By Black Agenda Report [ BAR ] executive editor Glen Ford The truths advanced by Rev. Wright and the unanimous “outrage” expressed by the self-appointed guardians of social conformity—from the candidates themselves to the punditocracy— underscore the amazing degree of mendacity permeating the entire apparatus of corporate communications. The world views of Rev. Jeremiah Wright [...]
Hamas has many faces, as befits what is in essence a social service and self-defense organization. (Bet you’ll never hear THAT description from the prostituted American punditocracy.) BY Uri Avnery Dateline: 26.4.08 The Military Option A big military operation against Hamas in the Gaza strip? A cease-fire with Hamas? Our media discuss these questions dispassionately, [...]
BY STEVEN JONAS Unscathingly yours. The (so far) unsinkable Molly Clinton. Crosspost with BuzzFlash on Wed, 04/23/2008 http://www.buzzflash.com/articles/jonas/111 Everyone (well, lots of people) has been complaining about the 45 “Gotcha minutes” that Charles Gibson and George Stephanopoulos ran in the ABC “debate” April 16. Much too much, is the general opinion, with some folks holding out [...]
A debate without substance further adulterated by the corporate media machinations. BY GLEN FORD, Editor, Black Agenda Report The 41 signers of an open letter denouncing ABC’s farcical conduct during the most recent presidential debate may have thought they were doing the right thing – but they managed to send the wrong message. Although there [...]
The US political classes have much to be thankful for, starting with a public overwhelmingly idiotized by the corporate media. A short jeremiad regarding that affront to the nation’s dignity known as the US election process By Phil Rockstroh Here in this crumbling empire once known as the American republic, here in a nation that, at present, for all [...]
The result of a test of supremacy between king (the state) and the Church, Thomas Becket’s murder in the cathedral at Canterbury in 1170 has reverberated down the centuries. The issues were complex, but in martyrdom for his beliefs Thomas showed that he was indeed an exceptional man. [An image of Becket's death from the [...]
BY WAY OF PREFACE TO A PERSONAL STORY | [print_link] Man is a creature of astonishing contradictions and enormous moral range. The same species that produces fools, knaves, cowards, a massive number of mediocrities, and assorted monsters of depravity, also gives us geniuses, saints, and heroes of exemplary virtue. The spread of behavior is so [...]
BY GARY CORSERI When the Pope came to America He wore his white, brocaded gown. He wore a white yarmulke, too. (Looked like a yarmulke–I wonder what it is?) He carried a scepter to let us know He ruled the Earth’s dominions. When the Pope came to America, He met the war-criminal Bush On a [...]
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