Iran: A Modest Proposal
You name the hardship, and the United States is trying to impose it on the government and the people of Iran.
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Bush’s Legacy
This is not to put George W. Bush down. That’s too easy, and I’ve done it many times. No, this is to counter the current trend to rehabilitate the man and his Iraqi horror show
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President Kennedy’s Speech, Half a Century Ago
In Kennedy’s short time in office, the United States had unleashed many different types of war, from attempts to overthrow governments and suppress political movements to assassination attempts against leaders and actual military combat
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Boston Marathon, this thing called terrorism, and the United States
To put an end to anti-American terrorism, the U.S. is going to have to learn to live without unending war against the world. There’s no other defense against a couple of fanatic young men with backpacks.
Read MoreThe Marvelous World of Freedom of Speech
The use of sanctions to prevent foreign media from saying things that Washington has decided should not be said is actually a marked improvement over previous American methods.
Read MoreThe Latest Threats to Life As We Know It
American sovereignty hasn’t faced a legitimate foreign threat to its existence since the British in 1812.
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Would you believe that the United States tried to do something that was not nice against Hugo Chávez?
In a secret US cable to the State Department, former US ambassador to Venezuela, William Brownfield, outlines a comprehensive plan to destabilize the government of the late President Hugo Chávez.
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Osama bin Laden, Bradley Manning, & William Blum
Our splendid officials are considering putting Bradley Manning in prison forever simply because they’re embarrassed.
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It’s the end of the world … again
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) recent convention in Washington produced the usual Doomsday talk concerning Iran’s imminent possession of nuclear weapons
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Hugo Chávez
I personally believe that Hugo Chávez was murdered by the United States. If his illness and death were NOT induced, the CIA was not doing its job.
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