09 May 2008
Apology denied
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Robert Koehler
“I want you to feel that Iraqi life is precious,” he told them.

Well, that’s not going to happen. Here, at the level of basic humanity, the occupation of Iraq — indeed, the entire Bush administration — begins to unravel. We...
08 May 2008
Obama’s clarifying win: the fly on the wall is the wall
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Norman Solomon
Barack Obama’s triumph on May 6 was a victory over a wall that pretends to be a fly on the wall.

For a long time, the nation’s body politic has been shoved up against that wall -- known as the news media.

Despite...
04 May 2008
Obama-Clinton funny math: Guam update
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David Swanson
Obama and Clinton each picked up 2 pledged delgates in Guam this weekend. Obama now has 1,493 pledged delegates. Clinton has 1,334 pledged delegates. Of the remaining 404 delegates yet to be pledged, Clinton would need to win 282 of them...
03 May 2008
The possible future
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Robert Koehler
Lurid headlines have been blooming in my fair city, Chicago, along with the daffodils. A dozen dead, 40 injured in less than a week. The mayor calls a gun summit. The police chief promises to send SWAT teams in full battle dress to...
26 April 2008
Shattering the war consensus
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Robert Koehler
Why, for God’s sake, does nothing change? The war goes on, the money flows, the blood flows, the lies stay exactly the same. Have you noticed? Have you ever wondered, with a stab of transcendent confusion, why a self-correcting rationality...
25 April 2008
Can grandmothers end wars?
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David Swanson
Here is the perfect Mother's Day gift for your mother, your mother in law, your grandmothers, and in fact for the men in their lives as well - who ought to be shamed into action. Joan Wile has published a book called "Grandmothers Against...

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