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Commentary
Before Obama escalates the Afghan war, he must tell us who we are fighting
By Peter Chamberlin
Who is “al Qaida,” that we must continue killing
and destroying entire nations to eliminate them?
Nov 27, 2009, 00:25
Commentary
A paradigm shift in Singapore, yet APEC offers no clear answers
By Ramzy Baroud
Like scores of journalists, I attentively
listened as Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong delivering his closing
remarks, and for the last time answering journalists’ questions. It was the
conclusion of 17th APEC Economies Leaders’ Meeting in Singapore, on November
15, and Prime Minister Lee was clearly tired, although unruffled.
Nov 27, 2009, 00:23
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Commentary
Still more fluff, lies and radiation from TMI and the new nuke media machine
By Harvey Wasserman
Yet another “perfectly safe” release at Three
Mile Island has irradiated yet another puff of hype about alleged “green”
support for new reactors.
Nov 27, 2009, 00:19
Commentary
Medical group denounces coal in critical report
By Joshua Frank
So you thought smoking cigarettes was bad for
your health? Try living next to a coal-fired power plant.
Nov 27, 2009, 00:17
Commentary
Al-Gathafi’s big tent
By Bob Fitrakis
Colonel Muammar al-Gathafi lives in a really big
air-conditioned tent with cushy rugs and incredible chandeliers. How do I know?
I visited the tent on the 40th anniversary of the Libyan revolution, when a
27-year-old al-Gathafi overthrew the Libya government, Che Guavera-style (his
hero).
Nov 27, 2009, 00:15
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Commentary
Fort Benning note threatens Fort Hood-style shooting
By Jerry Mazza
Is it déjà vu all over again, just an angry
threat, or another step in the ongoing psy-ops storyline of the Hasan/Fort Hood
script?
Nov 26, 2009, 00:22
Commentary
Armenia, Turkey, and the terrible truth or Obama, Erdogan, and December 7
By Raffi K. Hovannisian
Turkey has always had its share of decent folks.
Nov 26, 2009, 00:20
Commentary
A Jane Goodall Thanksgiving
By Michael Winship
Give thanks. Because this isn’t one of those
Thanksgiving lists of things for which we should be grateful -- although
health, family, friends, laughter, etc., would certainly all be on mine.
Nov 26, 2009, 00:16
Commentary
Engaging Muslim Americans is crucial to prevent radicalization and promote national security
By Louay Safi
Speculation is an important exercise in
philosophical debates and social gatherings, but not in public policy reviews
or criminal investigations. Yet this is what happened during the first round of
hearings conducted by the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs
Committee on last Friday.
Nov 26, 2009, 00:14
Commentary
Finish the job?
By Missy Comley Beattie
I received an email from the Friends Committee
on National Legislation, urging me to call the White House and voice my opinion
about additional troops to Afghanistan. Recently, I decided no more of this
waste-of-time bullshit. But I needed to vent. I had just read the article in
which Obama said he intends to ‘finish the job that began with the overthrow of
the Taliban government in the fall of 2001.’ (The New York Times, Nov. 24, 2009
by Zeleny and Stout)
Nov 26, 2009, 00:12
Commentary
Canada ’s Guantanamo
By Eric Walberg
A scandal erupted last week in sleepy Ottawa
with the revelations of Canada’s chief diplomat in Kandahar in 2006-07, Richard
Colvin, who told a House of Commons committee on Afghanistan that Afghans
arrested by Canadian military and handed over to Afghan authorities were
knowingly tortured. His and others’ attempts to raise the alarm had been
quashed by the ruling Conservative government and he felt a moral obligation to
make public what was happening.
Nov 25, 2009, 00:24
Health
A real revolution in the making in the U.S. health care industry
By Rodrigue Tremblay
The
U.S. Congress is presently debating a most important piece of legislation that
would profoundly reform the U.S. healthcare system.
This is without a doubt the most important domestic proposal advanced by the
Obama administration.
Nov 25, 2009, 00:22
Religion
God has left the building
By Sheila Samples
Several months ago, CNN published the results of
a couple of disturbing polls about Americans and their religious beliefs. The first
found that more Americans are rejecting religion and thus, according to CNN,
America is becoming “less Christian.” The second,
a Pew survey of only 742 mostly white evangelical Protestants, revealed that
more than six in 10 of them believe that torture is often or sometimes
justified.
Nov 25, 2009, 00:18
Analysis
COP15 failure and peak oil success
By Andrew McKillop
Since late summer, several Organisation for Economic Co-operation and
Development (OECD) country leaders in the G20 group have stridently
backed their proposals for radical cuts in global C02 emissions by waving the
spectre of ‘catastrophic climate change’ if we do not achieve rapid, massive
cuts in C02 on a worldwide and uniform basis.
Nov 25, 2009, 00:16
Commentary
Football fanaticism
By Linda S. Heard
The dispute between Egypt and Algeria over World
Cup qualifiers played in Cairo and Khartoum should never have happened. Both
countries should have taken a united stand against football’s worldwide scourge
-- hooliganism. Being an enthusiastic fan is one thing, but it’s quite another
to translate that natural enthusiasm into violence against players and
supporters. Such behavior does not equate to patriotism. It’s simply a stain on
a nation’s reputation and discredits the sport itself.
Nov 25, 2009, 00:14
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