Who’s Afraid of an Iranian Bomb?
At the height of the epic Battle of Britain in 1940, when British airmen were killed at an appalling rate (“never was so much owed by so many to so few”), an official in charge of propaganda had a...
View ArticleBush Opens National Parks to Bio-Prospecting
We interrupt this election season to remind you who really has control of the government, the land and our lives: U.S. corporations. So while the two parties put on their best seductive dance for...
View ArticleDemocratic Candidate’s Wife Asks Sheehan Not to Protest the Iraq War
When America’s leading anti-war activist, Cindy Sheehan, got a phone call last week from Jan Brown, wife of Democratic Congressional candidate, Charles D. (“Charlie”) Brown, the last thing in the world...
View ArticleThe Third and Final Act: Attacking Iran
The third and final act in the national tragedy that is the Bush administration may soon play itself out. The Okhrana reports increasing indications of “something big” happening between the election...
View ArticleNine Words
When Ronald Reagan convinced the nation that the nine most dangerous words in the English language are: I’m from the government and I’m here to help, the Gipper knew better, even if his audience...
View ArticleFreedom to the Detained; Punishment for the Assassins
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View ArticleTargeting Nicaraguans’ Stomachs
Imagine the following: you and your family decide to remodel your kitchen. Your neighbor, also the principal at your children’s elementary school, hears of the plan and immediately states his...
View ArticleThose Damned Democrats
In the final countdown to the November 7 election, Democrats.com has already begun celebrating. Calling for candle light vigils outside polling stations across the nation on election night, the...
View ArticleVote for James H. ‘Jim’
My son is taking a class on ‘Elements of Comedy’ at his school this quarter. Hearing him talk of distinctions between ‘ridiculous’ and ‘ludicrous’, ‘preposterous’ and ‘absurd’, all of which we had in...
View ArticleA No-Win Elecion for Women
Last week George Bush, in a campaign season when many Republican candidates are choosing not to appear together with such an unpopular president, made a point of standing alongside Don Sherwood. The...
View ArticleThe Meaning of Lula’s Victory
Luis Inácio “Lula” da Silva’s resounding electoral victory with over 60 percent of the vote places Brazilian politics on a new footing. While many on the left remain critical of Lula for the limited...
View ArticleThe Death of Empathy
One of the most devastating consequences of unearned privilege — both for those of us on top and, for very different reasons, those who suffer beneath — is the death of empathy. Too many people with...
View ArticleNormalizing Torture
Let’s start with the definition of torture in the 1984 Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, to which the United States is a party. Torture, the...
View ArticleEuropean Islamophobia
European politicians from London to Moscow are bashing Islam and immigrants, legitimizing politics previously limited to the anti-immigrant extreme right. The latest high-profile venture in...
View ArticleEvil in the Valley
For several months now, there have been troubling reports of a number of Iraqi civilians murdered over the past year by American troops. The military has recently indicted several soldiers and marines....
View ArticleLiberal Doormats: Tread on Us
The self-styled “Democratic wing of the Democratic Party”–the liberals who try to rally the Democratic base for every election–are always the good soldiers. In a party increasingly consumed with...
View ArticleDirty Bombs Over Lebanon
Did Israel use a secret new uranium-based weapon in southern Lebanon this summer in the 34-day assault that cost more than 1,300 Lebanese lives, most of them civilians? We know that the Israelis used...
View ArticleI Was Wrong About Thomas Friedman, the World’s Wealthiest Pundit
Last week my column was a parody of how Thomas Friedman writes about the global economy. Since then, I’ve learned that I was in error on a matter that shines some light on the worldview of the...
View ArticleThe Obscene Views of Avigdor Lieberman
The prevalent comparison between Avigdor Lieberman and Joerg Haider does an injustice to the Austrian nationalist whose party joined the government in the winter of 2000. Haider is far from being a...
View ArticleThe Natural Step for Eco-Villages
Sweden has a penchant for safety and cleanliness. Swedes invented the Volvo, one of the safest automobiles. Volvos are built to minimize harm to passengers during accidents, and they are built without...
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