Pakistan, Activists Say
Pakistan’s security forces have “disappeared” about 600 individuals since 2002, acting since 9/11 and Guantanamo, as if “they have a free hand,” human rights activist lawyer Asma Jahangir says.
Of Marx, Christ, and the Persecution of Radicals: How Will Humanity Survive the Capitalist Threat?
Our infinitely mendacious educational, social, and media infrastructures begin inculcating reflexive rejection of 'all things communist or socialist' into US Americans from the moment they draw their initial breath.
Ethiopia: Government denies looming humanitarian crisis in Somali region
The Ethiopian government has denied blocking aid and trade to parts of its southeastern Somali region but analysts and aid agencies say humanitarian access is limited and rising prices of food are evidence of security-related restrictions.
US Rep Hinchey, Others Offer Bush Censure Bills
Two Democratic lawmakers will introduce censure resolutions next week concerning President Bush, Vice President Cheney, and other Bush Administration officials over the US Invasion of Iraq and other abuses of executive power.
Two Island Tales, The Use and Abuse of Power
Both Bikini Atoll in the Pacific and the Indian Ocean's Diego Garcia island were populated by thriving, self sufficient, fishing based population until coming under the radar screen of British and U.S. hegemonic interests.
Immigration Compromise Too Little Too Late
The immigration issue will net the GOP little, remember that the compromise that was recently shot down in the Senate had both bi-partisan support and opposition, a fact that best illustrates how little U.S. policymakers understood the issues over which they squabbled so tenaciously.
Iraq: Women’s rights activists increasingly targeted by militants
Haifaa Nour, 33-year-old president of the Women’s Freedom Organisation (WFO), one of the few women’s rights organisations in Iraq, said the threatening letters she had recently been receiving would not deter her from her job, even if it cost her her life.
