USA

By Saul Landau Western media has focused attention on Sgt. Robert Bales’ background. He allegedly murdered 16 Afghan civilians, 9 of them children, near Kandahar. After the…
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By Bill Press There was a time in the southern United States when racially-charged murders of innocent civilians were routine. We remember the deaths of four little girls in the…
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By Brigadier Gen. John Adams, U.S. Army retired, and David W. Jones From The Hill In 1979, the U.S. State Department began designating countries that “have repeatedly provided…
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By Saul Landau Senators Joe Lieberman (I-CT) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) want war with Iran and refuse to learn lessons from the futile wars this country has perpetrated since U.S.…
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By David Brooks From the Mexican newspaper La Jornada It wasn’t exactly unknown, but apparently what’s unacceptable is that someone “from the inside” revealed…
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By Bill Press American politicians have the attention span of a gnat. Consider the silence and inaction on global warming. In 2006, Al Gore stunned the nation with the release of the…
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A The Washington Post editorial FOR THE SECOND TIME in three months, the Obama administration has blocked a state law pushed by Republicans that, using the pretext of a nearly…
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From The Nation “Where’s the outrage?” was the refrain on a recent weeknight at a panel organized by the Police Reform Organizing Project in Manhattan. The question…
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By Saul Landau “Romney now flaunting his wealth to impress voters!” (The Onion) I smiled weakly when liberal Democrat friends guffawed last week over verbal foibles of Mitt…
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By Bill Press One thing about Rush Limbaugh: When he steps in it, he steps in it big time. And he sure did so this time. For El Rushbo, as he proudly calls himself, it started out as…
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