With the first anniversary of the invasion of Iraq just past and millions of demonstrators back in the streets of cities across…
When, in October 1957, the USSR launched the first man-made earth satellite, the basketball-sized Sputnik, it caught the United States off guard…
Twas the night before ChristmasAnd all through the houseThe Special Forces team was insertedAs quiet as a mouse… ‘Tis the season…
NEW YORK — In 1998, the band Rage Against the Machine decried “the thin line between entertainment and war.” Today, even that…
“When presidents and politicians lie, it is the job of the press to expose and challenge those lies. When the press…
On October 19, 2003, the Ohio-based newspaper the Toledo Blade launched a four-day series of investigative reports exposing a string of atrocities…
Over there, over there,Send the word, send the word, over there —That the (virtual-militarized-avatar-) Yanks are coming,The (virtual-militarized-avatar-) Yanks are coming,The (digital)…
In his famed 1961 farewell address, President Dwight D. Eisenhower warned of a dangerous intertwining of private corporations, the armed forces, and…
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