Russ Baker's new book presents an account of the U.S. government that is both remarkably new and extensively documented. According to this account, George H. W. Bush, the father of the current president, devoted his career to secret...
28 December 2008
Russ Baker's new book presents an account of the U.S. government that is both remarkably new and extensively documented. According to this account, George H. W. Bush, the father of the current president, devoted his career to secret...
27 December 2008
“Class is a dirty word in that it gets close to the truth about who governs and for whose benefit.” -Michael Parentiz
In the land of those who think they’re free and the home of savage capitalism, class is indeed a dirty...
In the land of those who think they’re free and the home of savage capitalism, class is indeed a dirty...
25 December 2008
The water churned and pushed against the ice with a dark seriousness that reminded me of prayer.
Subzero Chicago night at the edge of the year, the edge of change, the edge of what’s bearable. I stood on an old breakwater, a...
Subzero Chicago night at the edge of the year, the edge of change, the edge of what’s bearable. I stood on an old breakwater, a...
18 December 2008
"Dad, did you know the governor of Illinois was arrested?"
Well, no. This was last week. I was in Denmark, visiting my daughter, and this was my first news from Crazy Land in a while. It's dangerous to go online when I'm...
Well, no. This was last week. I was in Denmark, visiting my daughter, and this was my first news from Crazy Land in a while. It's dangerous to go online when I'm...
09 December 2008
Sunday morning, before dawn, I read in the New York Times that “the
Pentagon is planning to add more than 20,000 troops to Afghanistan” within
the next 18 months -- “raising American force levels to about 58,000” in
that country. Then I...
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