21 December 2010
Letter to the Editor
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Bill Buckel
Dear Editor:
In the November election, the under-signed (Bill Buckel) ran as a write-in candidate for the U.S. Congress in the 15th District. The on-ballot candidates in this race were: William Kammerer (L), Mary Jo Kilroy (D),...
16 December 2010
Transcending progressive discord
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Robert Koehler
“Barack Obama was NEVER a progressive or anything other than a closet Republican. This was true in ’08 and continues to be true. He successfully hoodwinked millions of people who chose not to listen to what he actually said in his...
15 December 2010
Richard Holbrooke's deathbed conversion
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David Swanson
For all the talk of strategic counterinsurgency that oozes out of Washington, and all the manuals explaining that 80% of our investment in a nation-building operation should be civilian, we've been investing about 3% of our efforts in...
08 December 2010
Pearl Harbor: A successful war lie
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David Swanson
An excerpt from "War Is A Lie" War is a Lie

One type of "defensive" war is one that follows a successful provocation of aggression from the desired enemy. This method was used to begin, and repeatedly to escalate, the...
06 December 2010
A hollow bomber jacket
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Norman Solomon
Last Friday, in a column about economic policy, Paul Krugman focused on “moral collapse” at the White House -- “a complete failure of purpose and loss of direction.” Meanwhile, President Obama flew to Afghanistan, where he put on a leather...
02 December 2010
The invisible government
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Robert Koehler
Once again, the curtain of secrecy is drawn back and Olympus looks more like Oz. The machinations of empire turn out to be banal and ordinary.

In a time of endless war, when democracy is an orchestrated charade and citizen...

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