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Frat boy, cartoon-brain provocation from a representative of a major network. Will CNN even discipline him?

It’s great that the President is finally calling out the mad-dog warmongers and opportunistic immigration-phobes, but why can’t he bring himself to confront them by name?  Does he understand that by not naming names he is enabling these individuals–and yes, … Continue reading →

That’s what military escalation will accomplish. Look what happened with us post-9/11. Endless, savage, unproductive war. Make that counter-productive, as we see with the rise of ISIS as a direct result of our Iraq invasion, something that at least Bernie … Continue reading →

Frank Bruni in the Times decries the immediate exploitation of the Paris massacre by war-mongering right-wing human noise machines. It’s all too reminiscent of George W. Bush, insisting that the “evildoer” could be vanquished by more tax cuts for the … Continue reading →

Robert Parry at Consortium News wonders if Obama is brave enough to stand up to the neocons and chart a new foreign policy that will actually combat rather than abet terrorism and violence.

So quipped a sharp guy at the Integral Yoga health food store near me. I’d ranked on him for being on the check-out line himself rather than staffing it. In other words, he was buying some items. And yes, we … Continue reading →

It’s early November in New York City, and the only way to feel cold (assuming you’re dressed) is to be in one of the many air-conditioned interiors. . .

Even when Kirsten Flagstad spoke it was like tectonic plates shifting. Listen to her on youtube advising young singers to wait before trying Wagner.

His pet billionaires fund his campaigns, and in return, he spews toxic sludge denouncing citizens and taxpayers who want more than a globe-busting military budget for their buck.  They’re after free stuff, you see. And then there’s the art historians. … Continue reading →

Steve Willis of Bennett College was scholar-in-residence at New York University in 2006 researching Sands. Since then he’s written a play about her which has been performed at a number of venues around the U.S. Her tragically curtailed but brilliantly … Continue reading →