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21 July 2005
General Westmoreland’s death wish and the war in Iraq
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Norman Solomon
After he died on July 18, front pages focused on the failures of William Westmoreland as commander of U.S. forces in Vietnam. Overall, the coverage faulted him for being a big loser, not a mass killer.

The Washington Post...
21 July 2005
That smile on the face of the Tiger: Do animals have expressions?
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Alexander Cockburn
A snooty conservative professor called Roger Scruton, an Englishman, wrote in the Times Literary Supplement earlier this year that "human beings are alone among the animals in revealing their individuality in their faces. The mouth that...
19 July 2005
We're missing the point
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Molly Ivins
AUSTIN -- Now it's getting funnier and funnier. There is an elephant in the living room and we're sitting around having a conversation about whether there's an elephant in the living room.

"I think there's an...
18 July 2005
War and Venture Capitalism
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Norman Solomon
During the Vietnam War, one of the peace movement’s more sardonic slogans was: “War is good business. Invest your son.”

In recent years, some eminent pundits and top government officials have become brazen about praising...
14 July 2005
Will traitor Rove follow father figure Nixon's fatal footsteps?
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Harvey Wasserman
Is Karl Rove following in the fatal arrogance of his father figure, Richard Nixon?

Like his equally twisted mentor, Rove is an amoral, mean-spirited gutter fighter. Both share the crime of treason.

With a...
14 July 2005
Don't you dare call it treason
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Alexander Cockburn
Treason, no less. A leading Democrat, Rep. Henry Waxman, howls in Congress that "The intentional disclosure of a covert CIA agent's identity would be an act of treason. If Rove was part of a conspiracy and intentionally disclosed the name...

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