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“I hope you got a sense of conviction about what we’re doing,” said the president, as he ended his primetime press conference. We certainly did. Indeed, listening Tuesday night, one must concede the convictions, the earnestness and the resolve of the president that he is doing what he believes best for America. And he has … Continue reading “Thinking the Unthinkable”

War What is meant by the saying: War is the health of the state? ~ Ron Maczka Eric Garris replies: War is always used by politicians and bureaucrats to increase the size of the state. Every major increase in state power has come about as a result of war. The Draft I hear that congress … Continue reading “”

MONTREAL – President George W. Bush’s closest international ally, British Prime Minister Tony Blair, arrived in Washington on Friday arguing he can still make sense of the “roadmap” to peace between Israelis and Palestinians. But U.S. peace groups say all traces of that route were lost in a Bush deal with Israeli leader Ariel Sharon … Continue reading “US Christian Churches: Bush-Sharon Deal a ‘Roadmap to War’”

President George W. Bush continues to mislead the American people as to the cause of terrorism directed against the United States. This week he guaranteed that more Americans will die from terrorist attacks due to his stabbing the Palestinians in the back. He has from the beginning acted as if he were a ventriloquist’s dummy … Continue reading “Bush Blows It Again”

The kidnapping and swift release last week of seven Chinese citizens brings to light China’s relationship with Iraq. The Chinese were released to a local association of Islamic clerics within 36 hours without having been harmed, threatened or televised. A local Chinese businessman, Chen Xian Zhong, reported to domestic media that the seven were safe … Continue reading “Chinese Workers Work, American Workers Die in Iraq”

The US Government’s 2003 invasion of Iraq spawned one of the most vocal, productive, and visible military protest movements in history, and inspired peace-minded artists the world over to create powerful images expressing and communicating their outrage. The new book Peace Signs: The Anti-War Movement Illustrated, from Swiss publisher Edition Olms and American distributor Trafalgar … Continue reading “Documenting the Creative Side of Peace”

The press had lots of fun with the recent robot debacle in the Mojave Desert. Competing for $1 million in prize money, 15 vehicles headed off on a 142-mile course through some of the most forbidding terrain in the country. None managed to navigate even eight miles. The robots hit fences, caught fire, rolled over, … Continue reading “Rise of the Machines”

I keep trying not to take it personally, the fact that this president annoys me more and more every time I see him in public. There’s the slow explanation part, over-pronouncing words, as if addressing a rather slow-witted fourth-grader, when he thinks he’s explaining what seems to me what he actually views as a complex … Continue reading “Bush in Deep Denial?”

George W. Bush wants to “change the world”: he said so a few dozen times the other night in his Q&A with reporters. That was his ultimate answer to everything. When confronted at his recent press conference with the embarrassing paucity, in retrospect, of the case for war – the complete absence of WMD in … Continue reading “George W. Bush: Neocon Napoleon”

Because we forget that the United States was once considered a rogue nation exporting terrorism, the nation’s senior officials risk making serious policy mistakes today. The United States a rogue nation? Though it may be hard to believe, before the Civil War, people in Latin America, Western Europe, and even the faraway Hawaiian kingdom were … Continue reading “The US Was Once Considered a Rogue Nation”