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Foreign Affairs: America’s Next Foreign Policy
Substantial essays by Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, Rudy Giuliani and John Edwards. Extremely worthwhile reading. As an aside, Giuliani's "realistic peace" sounds suspiciously like American hegemony. [N.B. If the links do not work, please let me know and I will "trade up" for the essays themselves.]Posted by Ian Alterman, Friday, August 31, 2007
Atlantic Magazine: Crises of Faith
"America is becoming more secular. Europe is becoming more religious. Both trends could mean trouble."Posted by Ian Alterman, Friday, August 31, 2007
The Consortiumnews.com Iraq’s Endless ‘False Hopes’
Posted by Michael Butler, Friday, August 31, 2007Paul Krugman | Katrina All the Time
Posted by Michael Butler, Friday, August 31, 2007AlterNet: Let Afghanistan Grow the World’s Opium Supply
This excellent idea has been proposed several times by knowledgeable sources. Of course it is opposed by The Drug Warriors. There is just too much money in continuing the failing Drug War. MBPosted by Michael Butler, Friday, August 31, 2007
AlterNet: Why the GOP’s Gay Wing Is Forced to Hide in the Bathroom
Posted by Michael Butler, Friday, August 31, 2007FT.com Fine unscrupulous lenders
Posted by Michael Butler, Friday, August 31, 2007AlterNet: Neoliberalism Dismantles Services to Make Elites Even Richer
Posted by Michael Butler, Friday, August 31, 2007Markos Moulitsas: The American Taliban
go to blog post"Once upon a time, it was easy for the American Right to smear its opponents on the left -- they could simply equate them with the nation's communist enemies. It didn't matter that the American "left" had more in common with the Right than international communism, the smear was useful. Now, however, our international enemy -- Islamic radicalism -- is actually the polar opposite of what liberals stand for -- their actions on women rights are deplorable, they insist on theocracy, they loooveee torture and the death penalty, they demand to control the culture (TV, movies, music), they rail against rampant sexuality, they seek to spread their ideology via force, and they have a well-defined black-and-white sense of truth. Remind you of a certain American party?" - Kos
Posted by Mike Blaxill, Friday, August 31, 2007
Standing Up To Corporations One Town At Time
go to articleDoug Pibel in YES Magazine tells how small towns and cities are fighting the Wal Marts and water privatizers and industrial polluters when all else fails. "...in Humboldt County, California, the people passed a referendum banning outside corporations from participating in elections and declared that corporations are not recognized as people there. Blaine Township, in southwestern Pennsylvania, outlawed the destructive practice of longwall coal mining. People in Montgomery County in rural Virginia are fighting the taking of farmland to build a giant railway terminal.These are admittedly radical steps, although, as Ruth Caplan points out, they are being carried forward by people who are not radicals. 'These are not liberals, not progressives, not activists. But they don’t want corporations to tell them how they should run their community.'"
Posted by Mike Blaxill, Friday, August 31, 2007
NYT: Justice Dept. Inquiry Focuses on Gonzales’s Claims
I really hope this guy goes to jail...Posted by Ian Alterman, Friday, August 31, 2007
NYT: Governor Commutes Sentence in Texas
Finally, the Texas penal system gets one right. Bravo.Posted by Ian Alterman, Friday, August 31, 2007
NYT: Plane Carrying U.S. Lawmakers Is Shot At in Iraq
Sens. Martinez, Inhofe and Shelby get...a parting shot. (Couldn't resist.)Posted by Ian Alterman, Friday, August 31, 2007
NYT: Got Arachnophobia? Here’s Your Worst Nightmare
This is just flat-out fascinating.Posted by Ian Alterman, Friday, August 31, 2007
The confusing business of boyhood
Posted by Bill Swiggard, Friday, August 31, 2007A precedented scandal (Larry Craig and his predecessors)
Posted by Bill Swiggard, Friday, August 31, 2007FT.com Karzai blasts west over opium policy
Posted by Michael Butler, Thursday, August 30, 2007The Consortiumnews.com Bush Puts Iran in Crosshairs
Posted by Michael Butler, Thursday, August 30, 2007AlterNet: Trade: U.S. is “World’s Biggest Loser”
Posted by Michael Butler, Thursday, August 30, 2007AlterNet: How Popular Movements Can Confront Corporate Power and Win
Posted by Michael Butler, Thursday, August 30, 2007Frederic Lemaitre | Countries Buying Up the Planet
Posted by Michael Butler, Thursday, August 30, 2007The New York Times | A Sobering Census Report: Americans’ Meager Income Gains
Posted by Michael Butler, Thursday, August 30, 2007NYT Op-Ed (Collins): Men’s Room Chronicles
"Another ceremonial chairman bites the dust." Why are the chairs of many of the presidential campaigns of Republican candidates finding themselves in legal hot water? Is it a "cry for help?" LOL.Posted by Ian Alterman, Thursday, August 30, 2007
NYT Editorial: Abu Ghraib Swept Under the Carpet
Wonder if they saw my comment re my 8/29 post on Civic re this issue! (It's scary to be prescient...LOL)Posted by Ian Alterman, Thursday, August 30, 2007
NYT: A Polarizing Bush Despite a New Cast
"Pollsters detect a change from past polarizing presidents." It's "official" (according to some experts): Bush is the most polarizing president in history, surpassing even Richard Nixon in many areas.Posted by Ian Alterman, Thursday, August 30, 2007
