The Cult of the Suicide Bomber

One of George Bush’s most insidious legacies in Iraq thus remains its most mysterious; the marriage of nationalism and spiritual ferocity, the birth of an unprecedentedly huge army of Muslims inspired by the idea of death.

/–Robert Fisk/

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3 Trillion Dollars for Iraq War

Bye-Bye Miss American Empire

Mental Health

    Finally someone is asking the correct questions and coming up with the obvious conclusions

Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich, a dark horse contender for the the Democratic presidential nomination, questioned President Bush's mental health on Tuesday, according to a Philadelphia newspaper.

The Fate of an Honest Intellectual excerpt from work by Noam Chomsky

    Here is a link to an excerpt from a book "understanding power"

The Frightening Future in the Market Meltdown

The Frightening Future in the Market Meltdown

Lawrence Kotlikoff, writing for the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, revealed last year that the U.S. faces $65 trillion (yes, that's a "t") in "unfunded liabilities," debts it has committed to pay but for which there is no identified source of funding. Kotlikoff suggests that the U.S. may be actuarially bankrupt, that it cannot pay its obligations under any reasonable scenario. It borrows $2.5 billion every day from the rest of the world just to keep the lights on. That amounts to 85% of the entire world's net savings, an astonishing, unprecedented dependency that simply cannot - will not - be sustained.

In the Name of Fashion: Exploitation in the Garment Industry

Here is a link to an article about every ones favorite maker of children's Fashion: Exploitation in the Garment Industries clothing manufacturer.

The Banality of Evil from the book Triumph of the Market by Edward S. Herman

A great book and here is a link to a short excerpt.

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