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Libya’s Qaddafi Latest to Challenge Israel’s Gaza Blockade
Backed by a charity headed by the son of Libyan ruler Muammar Qaddafi, the ship Amalthea will challenge Israel's Gaza blockade by attempting to deliver 2,000 tons of food, …
James Howard Kunstler | Where Have We Been? Where Are We Going?
Saturday in mid-July in my corner of the country, when everyone else is cavorting on Million Dollar Beach at Lake George, or plying the aisles of the home Depot, …
What the BP Disaster Really Means for America
By the time you read this I may be gone, vanished from my home on Florida's Gulf of Mexico. For the past two weeks I've been barricaded, along with …
Former San Diego ACORN Employee Files Lawsuit Against Right-Wing Activists O’Keefe and Giles
Complaint leaves room for their employer/pimp, Andrew Breitbart to be added as defendant in the future...
Tom Engelhardt | Why Are We in Afghanistan?
July 12, 2011, Washington, D.C. — In triumphant testimony before a joint committee of Congress in which he was greeted on both sides of the aisle as a conquering …
Obama’s Health Care Bill Is Enough to Make You Sick
A close reading of the new health care legislation, which will conveniently take effect in 2014 after the next presidential election, is deeply depressing. The legislation not only mocks …
BP Kills Culture Along With Gulf Food
I used to refuse to eat New Orleans food outside of New Orleans. I left the city for Denver in 2002. One night, in my new hometown, I got …
FDA Nears Approval of Genetically Engineered Salmon
Washington - They may not be the 500-pound “Frankenfish” that some researchers were talking about 10 years ago, but a Massachusetts company says it's on the verge of receiving …
Alexander Cockburn | The Worst of Times, the Best of Times
It’s the worst of times. America is plunging back into Depression. Only one out of every two Americans of working age has a job, according to the Bureau of …
Ezra Klein | It’s Always the Economy, Stupid
To win in November, focus on paychecks, not polls.