We, the Salt of the Earth,
Take Precedence

Which country is the rogue nation? Iraq? Iran? Or the United States? Syndicated columnist Charley Reese asks this question in a recently published article. Reese notes that it is the U.S. that routinely commits "acts of aggression around the globe." The U.S....

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African Dictatorships and Double Standards

The Bush administration has justifiably criticized the Zimbabwean regime of liberator-turned-dictator Robert Mugabe. It has joined a unanimous UN Security Council resolution condemning the campaign of violence unleashed upon pro-democracy activists and calling for...

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Tuesday: 24 Iraqis Killed, 77 Wounded

Updated at 10:20 a.m. EDT, July 2, 2008Bombings across central and northern Iraq left a number of casualties. At least 24 Iraqis were killed and 77 more were wounded in these and other attacks and raids. No Coalition deaths were reported. At least one person was...

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Does Iran Have Bush Over a Barrel?

If President George W. Bush wants to boost Republican chances of holding on to the White House and keeping Democratic gains in Congress to a minimum in the November elections, he might consider taking an attack on Iran before the end of his administration "off...

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Alice in Guantánamo

Some of us have known for years that the U.S. government's basis for holding prisoners without charge or trial in the "War on Terror" has more to do with a fantasy world in which nonsense masquerades as truth, logic is skewed, and nothing that is uttered...

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Anti-Iran Arguments Belie Fearmongering

New arguments by analysts close to Israeli thinking in favor of U.S. strikes against Iran cite evidence of Iranian military weakness in relation to the U.S. and Israel and even raise doubts that Iran is rushing to obtain such weapons at all. The new arguments...

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Neocons Stay on Message

Neoconservative pundits have a tendency to assert that something is true even if it is not and then repeat the assertion over and over again to give it credibility. Repeating a statement without subjecting it to any critical analysis is generally regarded as little...

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