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I am a retired criminal defense attorney who has also held many different positions from carpenter, teacher, short order cook, land-man, and corporate attorney.
I am also a husband and father, both roles, I suspect, do more to change a person than one's choice of profession.
I am a passionate reader, particularly of non-fiction, and attempt to keep informed on developments in the major disciplines, such as history, physics, political economy, economics, theology, linguistics, sociology, etc., through reading books, rather than the INTERNET, although the net certainly has its place. I believe the decline in reading books in the last decades is responsible for the lack of critical thinking skills reflected in the American electorate, both left and right, but that this decline was planned after the near revolution of the 1960's and early 1970's, and obtained by changes in the curriculum at the various Colleges of Education around the country to emphasize the "self-esteem" movement and the "tolerance" ideology. The latter misused the word "tolerance" to mean that all ideas, cultures, religions, ideologies, etc., are equally valid and true, rather than equally to be respected. The difference led students to believe their feelings, as opposed to empirical facts, made their opinions true.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012 SYRIA: NATO's Next "Humanitarian" War?
An in depth discussion of how the U.S. is creating the appearance of an insurgency in Syria in order to obtain regime change, and an introduction to Global Research's new Interactive I-Book which contains articles, videos, and debates collected in chapters surrounding broad themes and issues we face as progressives in the twenty-first century.
Friday, February 3, 2012 Lizzie Phelan: New York Times video interview with Lizzie Phelan (14 comments)
New York Times journalist Robert Mackey interviews independent journalist Lizzie Phelan on the question of why her reporting on the "uprisings" in Libya and Syria differs so much from the mainstream media. Ms. Phelan also writes her answers to the questions she was supposed to be asked by Mackey, and reveals that both the Libyan and Syrian uprisings were not popular, but were grounded in the activities of western intelligence agencies.
Saturday, January 28, 2012 The Crisis of Education in America: "How to Become a Serf" (2 comments)
What does America lose when its schools and universities teach only for the needs of our particular economic system and the economic entities operating within that system? Why should the student pay to be trained for the job the corporation needs filled? Does the horse pay to be trained to be ridden? Vocational training and business school are not the same as learning the once coveted education in the humanities, and their rise to prominence portends a society of intolerance and division, conflict and social disorder.
Thursday, January 12, 2012 War Plan Iran: The US Finally Admits Its Criminal Bankruptcy
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta admits that Iran is not attempting to develop a nuclear weapon. Yet, the U.S. prepares for another major war, this time against Iran, which may well pull in enough countries to start WWIII. The real reason, therefore, the American ruling class willingly risks nuclear war with China, Russia, and Pakistan is the age old motive of imperial designs on the wealth of Iran; particularly the Persian oil it wants withheld from economic competitors and reserved for itself.
Thursday, June 16, 2011 REPORT FROM TRIPOLI: More NATO "Humanitarian Intervention:" The Bombing of Al Fateh University, Campus B (1 comments)
Congresswoman's Cynthia McKinney first hand account of a NATO missile strike on a Libyan university and the courage with which the faculty and students face the daily challenge of obtaining an advanced degree while under attack by the world's most powerful militaries. McKinney compares the basically free higher educational system in Libya to our own in the United States and wonders exactly what type of freedom NATO missiles are meant to bring the already fully functioning socialist system in Libya: free market capitalism seems only to benefit NATO, not the average Libyan.
Friday, May 13, 2011 A Wider War on Terror
Congress sneaks in declaration of President's right to declare world war in agreement with Obama administration hidden deeply within the proposed National Defense Authorization Act for 2012, Section 1034
Tuesday, March 22, 2011 Nuclear Apocalypse in Japan
A detailed analysis of how the U.S. government and the nuclear power industry conspire to propagate the myth that nuclear power is safe. Or, as the author puts it, in the face of reassurance that all is well, our response should be, "Holy sh*t brother! Run for you life! Duck and cover!
Sunday, March 6, 2011 Petroleum and Empire in North Africa. NATO Invasion of Libya Underway
The U.S. invasion of Libya has already begun. This article describes how western governments use various allegedly pro-democratic institutions to cause constant turmoil in Africa where oil profits stand to be gained. Nationalization of oil reserves and production facilities by revolutionary leaders is far less likely if the West can infiltrate and control pro-democracy movements. The article also points out the great difficulty in receiving accurate news from the front in the African wars, due to the hypocrisy and censorship of the media in virtually all of the oil dependent nations.
Sunday, February 27, 2011 War, Martial Law, and the Economic Crisis
This article is a short excerpt from a chapter by Peter Dale Scott in a new work from Global Research Publishers edited by Michel Chossudovsky and Andrew Marshall, entitled, "The Global Economic Crisis: The Great Depression of the XXI Century." In it, Scott summarizes a detailed plan to create a shadow government, loot the wealth of America, and ultimately impose martial law on the United States; a plan which began as far back as the Bay of Pigs crisis. For those whom find this article interesting, I highly recommend Scott's other books, particular, "Drugs, Oil, and War," (Rowman & Littlefield 2003), which traces the history of CIA control of the world's illicit drug trade, including into the United States, as its major source of funding, and the influence of that multi-billion dollar major industry on politics, banking, and oil interests.
Monday, January 24, 2011 Barack Obama: As Bad as Bush (1 comments)
This article compares Hugo Chavez's response to massive flooding in Venezuela to Barack Obama's response to the Deepwater Horizon oil disaster in the Gulf, also noting that the difference between them will likely get Chavez and his government listed by the U.S. as "state sponsors of terrorism."
Saturday, December 25, 2010 Kosovo: Europe's Mafia State. Hub of the EU-NATO Drug Trail (3 comments)
A recent OpEd article asked if the rich deserve their riches. This well researched article details how American, British, and Israeli intelligence agencies fomented the Balkans war to ultimately control the trade in human organs and heroin for their economic masters back home.
Wednesday, October 27, 2010 Increased Tensions with Unresolved 9/11 Issues | Project Censored (5 comments)
This article describes the fear journalists and others experience covering 911 truth issues under the Obama administration and makes another compelling argument for anonymity in authorship in the modern age of the security state with the suspension of habeas corpus, posse comitatus, most of the Bill of Rights, due process, and the legalization of indefinite detention.
Friday, October 22, 2010 Teachers' democratic rights under attack in US and another reason authors should be allowed to post anonymously (14 comments)
This article describes how teachers are increasingly punished for activities, including the expression of political opinions, made on their own time independent from the school or college where they are employed. It demonstrates the fact that large, important segments of the working class are excluded from commentary on the net by banning anonymous posting.
Thursday, October 7, 2010 Webster G. Tarpley (3 comments)
Fox News may seem as if it intends to build a reactionary right wing movement to take control of the American government. That would be because they have done it before: in Germany, as this article describes.
