How to legalize torture
It takes immoral lawyers to make it all OK, according to this comprehensive article from the NYT.
“We the People”? How quaint.
Glenn Greenwald's column at Salon.com shows how business is really done in the bowels of Washington D.C. Yes, it's always been ugly. But has it ever been this ugly? Speaking of the disease of the Washington Establishment, yet another report, this one from the Washington Post, indicates that "Democrats on…
On using private contractors in combat areas
How and when did this practice originate? This article from The Atlantic presents some of the basics: In fact, the former Halliburton subsidiary of Kellogg, Brown and Root (KBR) consummated its veritable marriage with the U.S. military during the Clinton administration, when the firm’s logistical capabilities were indispensable to the…
The fraudulent “war on terror” in a nutshell
In an alternet.org article entitled "The Mega-Lie Called the 'War on Terror': A Masterpiece of Propaganda," Richard Behan sums up the evidence exposing the "War on Terror" for what it really is: a repulsive attempt to achieve world dominance through militaristic means. The article includes a succinct chronology substantiating the…
Senior Bush official: “I hate all Iranians.”
This comment is an opportunity for us to get a glimpse at sophisticated thought process driving our foreign policy.