These are brief comments, since not much analysis is needed. First, "we" – the broad radical democratic left and the forces of…
On August 24th there will be the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Many of you are…
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David Swanson's piece causes me to reflect. Hiroshima/Nagasaki have always had a personal meaning, since my father served in the B-29 command…
When I was very young – perhaps ten – I thought I should write down what it felt like to be a…
Libya has loomed suddenly, late in the Presidential campaign, as a major issue – with inaccurate statements from both the White House…
One of the curious omissions by all the commentators I've heard thus far, is that Mitt Romney, by choosing Paul Ryan as…
Let me quote from the first lines of the Wikipedia summary: "A group of seven British retirees have outsourced their retirement, attracted…
J. Edgar Hoover (1895-1972) who, depending on your politics, looked much like a toad … or a bulldog … was without question…
When I watched the first Bush/Kerry debate I thought, long before it was over, that Bush was the clear loser. But the…
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