Howard Zinn recently spoke on patriotism on DemocracyNow: Patriotism to me means doing what you think you're country should be doing. Patriotism means supporting your government when you think it's doing right, opposing your government when you think it's doing wrong. Patriotism to me means really what the Declaration of…
We’ve had a horrible tragedy back here in the United States. Thirty-three students are dead at Virginia Tech, with many others wounded. Our papers are going to spill a lot of ink on this story, as they should. But on the other side of the world, multitudes of innocent civilians…
A reader recently submitted this suggestion to Andrew Sullivan's site, The Daily Dish: As far as anti-war arguments go, why hasn't anyone simply stated that they're trying to protect the soldiers from President Bush, rather than the insurgents? Just saying we should end the war provides far too many opportunities…
From Alec Baldwin at Huffpo: Let's chat about how the Army exploits economically deprived minorities and offers them careers in the military. Cash, clothes, a car. (Don't hold your breath for that armor plating, though.) Some of these men have criminal records, which the Army, in order to meet recruitment…
I don't know why the Pope constantly gets such intense press coverage. I know he is the leader of a large church, but he most often speaks in platitudes, double-speak or with dark-ages insight. Here's a good example--his recent muddled pronoucement on evolution. According to the Associated Press, Pope Benedict…