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Larry Sakin is a former non-profit medical organization executive and music producer. His writing can be found on Mytown.ca, Blogcritics, OpEd News, The People's Voice, Craig's List and The Progressive magazine. He also advocates for literacy and directs The Progressive Principles Project, and is a National Coordinator for the DFA offshoot group WeDemocrats.
(1 comments) SHARE Thursday, August 31, 2006 Fighting the Terrorists Over Here
The president says we need to fight the terrorists over there so we don't have to fight them over here. But the terrorists are already here, and they aren't who the president thinks they are.
(1 comments) SHARE Wednesday, August 30, 2006 Rumsfeld's Dilemma
Donald Rumsfeld can't sleep because he's worried terrorists are manipulating the Western media. But does he sleep soundly when the Western media is silent about supporting American interests abroad? You bet.
(1 comments) SHARE Saturday, August 26, 2006 The War Crimes of George W. Bush
A former Nuremberg prosecutor has said George W. Bush should be tried alongside Saddam Hussein for war crimes. Will he or any of us live to see that day?
(2 comments) SHARE Monday, August 21, 2006 The Psyche Of Our Country
President Bush is losing two Iraq wars: the ground war over there, and the public relations war here at home.
(1 comments) SHARE Saturday, August 19, 2006 The World In Which We Live
President Bush believes his opponents don't "understand the world in which we live." However, its perfectly clear that Bush doesn't live in the same world as the rest of us.
(1 comments) SHARE Wednesday, August 16, 2006 Bloodied and Bowed
A new report suggests the Bush Administration helped plan the Israeli attack on Hezbollah. But was the conflict created solely to distract from the US debacle in Iraq?
SHARE Friday, August 4, 2006 Holocaust Deniers
The Israeli Defense Force wants the world to believe the Qana massacre was staged by Hezbollah. But is this just another attempt by an occupier nation to deny their own culpability in the deaths of innocent civilians?
(7 comments) SHARE Saturday, July 29, 2006 A Sow's Ear
Now that President Bush has decided to put more troops in Baghdad, the Republican Party's chances for a November victory are about nil.
SHARE Wednesday, July 26, 2006 Troubling Their Own Houses
Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter has become the embodiment of the 21st Century Schizoid Man. He wants to sue the President with one bill, and cozy up to him with another.
(1 comments) SHARE Friday, July 21, 2006 New American Body Count
The timing of the current Middle East Conflict couldn't have been better-- right before the 2006 Midterm Elections.
SHARE Monday, July 17, 2006 The 16,000
How will the United States deal with the terrors soldiers will bring home from Iraq?
(6 comments) SHARE Saturday, July 15, 2006 True Believers
Are journalists who don't deal in speculative conspiracy theories cowards?
SHARE Wednesday, July 12, 2006 The Elections Fraud Ball
Republicans may shout "elections fraud" if they lose close races in the 2006 midterms. But does that mean we'll see genuine elections reform from both sides of the political aisle? Don't count on it.
(2 comments) SHARE Saturday, July 8, 2006 Fooled Again
The Republicans have been fooling us about various threats to the country for over sixty years. We'll we allow them to get away with this scheme again in 2006?
SHARE Tuesday, July 4, 2006 Too Close to Call
The Mexican Presidential election is on hold while the conservative electoral offices count a vote that will assuredly be handed to conservatives. Is Mexico's 2006 election an omen of our own midterms, or can we overcome electoral stasis?
SHARE Thursday, June 29, 2006 Tough Talking Democrats Leading In Polls
While centrist democrats try to evade the tough issues in the mid-term elections, tough talking progressive candidates are addressing central issues- and benefitting handsomely for it.
SHARE Wednesday, June 28, 2006 The Constitution is Pre-9/11 Thinking
President Bush believes that because the Constitution didn't account for 9/11, he decides which laws apply to the executive branch.
(2 comments) SHARE Tuesday, June 27, 2006 The War Bush Said He Wanted
The Iraq War is quickly becoming the issue of the 2006 midterm elections. But are any of the incumbent candidates questioning Bush's stated justifications for that war?
SHARE Friday, June 9, 2006 The Death of al-Zarqawi
Considering the looming Senate hearings on the Haditha massacre, and the President's low ratings on the handling of the Iraq War, the death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi seems awfully convenient.