Before Desert Storm Lacking the decency to commit suicide before he could be made into a caged public relations tool for American…
In a period of painfully close presidential elections, with the most dangerous White House in history hoping to extend its criminal reign,…
In a period of painfully close presidential elections, with the most dangerous White House in history hoping to extend its criminal reign,…
Governing Absurd What’s the most disturbing thing about the latest White House and Pentagon fiasco, sparked by Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz’s…
I first spoke about 9/11 one week after the September terror attacks at a big teach-in at Northern Illinois University. I concluded…
When it comes to the arrogant, elitist science of political and media spin, there’s no place quite like the United States. A…
Shunning the Mirror According to the Buddhist writer Pema Chodron, “not harming ourselves or others is the basis of enlightened society.Ā It…
Let me start by quoting quote my favorite historical personality from Indiana – the great democratic Socialist Eugene Debs, from Terre Haute.…
Many years ago I sat in the home a misguided radical history professor who had invited the local branch of the Communist…
A Truly Terrible Record If there was true democratic decency at the heart of the American political system, George W. Bush’s defeat…
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