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Some Sanity Creeps into the Drug War
There’s one thing that Presidents Clinton, Bush, and Obama have all agreed on: expanding military aid to Latin America to fight the so-called “Drug War.”
Asia-Produced Ozone Making its Way to US
Washington - A new study further bolsters concerns that pollution blowing across the Pacific Ocean from China and other rapidly developing Asian nations may swamp efforts to clean up …
Obama Pressed to Release Identity of Telecom Lobbyists
Despite President Barack Obama's pledge in the State of the Union address to "require lobbyists to disclose each contact they make on behalf of a client with my administration …
Iran, What Regime?
On Monday, February 15, American Secretary of State Hillary Clinton characterized the Iranian regime as a virtual military dictatorship. Although Mrs. Clinton, an accomplished Yale graduate, often takes on …
Gaza Fishermen Fight to Keep a Way of Life Alive
Once upon a time, this little strip of land (just 139 square miles, about twice the size of Washington, DC) was a potentially booming resort and fishing capital, with …
The Revolution Is Being Televised
I wrote this past weekend about the very real danger facing the Republican Party in 2012 thanks to the “Tea Party” uprising within the GOP base. I noted that …
DOJ Report on Torture Memo: Yoo Said Bush Could Order “Massacre” of Civilians
For background on Jason Leopold's extensive investigative work on the Yoo/Bybee torture memo report please see here, here, here, here, here, here, and here. Former Justice Department lawyer …
Private Contractors “Like Vultures Coming to Grab the Loot“
Vancouver - Critics are concerned that private military contractors are positioning themselves at the centre of an emerging “shock doctrine” for earthquake-ravaged Haiti. Next month, a prominent umbrella organisation …
Obama Aid Package to Help With Home Foreclosures
San Francisco - The five states where the housing crisis has taken the biggest toll will receive part of a $1.5 billion federal aid package intended to slow the …
Obama’s Pentagon Rebrands Iraq War, Rolls Out PR Offensive in Afghanistan
The new PR campaign has all the qualities of a George Orwell novel. Perhaps ‘Operation Imperial Sunset’ is a more appropriate name.