KATHMANDU, Nepal -- When this nation's capital is cut off from electricity, survival becomes a surreal mix of medieval streets lit by candles, people stimulated as if in a Pavlov experiment, and concern that climate change and poverty may...
13 February 2008
Two weeks ago an article in the Cville Weekly by Josh Levy ( http://tinyurl.com/3ckznf ) told us that the "surge" was going to win the "war" in Iraq. "Victory has not yet arrived," he cautioned, "...
10 February 2008
In "Chicken Doves" Matt Taibbi correctly denounces the phony, monied, Democratic-front antiwar movement without acknowledging the real one. United for Peace and Justice, and other organizations serious about peace, struggle against a...
10 February 2008
From day-one of the crisis that has gripped Kenya this year, much of the mainstream media has been quick to label the violence “tribal warfare,” while the top US envoy to Africa called the Kenyan clashes “ethnic cleansing.” The problem...
08 February 2008
Of course, Americans must be 18 to serve in the military, but much of the military's recruiting work is directed at those who have not yet turned 18.
According to Dave Meserve in Arcata, Calif., localities can avoid the...
According to Dave Meserve in Arcata, Calif., localities can avoid the...
01 February 2008
Hillary Is blaming the Iraqis. I flip on the debate and that's the first thing I have to hear. Sheesh.
Then she says they'll stop Bush's abuses by... passing more legislation. Sheesh.
Now she's explaining that she...
Then she says they'll stop Bush's abuses by... passing more legislation. Sheesh.
Now she's explaining that she...
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