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June 25, 2008 at 02:13:45

Homage to I.F. Stone: Secrets & Lies

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First published by The Crisis Papers and Democratic Underground 6/24/08.
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Copyright 2008 by Bernard Weiner.

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Bernard Weiner, Ph.D. in government & international relations, has taught at universities in California and Washington, worked for two decades as a writer-editor at the San Francisco Chronicle, and currently serves as co-editor of The Crisis Papers (www.crisispapers.org).

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Walter Brasch is an award-winning journalist and university professor. His current books are America's Unpatriotic Acts: The Federal Government's Violation of Constitutional and Civil Rights, and 'Unacceptable': The Federal response to Hurricane Katrina, both available at amazon.com, borders.com and most major on-line bookstores.
BraschWalter Brasch is an award-winning journalist and university professor. His current books are America's Unpatriotic Acts: The Federal Government's Violation of Constitutional and Civil Rights, and 'Unacceptable': The Federal response to Hurricane Katrina, both available at amazon.com, borders.com and most major on-line bookstores.

I.F. stone--

Dr. Weiner makes several good points. But, the best point is that I.F. Stone was a journalost outside the establishment who not only didn't trust the government, he also had a healthy skepticism of the media. It's too bad he wasn't alive in 2000-2008 to do what journapists should have been doing--questioning executive branch statements.

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by Brasch (68 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 59 comments) on Wednesday, June 25, 2008 at 3:14:10 PM

I am a teacher who lives in NYC. I think Hillary is the same as Bush. I am interesting in CIA connections to leftliberal publications like Encounter Magazine as described by the british journalism Frances Stonor Saunders in her book
The Cultural Cold War: The CIA and the world of arts and letters.
Nathaniel HeidenheimerI am a teacher who lives in NYC. I think Hillary is the same as Bush. I am interesting in CIA connections to leftliberal publications like Encounter Magazine as described by the british journalism Frances Stonor Saunders in her book
The Cultural Cold War: The CIA and the world of arts and letters.

I.F. Stone: Another View

I greatly admire most of the writings of I.Stone. However for another view pointing out some interesting flaws I strongly recommend googleing I.F. Stone Education Forum. This covers I.F. Stone's defense of the Warren Commission, and some interesting points made about Stone's career that were printed in 1964.

by Nathaniel Heidenheimer (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 45 comments) on Wednesday, June 25, 2008 at 4:22:03 PM

Conservative prolife anti-death penalty tree hugger. Believe that less government is good government, government cannot solve anyone's personal problems, the government taking money from one group of people and giving it to another group of people is a crime, and that people should take responsibility for their own lives.
Mad JayhawkConservative prolife anti-death penalty tree hugger. Believe that less government is good government, government cannot solve anyone's personal problems, the government taking money from one group of people and giving it to another group of people is a crime, and that people should take responsibility for their own lives.

Interesting

One of the best articles I have read on this website. Thought provoking without being excessively partisan.

I liked your observations on the MLK statue. I blame those problems on committees in general. Anyone who has served on a committee knows that committees spread out the responsibility for making decisions.

I appreciate your observation about the soldiers. The Vietnam War Memorial is one of the most powerful public displays I have ever seen. (My wife and I stood before it crying like babies while our children looked on in bewilderment. Four of my Marine friends' names were on the wall.) The presence of the soldiers in my opinion doesn't detract from it and but they do not add anything either. I haven't a strong opinion about MLK's statue but a smile doesn't seem appropriate. He rarely was pictured with a smile on his face. He was on a serious mission. I wonder what he would have wanted. I think we, meaning most people, are well past thinking of black people as being uppity.

by Mad Jayhawk (1 articles, 0 quicklinks, 1 diaries, 399 comments) on Wednesday, June 25, 2008 at 10:33:59 PM