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Latest tagged entries for 'COMMENTARY'



Republicans Stonewalled: Hate Gays More Than Taliban

Saturday, 24 October 2009 10:58 A GMT-05
Republicans have spoken: the (rear) ends don't justify the means

Laurent Nkunda Seized. May The Circuit Be Unbroken

Saturday, 24 January 2009 3:38 P GMT-05
How the capture of a rebel in Congo might affect your wallet down the road.

The Iraq War Fading From View: Should We Care?

Thursday, 1 January 2009 7:51 P GMT-05
"Per studies from the Project for Excellence in Journalism, the war regularly wins less than two percent of the weekly U.S. news hole,.."

New LBJ and Nixon Tapes Reveal More Skullduggery

Saturday, 13 December 2008 12:20 P GMT-05
Historians and journalists should get cracking to connect the dots between new details coming out in just-released recordings from both the Johnson and Nixon presidencies.

Obama!

Wednesday, 5 November 2008 6:58 A GMT-05
LBJ's long shadow. The Lou Dobbs effect, the youth are getting restless, Palintology,

Deals With Iraq Are Set to Bring Oil Giants Back

Friday, 20 June 2008 10:34 A GMT-05
After 35 years of nationalized oil in Iraq resource colonialism makes a comeback

The Secretary of State: Dereliction of Duty by Design?

Saturday, 14 June 2008 7:01 A GMT-05
Where in the world is Condie Rice?

Number of Underinsured Adults in U.S. Increases 60%

Tuesday, 10 June 2008 9:35 P GMT-05
Study finds 75 million adults,42 percent of the under-65 population,had either no insurance or inadequate insurance in 2007, up from 35 percent in 2003

With History On His Side, Obama Opens Economy Debate

Monday, 9 June 2008 5:21 P GMT-05
Barack Obama wasted little time in defining the general election campaign by focusing on the economy as the central theme

Commentary: McCain's Iraq Stance Echoes a Long Dominant American Tradition

Saturday, 19 April 2008 5:23 P GMT-05
General Mark Clark signed the peace document ending the war (Korea), even though the official goals had pretty much been achieved he stated later "I cannot find it in me to exalt at this hour." (Clark was the first U.S. commander to agree to an Armis

Profiles in Courage? From JFK to the Silence of the Lambs

Wednesday, 16 April 2008 5:47 P GMT-05
"Faith and Values Debate"? What has happened to the Democratic party? Read the speech given by JFK to the Greater Houston Ministerial Association in 1960-- ahh the good old days...

Commentary: Disaster Capitalism Fed Style

Saturday, 29 March 2008 9:00 P GMT-05
Headline: The "creature from Jekyll Island" (the Federal Reserve) to eat steak while the rest of us must settle for hamburger (if we're lucky)...

Brother, Can You Spare a Trillion?

Thursday, 27 March 2008 9:01 P GMT-05
New estimates for short- and long-term expenditures in Iraq skyrocket while we arm Afghan allies with Vietnam era weapons and equipment. Includes link to Video.

Back to School With Muqtada al-Sadr

Sunday, 23 March 2008 8:57 P GMT-05
BBC: "The Iraqi Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr has explained why he has not been seen in public for more than nine months. He has reportedly resumed his religious studies to gain the title of ayatollah."

Alan Greenspan's House of Horrors

Saturday, 15 March 2008 8:59 A GMT-05
The head architect of the current financial crisis gets immunity, pleads no contest, and then tries to fade from public view...but we won't forget!

General Petraeus = Full Media Jacket

Friday, 14 September 2007 8:54 P GMT-05
General Petraeus attempts to run down A dream.

The Myth of The Iraq Security Forces?

Saturday, 8 September 2007 9:10 P GMT-05
the next time you hear someone say we'll stand down as soon as the Iraqi Army is ready to stand up, remember ARVN

The Paradox of Change in Iraq-- Missing the Forest For the Trees?

Saturday, 1 September 2007 9:45 A GMT-05
Do some tactical successes equate to strategic victory? Think again. The Iraqis may already be preparing for when America goes home

The Future of an Illusion: The New Spin on Iraq

Thursday, 30 August 2007 9:32 P GMT-05
Would you bet your hard earned money on a horse with a broken leg? No way, right? Wrong! The Republicans will bet your money for you.

Commentary: Who is the enemy in Iraq?

Thursday, 16 August 2007 10:30 A GMT-05
The Army?s own fighting manual clearly states that success in counterinsurgency must come predominantly in the political sphere, there are no military panaceas.

Bush's America: Bombs not Babies

Tuesday, 31 July 2007 10:50 P GMT-05
New follow-up story from August 21st NY Times included

Fort Apache Baghdad

Friday, 6 July 2007 10:49 P GMT-05
Are Fortresses, And Many Other Things To Which Princes Often Resort, Advantageous Or Hurtful?

The Media-- Read Between the Lies

Saturday, 30 June 2007 11:17 A GMT-05
I find television very educational. Every time someone switches it on I go into another room and read a good book. --Groucho Marx

Iraq-- Managed Partition?

Saturday, 23 June 2007 10:50 P GMT-05
Could dividing Iraq into autonomous regions halt the internecine violence?

Commentary: Korea comments signal change in US expectations in Iraq

Friday, 15 June 2007 8:29 A GMT-05
Like Ara Parseghian, are we now willing to settle for a tie?