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Randolph T. Holhut has been a journalist in New England for more than 25 years. He edited "The George Seldes Reader" (Barricade Books). He can be reached at randyholhut@yahoo.com.
(2 comments) SHARE Wednesday, December 14, 2005 RELIGIOUS TYRANNY AND THE WAR AGAINST REASON
The "war against Christmas" masks a bigger war — the war against reason and against those who reject religious dogma as a basis for public policy.
(1 comments) SHARE Tuesday, May 9, 2006 TIME TO PUT SOME REAL MONEY INTO RAIL SERVICE
Amtrak marks its 35 birthday by being slowly starved into oblivion. But the times demand more, not less, rail service.
(4 comments) SHARE Wednesday, January 17, 2007 Nuclear Power Is Not Clean, Green or Cheap
The nuclear power industry tries to "greenwash" itself into a enivironmentally responsible energy source.
(5 comments) SHARE Tuesday, February 13, 2007 A Question of Priorities
Bush and Congress keep shoveling money at the Pentagon and cutting taxes on the rich, while other domestic priorities get ignored.
(1 comments) SHARE Wednesday, August 2, 2006 Is optimism dead in America?
Optimism is a rare commodity in America today. What's happened to it?
(1 comments) SHARE Friday, December 1, 2006 A Young Man's Chronicle of Hell
At 22, Mohammed Omer has seen enough bloodshed in Gaza to last a lifetime. But he is determined to tell the world the truth about what's happening in his homeland.
(4 comments) SHARE Wednesday, May 24, 2006 TWENTY-FIVE MINUTES WITH CONDOLEEZZA RICE
A meeting with one of the architects of the Bush administration's foreign policy reveals little and shows the discipline of a White House that only communicates in talking points.
(1 comments) SHARE Wednesday, October 25, 2006 Republicans and the Culture of Stupidity
Vermont is the smartest state in the union. It is also one of the bluest states. Coincidence? Not at all.
SHARE Monday, December 19, 2005 THE PRESIDENT MUST BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. PERIOD.
If the rule of law still means anything in this nation, President Bush must be held accountable for flouting federal surveillance laws.
SHARE Wednesday, March 15, 2006 WHERE SECRECY BLOOMS, SO DOES TYRANNY
The Bush White House loves secrecy and hates journalists — a combination that is lethal for a healthy democracy
(1 comments) SHARE Wednesday, July 19, 2006 A Time To Worry
In a time when we need someone intelligent in the White House, we're stuck with George W. Bush.
(6 comments) SHARE Friday, September 8, 2006 The Real Road to 9/11
Here a bit of the history that ABC doesn't want to talk about in its upcoming 9/11 film.
(1 comments) SHARE Wednesday, September 21, 2005 THE FAITH-BASED ECONOMY IS ABOUT TO MEET REALITY
Alan Greenspan and the Bush administration pretend that all is well economically. They are about to get a very rude awakening.
(1 comments) SHARE Wednesday, November 22, 2006 So, What's The Plan For Iraq?
The Bush administration faces a crossroads in its Iraq strategy. Will they blow this chance too?
(3 comments) SHARE Friday, November 10, 2006 When Is "Never Again?"
Eighty eight years ago today, the "war to end all wars" ended. "Never again" was the cry of the survivors. Little did they know what would their sons, grandsons and great-grandsons would go through.
SHARE Wednesday, August 10, 2005 RECOVERING THE TRUE STORY OF THE ATOMIC BOMB
The seeds of the nuclear arms race were sown by the U.S. decision to censor the horrific effects of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.
SHARE Wednesday, August 3, 2005 LIPSTICK ON A PIG
The name of the war might change, but not the flawed thinking behind it.
SHARE Wednesday, May 3, 2006 FAREWELL, PROFESSOR GALBRAITH
With John Kenneth Galbraith's passing, we lost a great hero for the cause of liberalism and I lost a great mentor.
SHARE Thursday, February 22, 2007 Who Is Really Supporting the Troops?
There is a big gulf between the GOP's talk of "supporting the troops" and the treatment they're getting when the troops come home.
SHARE Tuesday, April 25, 2006 THE WAKE-UP CALL ON ENERGY HAS ARRIVED
Rising oil prices are back, and it's time for our leaders to get serious about weaning this nation off fossil fuels and imported oil.
SHARE Wednesday, July 27, 2005 REJECTING FEAR IS THE KEY TO STOPPING TERROR
We must not let terrorists, nor those who say they will protect us from terrorism, scare us into leading shrunken, fearful lives
SHARE Tuesday, September 6, 2005 HOW THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION LET NEW ORLEANS DIE
The gross incompetance of the Bush adminstration is directly responsible for the misery we're seeing in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast