12 Articles

Wednesday, November 25, 2009
A Tax Increase for What?
(2 comments) Two powerful members of Congress called for a war tax to pay for new troops to be deployed in Afghanistan. It is interesting that these two members of Congress are suggesting the unthinkable, a tax increase. When was the last time you heard a member of Congress call for a tax increase for healthcare, poverty, homelessness, veterans? Washington's priorities are defined by the urgency of this tax increase to support a war.

Saturday, November 14, 2009
The Chimerical Enemy of NATO in Afghanistan
(3 comments) The enemy of U.S.-led NATO forces in Afghanistan is an imaginary enemy, namely the Taliban. Not only did Clinton extend a red carpet to the Taliban and UNOCAL executives, he actively courted them in the hope of building a pipeline from the Caspian Basin to the ocean. After negotiations broke down and it became clear to the Taliban that their regime was at peril, they offered three times to hand over bin Laden.

Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Not Again has Become Not Another One: Genocide in Ethiopia
Afghanistan and Iraq have filled the air waves with stories of strategy, deaths and progress while atrocities resulting in 4 million dead and millions of refugees is barely mentioned despite the complicity of the U.S. Another looming genocide is currently underway in the Ogaden Region of Ethiopia where the Ethiopian government is determined to destroy these Somalis because of their struggle to join Somalia.

Saturday, March 14, 2009
Serving G. W. Bush with a Supoena for War Crimes
(6 comments) Former President, George W. Bush, will be visiting Canada on March 17, 2009, to speak to the Rotary Club in Calgary, Alberta. The article is an open letter to the Attorney-General, Opposition leaders, and Royal Canadian Mounted Police calling on them to serve G. W. Bush with a subpoena requiring to appear before a judge for possible war crimes. The letters describes the legal principals obliging Canada to serve the subpoena.

Monday, February 23, 2009
Emperor Obama Wears no Clothes: The Afghan Surge
(6 comments) Barack Obama is demonstraing that he will continue the foreign policy of his predecessors. Deploying more troops to Afghanistan and bombing Pakistan can only understood in the context of maintaining the empire.

Saturday, February 7, 2009
The Elephant in the Room. Ignoring Unsustainable Growth
(8 comments) Despite all the debate about the economic crisis and possible remedies, there has been almost talk about the overriding issue; the transformation of our economy from unsustainable growth to sustainable growth. There are many possible effective solutions that are being overlooked.

Thursday, January 15, 2009
Canada's Shameful Vote at the UN
(4 comments) The article is a letter which I sent to the Canadian Prime Minister about Canada's disgraceful vote on the UN Resolution condemning Israel for human rights violations in the Gaza Strip.

Saturday, November 1, 2008
A Letter to Senator Obama
(2 comments) Senator Obama has made a committment to end torture and obey the Geneva Conventions. I am asking him to extend his committment to the United Nations Charter which only allows the use of force under two conditions: approval from the Security Council; and a substantial and immediate threat to the United States. In the second case, the Security Council must become involved asap. The implication is withdrawal from Iraq etc.

Friday, October 24, 2008
The Market System: Even Greenspan sees the Light
(4 comments) The recent financial crisis has demonstrated that the prevailing economic theory over the last few decades is not effective. It only concentrates wealth at the top and adversely affects those at the bottom. Even one of its strongest proponents, Alan Greenspan, recognizes that he put too much faith in free-markets.

Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Where is Democracy in this Picture?
(1 comments) Elections in America are flawed by the superficiality of the campaign and the influence of corporate money. In addition, the US is one of only 3 countries in the world that doesn't have proportional representation. Other flaws in American democracy include lobbying and the excess power of certain people such as the Speaker of the House.

Sunday, October 19, 2008
Let Them Eat Cake: The Forgotten Class
(3 comments) Neither candidate for president has really offered to solve the problem of poverty. Both seem to focus on the middle class. According to the OECD, the US ranks last or near last in various rankings of poverty. For example, Obama's policies are really window dressing. This article examines 2 of those policies and shows why they will barely make a dent.

Wednesday, October 8, 2008
The Second Debate: What's Wrong with this Picture
Moving beyond the artificial and superficial comments and analysis of the second debate, a careful analysis of the substance reveals absurd inconsistencies and irrationalities and inconsistencies in the words of McCain and Obama. The format and choice of moderator are partly to blame for the ineffectiveness of the debate to enlighten the American people.