Backtalk, November 2, 2004

Kerry's Cowardly Convergence Madam, at this late hour, one must do more than just ridiculing Kerry, I am afraid. As Suskind pointed out so terrifyingly well, the problem is a monstrous one, very much concerning MANKIND as such. Can you imagine what would happen during...

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Purple Hearts Shows Aftermath of War

A review of Purple Hearts by Nina Berman Trolley, Ltd. (Great Britain) Hardback, 96 pages, with 41 color photographs When you get to the end of Purple Hearts, you won't know what to think. But you will be thinking. In this short and spare book, photojournalist Berman...

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‘Dr. No’ vs. the Yes Men

Scott Horton discusses the future of the American empire with the republic's most intransigent defender, Rep. Ron Paul (R, Texas). Interview conducted Oct. 16, 2004. Check out Scott's other interviews with prominent antiwar and libertarian figures. Download MP3 Listen...

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Taking Stock of Iraqi Deaths

Ann Arbor, Mich.; Bellevue, Wash.; Cape Coral, Fla.; Stamford, Conn.; Green Bay, Wis.; Manchester, N.H.; Allentown, Pa.; Portsmouth, Va.; Cambridge, Mass. These are just a few U.S. cities whose populations hover around 100,000 people. In late October, public health...

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Protecting Us to Death

Please share this with your friends and loved ones: To safeguard their futures, and the future of our great nation, we must all understand the moral of this story. When I was 9, a boy my age named Billy Tanner moved into the house across the street. He and his six...

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Osama bin Laden, Shock Jock

Looked at realistically, Osama bin Laden's intervention in our presidential election was undoubtedly an act of immediate organizational weakness, not strength. Had he had been capable of orchestrating the bringing down of another American tower or its equivalent, he...

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The Truth Hurts

The re-emergence of Osama bin Laden in the final days of the presidential campaign was occasioned by a flurry of speculation: was OBL rooting for Bush? Or for Kerry? Good old American narcissism: it always comes to the fore. It's always about us, now isn't it? The...

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October Surprise

To the dismay of the neo-crazies, the Iraqi puppet government has just reported to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that 195 metric tons of HMX, 141 metric tons of RDX, and 5.8 metric tons of PETN have gone missing. Why report that to the IAEA? Because...

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