Why Funding Wars Is Good for Babies and Your Garden
by David Swanson
The executive director of something called the National Security Network, named Heather Hurlburt, offers -- I kid you not, and that's really her name, so try not to hurl -- Six Reasons to Love the Supplemental and Celebrate Progressives in Government. |
Facing the Bushes' Iranian Whirlwind
by Harvey Wasserman
by Bob Fitrakis & Harvey WassermanThe parallels between the stolen Iranian election of 2009 and the American of 2000 and 2004 are tempting. The histories---and futures---of the two nations are inseparable. Bound up in their tortured half-century of crime and manipulation are the few glimmers of hope for lasting peace in the Middle East. |
Will 39 Democrats Stand Up to Stop the War Funding?
by Jeremy Scahill
The White House and the Democratic Congressional Leadership are playing a very dirty game in their effort to ram through supplemental funding for the escalating US war in Afghanistan and continued occupation of Iraq. In the crosshairs of the big guns at the White House and on Capitol Hill are anti-war freshmen legislators and the movement to hold those responsible for torture accountable. |
Pennsylvania Town Fights Big Coal on Mining Rights
by Jon Hurdle
TAYLORSTOWN, Pennsylvania - A small Pennsylvania town is trying to ban coal mining in a battle being played out across the state as rural communities try to assert control over mining, gas drilling and other businesses.Blaine Township, a community of 600 about 40 miles southwest of Pittsburgh, hopes to trigger a legal battle that could determine the rights of municipalities throughout the United States to control corporate activity. |
Twitter emerges as powerful speech catalyst in Iranian chaos
by Agence France-Presse
Protesters in Iran on Monday used Twitter for battle cries and to spread word about clashes with police and 'hard line supporters' of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.Twitter messages, some with links to pictures, streamed from Iran despite reported efforts by authorities there to block news of protests over Ahmadinejad’s claim of having been fairly re-elected. |
Stay the Course
by Paul Krugman
The debate over economic policy has taken a predictable yet ominous turn: the crisis seems to be easing, and a chorus of critics is already demanding that the Federal Reserve and the Obama administration abandon their rescue efforts. For those who know their history, it’s déjà vu all over again — literally. |
