Does the market know best? World realities are proving this to be a simple propaganda myth. By Henry C K Liu | [print_link] IN A PERIOD OF LESS THAN A YEAR, what had been described by US authorities as a temporary financial problem related to the bursting [of] the housing bubble has turned into a [...]
Did the U.S. Prep Georgia for War with Russia? The U.S. isn’t exactly a detached observer in the fight. The American military has been training and equipping Georgian troops for years. August 29, 2008 Bluster vs. Determination Resurgent Russia | [print_link] By BRIAN CLOUGHLEY As has been shown in Georgia recently, the Russians are in [...]
Why I’m helping Hugo BY KEN LIVINGSTONE | [print_link] Despite what the media say, Chávez is a leader who listens to his people. I’m happy to take up a new job as his urban adviser DATELINE: guardian.co.uk, Friday August 29 2008 11:30 BST There are some countries whose reality is distorted by sections of the [...]
TRIAL BY FIRE | BY JOHN ELLIOTT | [print_link] A young photojournalist struggles to capture the essence of a confusing and ultimately exhilarating event Nixon leaves White House grounds in 1974 after resignation. THE 1972 POLITICAL CONVENTIONS WERE A HISTORICAL WATERSHED FOR MANY REASONS. The nation was still sharply divided by the Vietnam War, the [...]
This man is said to have killed the largest bear on record, but why? Obsessions April 2003 Atlantic Monthly “I was always interested in animals,” says Thomas Venezia, recently the subject of an extensive criminal investigation stemming from his hunting practices. “I always wanted to be near them” by John Vaillant | [print_link] Overkill Until [...]
We offer below a few takes on the Nader influence on this election I/ Ralph Nader appeals for place on TV debates By Elana Schor in Denver | [print_link] The Guardian (U.K.) Thursday, August 28, 2008 Ralph Nader, mounting his third straight independent presidential run, yesterday held a rally in the shadow of the Democratic convention [...]
Better late than never: We review the reviewers [See also The Aviator (2004)] Prefatory Note: In keeping with our notion that “received wisdom” [including history] is not to be accepted without careful examination, and that, when found wanting or distorted it must be exposed as such, we have inaugurated this section focusing on cinema and [...]
Celebrities, whether politicians or entertainers, have one thing in common: as very rich people [a fact frequently downplayed], they live lives untouched by the frustrations, limitations and stresses that beset ordinary people. It’s a self-contained world of total privilege, and it’s highly toxic when it implants its deformed self-serving priorities and sensibilities on the rest [...]
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