10 October 2009
That Nobel screams: "Out of Afghanistan & Go for Solartopia!"
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Harvey Wasserman
Above the din, the Nobel message screams: "U.S. OUT OF AFGHANISTAN, & GO FOR SOLARTOPIA!"

It's now up to US to use that Nobel to win that dual prize.

This award never went to two of the most critical...
03 October 2009
Obama will also lose the Afghani Olympics
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Harvey Wasserman
The stunning rejection of Barack Obama's play for the Chicago Olympics had better teach him a good lesson about escalating in Afghanistan.

Ignoring fierce grassroots resistance in Chicago itself, the Obamas flew to Copenhagen...
02 September 2009
The Columbus Free Press talks with David Swanson, author of <i>Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perfect Union</i>
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Tom Over
SPECIAL EVENT: David Swanson will be in Columbus at 7pm on Sept. 9 for a book signing and meet-and-greet at Areopagitica, a bookstore at 3510 N. High St. near Oakland Park in Clintonville. For more information, contact Connie Hammond at...
28 August 2009
The Afghanistan gap: press vs. public
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Norman Solomon
This month, a lot of media stories have compared President Johnson’s war in Vietnam and President Obama’s war in Afghanistan. The comparisons are often valid, but a key parallel rarely gets mentioned -- the media’s insistent support for...
28 August 2009
The scapegoat's apology
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Robert Koehler
I don’t begrudge William Calley his remorse about My Lai, but I’m hesitant to acknowledge his apology for it.

If you steal $10 from your mother, you need to apologize. If, as you carry out orders, you lead a raid on a village...
10 August 2009
Give me a ticket for an aeroplane – Ken Blackwell just wrote me a letter
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Bob Fitrakis
Give me a ticket for an aeroplane, ain’t got time to take a fast train – since the Republicans destroyed mass transit in the U.S. and there aren’t any fast trains – Ken Blackwell just wrote me a letter. That’s same Blackwell we all now...

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