24 August 2007
The nanny state
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Robert Koehler
The “ahhh” of familiar pleasure I felt as I accelerated cut off abruptly as I watched the gas-mileage readout on my sister’s new Camry plummet.

How dare the requirements of fuel-efficient driving presume to contradict the...
23 August 2007
Let’s face it: the warfare state is part of us
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Norman Solomon
The USA’s military spending is now close to $2 billion a day. This fall, the country will begin its seventh year of continuous war, with no end in sight. On the horizon is the very real threat of a massive air assault on Iran. And few in...
16 August 2007
Creative destruction
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Robert Koehler
Heckuva job, fellas!

The monster called Iraq that the Bush administration has bequeathed humanity was created with a breath-sucking mix of high-tech ruthlessness, messianic ideology and sheer, FEMA-quality incompetence — and,...
13 August 2007
It really is a Democratic Congress
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David Swanson
Should it go without saying that the current Congress is Democratic?  The Democrats have the majority, control the agenda, and chair and hold a majority on every committee.  But does that make the Congress Democratic?

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10 August 2007
Resistance of one
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David Swanson
There is something else we can try.  If you've given up on staging marches and rallies, or if – like me – you haven't but you want to try something else as well, and if you've given up on lobbying Congress as pointless, or if – like me –...
09 August 2007
Commenting on the black commentator
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David Swanson
I've been a reader and contributor to the Black Commentator since it began, as well as to the Black Agenda Report, which split off from it.  The July 23rd sit-in in Congressman John Conyers' office, in which I took part, has led to quite a...

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