With U.S. troops occupying Iraq and the Bush administration making bellicose noises about Syria, let’s consider some rarely mentioned words from the…
The day after America‘s tax deadline, President Bush signed a $79 billion spending bill to cover military actions in Iraq. Then he…
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Minutes after the dawn spread daylight across the Iraqi desert, “embedded” CNN correspondent Walter Rodgers was on the air with a live…
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The national media echo chamber is not receptive to conscience. On television, the voices are usually loud and facile. People often seem…
As the possibility of a U.S. invasion turns into the reality of massive carnage, the war on Iraq cannot avoid confronting Americans…
Three days after a British newspaper revealed a memo about U.S. spying on U.N. Security Council delegations, I asked Daniel Ellsberg to…
One of the big media buzzwords to emerge in recent years is “globalization.” By now, we’re likely to know what it means.…
These days, it’s a crucial ace up Uncle Sam’s sleeve. “Terrorism” is George W. Bush’s magic card. For 17 months now, the…
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