120 Articles

Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Is the "Tea Party" Really An Appropriate Name?
(3 comments) The "Tea Party" is more akin to the nativist Know Nothings than the colonists rebelling against British corporate monopoly.

Wednesday, November 11, 2009
A True Gift for Veterans - Peace
(1 comments) Tell the truth and honor the true sacrifices of those who serve.

Sunday, November 1, 2009
Natural Gas - Not All It's Frakked Up To be
(2 comments) Natural gas is much more destructive, and potentially less available, than hyped.

Sunday, October 25, 2009
A Two Class World? Get Used To It.
(13 comments) A world divided by massive inequality is predicted, but it doesn't have to be that way.

Thursday, October 15, 2009
Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Decision Points
(3 comments) Afghanistan and Pakistan are complex situation with hurdles largely created by the interests of outside nations.

Saturday, September 26, 2009
Iran's Nuclear Status - Where Lies the Truth?
(8 comments) Perhaps caution is due before jumping to conclusions.

Tuesday, September 22, 2009
The Fair and Balanced Channel - Not
(6 comments) When does promotion end and propaganda start?

Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Obama's Bottom Line on Healthcare Reform?
(1 comments) The hard line seems not so hard after all.

Saturday, September 5, 2009
Let's talk class warfare shall we?
(9 comments) Just waht should count as "class warfare?"

Thursday, August 27, 2009
Monopoly Money Round Two with a Teetering Economy
(3 comments) Recovery unlikely if we rebuild the same structure.

Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Things Falling Off the Table - Economy
(3 comments) Economic recovery must be different than returning to things as they were.

Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Things Falling Off the Table - Global Warming
(9 comments) Global warming can't wait for us to fool around.

Saturday, July 11, 2009
Barney Frank "Disappointed" in Banks
(7 comments) It is time to take back our government!

Saturday, June 27, 2009
What I Want in Healthcare Reform
(9 comments) We should SAVE money with reform - not spend more.

Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Iran and Change and Context
(4 comments) People who live in glass houses should not throw stones.

Saturday, June 13, 2009
Obama Still on Wrong Side of Torture - Padilla v Yoo
(3 comments) Obama continues to shield Bush administration on torture - even in the face of the erosion of "immunity."

Friday, June 5, 2009
Attacking Sotomayor: Identity politics and hidden racial appeals
(5 comments) Argued is that the claims of "identity politics" are in themselves identity politics.

Sunday, May 24, 2009
Our Rights On the Line - Still
(3 comments) Will we reclaim our Constitutional protections?

Sunday, May 17, 2009
Yes We Can Say No to Torture
(2 comments) All abuse is not behind us.

Saturday, May 9, 2009
StressTest? Would you feel healthy?
(1 comments) "Stress test"? Give me a break.

Sunday, April 26, 2009
Torture is Not a Matter of Opinion
(10 comments) There are clear legal guidelines on what constitutes torture.

Friday, April 10, 2009
Of Pirates and Predators: Oh what a tangled web
(5 comments) Who is a pirate and when are they pirates. The Maersk Alabama situation.

Saturday, March 28, 2009
High Crime - and Profit - in Jailing Kids: Monopoly Capitalism at Work
(7 comments) They got $2.6 million to send kids to private detention facilities - case study in power and greed.

Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Afghanistan - The "Good" War?
(5 comments) US considering appointing Prime Minister for Afghanistan

Friday, March 20, 2009
What to do with toxic coal ash?
(6 comments) Repurposing coal ash does not make toxic waste safe.

Thursday, March 5, 2009
Where IS the Bottom of the Economy?
(5 comments) Trying to make sense of the economic news

Friday, February 27, 2009
Capital One Take and Double Take
(13 comments) Capital One does mass rate and term change.

Sunday, February 22, 2009
Nationalize This!
(5 comments) It's not "toxic assets" it is "toxic investors" that are the problem.

Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Interpretation Depends on the Receiver - Not the Intent of the Sender
(17 comments) Dalonas cartoon, and the NY Post's publication of it deserve a response.

Saturday, February 14, 2009
The Economic Crisis is a Security Threat
(2 comments) Why are we not addressing the globalized economy?

Wednesday, February 4, 2009
The So-Called "Liberal" Media
(2 comments) Why is the corporate media trumpeting the Republican talking points?

Thursday, January 29, 2009
Blood on His Hands
(1 comments) Obama's continuation of Bush strategy in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Sunday, January 25, 2009
Economic "Stimulus" Considerations
(2 comments) We need to use the stimulus to rebuild local economies and re-foot the economy.

Saturday, January 17, 2009
Invest in Community Financial Institutions
(1 comments) We need to invest in community institutions - not the financial sector.

Thursday, January 15, 2009
Israel, Palestine, and a Personal Conflict
(13 comments) Genocide cannot be either a state or a religious policy.

Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Where Lies Truth in the Land of Lies?
(9 comments) A clear example of propaganda

Sunday, December 7, 2008
The Troll Under the Bridge Loans: Corporate Profit-Taking and Executive Compensation
(3 comments) It is time to look at the real world rather than the corporate world filter.

Friday, November 28, 2008
Today is National Heritage Day
(2 comments) Invisible recognition of Native Americans is typical though hard won.

Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Divide and Deceive
(1 comments) Rhetoric is inspiring hate and it has to stop.

Saturday, November 22, 2008
Save the U.S. Auto Industry?
(4 comments) We have little choice but to rescue the U.S. auto industry

Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Pakistan - A Disinformation Campaign?
(2 comments) Explores the contradictory information regarding U.S. mission inside Pakistan

Saturday, November 15, 2008
Of Policy and Justice: Israel, Palestine, and Gaza
(6 comments) Call for Israel to lift the siege of Gaza.

Saturday, November 8, 2008
Can a Campaign Become a Movement, or at Least an Engaged Citizenry?
(1 comments) If we want change, it will take us working for it.

Monday, November 3, 2008
Who IS a 'Real American?'
(2 comments) Sick and tired of being called "un-American?" Me too.

Friday, October 31, 2008
McCain - Desparate and Dangerous Khalidi Accusation
(2 comments) Terrorist link accusations are not just dirty politics, they are dangerous.

Friday, October 24, 2008
The "Good War" Is Becoming A Lost War
(4 comments) Afghanistan teeters and Pakistan is pushed to the brink. It is time for a different strategy.

Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Standing Under an Avalanche
(8 comments) Derivatives bite again, and the failings of the current economic model become clearer.

Monday, October 13, 2008
Fires are Harder To Put Out Than They Are To Start
(3 comments) Why is there growing levels of fear and hate out of the McCain campaign? Because people are being pushed that way.

Sunday, October 12, 2008
The Broad Umbrella of "Terrorist"
(9 comments) We are all at risk of being labeled "terrorists."

Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Economic Globalization and Speculation Coming Home to Roost
(17 comments) There appears to be an economic avalanche hanging over the world.

Friday, October 3, 2008
There May Be Truth in the McCain-Palin "Maverick" Claim
(2 comments) "Maverick" isn't quite what some folks think.

Sunday, September 28, 2008
Gas Shortage Across Southeastern U.S.
(13 comments) A crisis not making it passed the economic and political news.

Sunday, September 21, 2008
Urge Congress to Say "No" to Bailout Bill
(3 comments) The proposed bail out legislation is both extra-legal and extra-Constitutional. Say NO!

Friday, September 19, 2008
From 'Mortgage Crisis' to 'Economic Meltdown'
(2 comments) The current economic chaos is a portrait of what unfettered capitalism looks like.

Thursday, September 11, 2008
September 11 Plus 7
(3 comments) Time has passed but we have not moved forward.

Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Lead By Example? The Problem of women's Rights
(1 comments) The pro live vs choice is not about abortion. It IS about women's rights.

Friday, August 29, 2008
Obama: The Exception is NOT the Rule
(2 comments) We are not an equal meritocracy, and it is dangerous to promote that myth.

Sunday, August 24, 2008
The Fines We Pay
(4 comments) It is considerate of us to front the money to investment banks to pay the fines for being crooks.

Friday, August 15, 2008
Ossetia - The Politics of Naming and Blaming
The U.S. has few teeth in this struggle.

Sunday, August 10, 2008
Iraq Should Pay - Right, Left, Wrong
(2 comments) The U.S. needs to give Iraq control of reconstruction if we want them to pay for it.

Saturday, August 2, 2008
The Race Card?
(4 comments) McCain, not Obama, is "playing the race card."

Thursday, July 31, 2008
How We Are Deceived: Disinformation and Colombia
(2 comments) Another example of media disinformation - Colombian "drug war."

Saturday, July 26, 2008
Acinetobacter Baumannii: We Need to Know
MDR Acinetobacter Baumanni infections among troops and civilians are going largely uncovered, and uninvestigated.

Thursday, July 24, 2008
The New Digital Divide
(4 comments) The switch to digital only will likely leave more folks in the chasm of the digital divide.

Sunday, June 29, 2008
Tired of Being Lied To
(15 comments) A rant on admitted and unadmitted lies of government and society

Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon Wed
(3 comments) Victory for long time activists Lyon and Martin.

Tuesday, May 27, 2008
API: Greenwashing Again or Pure Propaganda?
(2 comments) The American Petroleum Institute is at it again with deceptive advertising framed as information.

Tuesday, May 13, 2008
How to Grow Tragedies - Myanmar
(2 comments) Cyclone Nargis and more victims of a fragile global system.

Sunday, May 4, 2008
Cheney Pushes the Boundaries - Again
(5 comments) Cheney argues Congress has no authority over the Vice President.

Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Thank You ILWU!
(5 comments) ILWU plans May Day stoppage to call for an end to the Iraq occupation.

Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Defense Department is a Leaky Bucket
No controls, no real oversight, and the DOD weapons programs are $295 BILLION over budget.

Monday, April 7, 2008
Recipe for Catastrophe: Climate, Fuel, and Food
(8 comments) We are heading towards a global-wide starvation event.

Monday, March 31, 2008
Global Warming Still Accelerating
(8 comments) I am tired of deception and comforting lies.

Thursday, March 20, 2008
Economic Meltdown and Crony Capitalism
(1 comments) Bear Stearns, JP Morgan and us.

Monday, March 3, 2008
Bombing Somalia
(3 comments) Not a way to make friends and (positively) influence people.

Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Keeping an Eye on Turkey
(1 comments) Turkey/Iraq/India - a convoluted version of oil and U.S. interests?

Monday, February 25, 2008
Economy Anyone?
(5 comments) The economic "disturbance" is well past "risky" loans.

Saturday, February 9, 2008
Back to the Israeli Bombing of Syria
(2 comments) Iran is NOT off the table.

Monday, February 4, 2008
The Big News NOT in the U.S. News
(1 comments) Establishing a Taliban "defense" force?

Sunday, February 3, 2008
Three Left Standing
(6 comments) The corporate media subverts democracy ... again.

Sunday, February 3, 2008
Who Wins, Oil or Arctic? It is up to you.
Action needed now to protect our interests - not oil interests.

Saturday, January 19, 2008
The Great Coming Together and the Phantasm of Democracy
(2 comments) The Democratic "race" is an excellent example of shaping public opinion.

Monday, January 14, 2008
BushCo Still Wants to Attack Iran - Weapons Industry Cheers
(1 comments) Huge profits are to be made with continued unrest in the Middle East.

Sunday, January 6, 2008
Cloned Meat (dairy and eggs?) Likely Coming Soon
(4 comments) Corporate interests over public interests - again

Saturday, January 5, 2008
Oil Increases Hit More than Gasoline Prices
(2 comments) It's food not oil we should be watching.

Wednesday, January 2, 2008
Ron Paul: Not a Good Choice
(36 comments) Though a man of principle, Ron Paul is a conservative libertarian.

Friday, December 28, 2007
Going Digital: Who Wins, Who Loses?
(1 comments) Digital and big media hype. It's about money and control.

Thursday, December 27, 2007
Bhutto - a "liberal" - assassinated
(2 comments) Bhutto's assassination means even more chaos for Pakistan.

Sunday, December 16, 2007
Stop Something! Start Something!
(2 comments) The Democratic Leadership Council does not represent us.

Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Spare Me the "Shock" About Credit Card Rates
(4 comments) The current hearings and reporting don't tell the full story.

Saturday, December 1, 2007
Iraqi Returnees: Surge success, failure, problem?
(3 comments) The story of Iraqi refugees has spun itself into the ground moving from surge success to potential surge failure.

Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Out of Iraq? Outlook Dim.
(1 comments) Bush makes tentative deal with al-Maliki for "enduring" presence.

Sunday, November 25, 2007
The "War," Contractors, and Civilian Deaths
(1 comments) Discussing the deaths in Baghlan, Afghanistan due to "security force" firing into a crowd of children.

Friday, November 23, 2007
Is Impeachment Still Off the Table Pelosi?
(11 comments) Was Plame about Wilson or removing prying eyes?

Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Growing Obfuscation of the Bombing of Syria
(3 comments) The word is that the Syria bombing was part of a conflict between Rice and Cheney.

Sunday, November 18, 2007
Pakistan Struggles Instructive and Frightening
(1 comments) Pakistan emergency and suppression.

Sunday, October 21, 2007
Mercs in a Corporate World
(1 comments) Military contractors are a monster that is growing at a prodigious rate.

Tuesday, October 16, 2007
The Coup Started Before September 11, 2001
(1 comments) Illegal surveillance started shortly after Bush entered office. So much for "national security."

Sunday, October 14, 2007
"TOPOFF 4" and Vigilant Shield: October 15-19
(3 comments) Dirty bomb exercises involving three cities and NORTHCOM. Preparing for disaster, or ?

Thursday, October 4, 2007
Burma: The Back Story
(2 comments) The state of Burma is due to more than a brutal junta. It includes, the IMF, World Bank, corporate and international players, and more.

Saturday, September 29, 2007
Fed Up With Cowardice and Duplicity
(7 comments) I am tired of our representatives voting against our best interests.

Sunday, September 16, 2007
Very Bloody Oil
(2 comments) Greenspan joins Iraq for oil claims believers and 1.2 million Iraqi's are dead as a consequence,

Wednesday, August 29, 2007
So-called Military Contractors Lean More Towards 'Military' than 'Contractor'
(2 comments) Military contractors arming for war with fighter planes ... and more.

Friday, August 24, 2007
What To Do With an Administration that Refuses To Follow the Law?
(18 comments) We have a rogue administration and representatives unwilling to accept their responsibility.

Sunday, August 19, 2007
Transfer of Military Tech To Police. Welcome to the Police State.
(4 comments) Police get use of spy satellites, and Talon weapons platform.

Saturday, August 11, 2007
Emerging Conflict Over the Arctic
(4 comments) Melting ice and the search for oil.

Friday, August 10, 2007
China Barks Back
(1 comments) With stocks tumbling, it would be an opportune time for China to sell off dollars.

Sunday, July 29, 2007
Friend or Foe Business Is Business
(5 comments) Saudi Arabia - does business supercede all considerations?

Saturday, July 28, 2007
Leaning Towards Cover Up
(1 comments) Is the White House obstruction of the investigation into the U.S. Attorney firings covering massive election fraud?

Thursday, July 26, 2007
Refusal to Testify - Hubris or Cover-up?
(2 comments) Do we have a dictatorship or a democracy? That is what is at stake with the hearings on the dismissed attorneys.

Sunday, July 22, 2007
Will Someone Be Our Friend In Iraq?
(2 comments) "Friends" become enemies, while the U.S. tries to make "enemies" friends while the generals call for even more troops, and the Administration asks for a free hand. What is wrong with this picture?

Friday, June 29, 2007
Race(ing) Backwards With Boost From SCOTUS
(2 comments) Discussion of faulty premises of the Supreme Court's decision on school integration.

Saturday, June 23, 2007
Release of 1973 CIA Investigation - A Strategic Move?
(6 comments) Why the new "openness" with the release of 1973 CIA investigation? Why is the government of France banning BlackBerrys?

Sunday, June 17, 2007
They Knew. Lies to Cover a Rogue Administration
(6 comments) General Taguba speaks to Seymour Hersch and a hanging issue may bite back

Thursday, June 14, 2007
Immigrant Crackdown - In Whose Interest?
ICE raid in Portland "nets" 167 undocumented workers. Whose interests are really being served?

Monday, June 11, 2007
Light on the Hill to Eye of Sauron
(1 comments) Extraordinary rendition on trial in Italy, while there is an argument about whether to reinstate habeas corpus. Welcome to the evil empire.

Friday, June 8, 2007
Gas Prices Could Go Up - Way Up
Gas supply could be dramatically impacted by Cyclone Gonu. GOnu is hitting Oman and heading into the Gulf of Oman - a virtually unprecedented event.

Thursday, June 7, 2007
GI (Government Issue) Goes to A New Level
(3 comments) The Pentagon has a three year plan to wire super binoculars into "warfighters" brains. Will the DoD really let modified soldiers out of the military?

Monday, June 4, 2007
Just Say 'No!' to Coal
(3 comments)

Sunday, June 3, 2007
The Growing Economic Divide
(6 comments) Wall Street soars while we crash. The article examines the schizophrenic reporting on the health of the U.S. economy.