25 February 2010
War politics: numb and number
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Norman Solomon
Playwright Lillian Hellman said: “I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year’s fashions.”

The statement was in a letter to the House Un-American Activities Committee. The year was 1952. We tell ourselves...
21 February 2010
Yoo, Bybee, and disinformation
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David Swanson
Everything you're reading about torture lawyers John Yoo and Jay Bybee getting off the hook is wrong. They are not torture lawyers, they are not off the hook, there never was any hook, they may not be lawyers for long, impeachment and...
17 February 2010
The useless logic of round numbers: war is criminal any day
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Ramzy Baroud
The media’s habit of revisiting certain issues at set intervals can be strange and even illogical at times. For example, many news outlets commented on President Barack Obama’s first 100 days in office, as well as on the anniversary of his...
16 February 2010
Dollars for death, pennies for life
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Norman Solomon
When the U.S. military began a major offensive in southern Afghanistan over the weekend, the killing of children and other civilians was predictable. Lofty rhetoric aside, such deaths come with the territory of war and occupation.
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14 February 2010
Our founders were NOT fundamentalists
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Harvey Wasserman
"God made the idiot for practice, and then He made the school board."
--Mark Twain

The New York Times Sunday Magazine has...
05 February 2010
Top 10 problems with America assassinating Americans
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David Swanson
The director of U.S. national intelligence told the House Intelligence Committee the government has the right to kill Americans abroad.

Here are 10 problems with this:

1. Acts that are crimes under national and...

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