"Show me a man wearing an American flag pin in his lapel, and I'll show you an asshole," said Bill Maher during a recent "New Rules" segment. What does it show that one puts a little flag on one's lapel or that one sanctimoniously goes around saying "God bless America?" …
Here's what precipitated Maher's rant: Four years ago Tucker Carlson asked Britney Spears on CNN, "A lot of entertainers have come out against the war in Iraq. Have you?" And Britney, who was chewing gum throughout the entire interview, answered, "Honestly, I think we should just trust our president in…
Project Censored has just released its list of top censored stories for 2008. Civil rights violations of U.S. citizens and economic abuses invited by the U.S. government are prominent thoughout this list. Sobering and depressing.
Here are some terrific video clips of President Eisenhower and, more recently, of former Alaskan Senator Mike Gravel. As Gravel plainly states, no president since Eisenhower has dared to talk about the elephant in the room, the military industrial complex. Our leaders rarely speak of it because it has so…
I wish I could have taken credit for writing an article I just read: The presidential primary scam: Why the game is rigged, and why true democracy is only a secondary factor in the nation's rush to nominate the next president. The author is Michael Scherer. Here a taste of…