I’ve been thinking about Tariq Aziz a lot since the New York Times
printed a front-page story on the former Iraqi deputy prime minister in
late May. A color photograph showed him decked out in what the article
described as “an open-necked...
02 June 2006
That "perfectly safe" mushroom cloud that was supposed to rise 10,000 feet over the Nevada Test Site this month will have to remain a mere gleam in Donald Rumsfeld's eye for the time being.
The security state, which had...
The security state, which had...
01 June 2006
AUSTIN, Texas -- So, Haditha becomes another of the names at which we wince, along with Abu Ghraib, Guantanamo and My Lai. Tell you what: Let's not use the "stress of combat" excuse this time. According to neighbors, the girls in the...
01 June 2006
Editor's Note: Founding editor of the Free Press, Steve Conliff died today, June 1, of cancer. His alternative and underground writings pre-date the founding of the Free Press in 1970. Conliff had just compiled the first seven volumes of...
29 May 2006
People who are concerned about the state of the U.S. news media in
2006 might pause to consider those who have lost their lives in the midst
of journalistic neglect, avoidance and bias.
We remember that while TV and radio...
We remember that while TV and radio...
27 May 2006
"We fought the good fight," Jeff Skilling said, standing strong after he
and "Kenny Boy" Lay were convicted of defrauding Enron stockholders. But
what an odd choice of words. I suppose Joachim von Ribbentrop and Attila the
Hun could say...
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