On a film commentary site called The Cinematic Verses, they’ve done a comparison between the movie version of 1984 and current reality. This burst of dystopian storytelling proved to be a terrifying yet clarifying experience for me, but I was left thinking that the world presented in the novel and particularly in the film was […]
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Another fine comic from Tom Tomorrow. Go and read it.
Molly Ivins wrote a column last week that takes a hard look at corporate culture and how the Bush administration is aiding the looting of America: Jack A. Blum, a Washington lawyer and expert in money-laundering and other forms of tax evasion, wrote the following for an academic conference held earlier this year at the […]
Ezra over at Pandagon talks about the results of Sunday’s ABC News/Washington Post poll: Saddam didn’t make Bush invincible, in fact, it barely did anything for him at all. People seem quite locked in their opinions, tired of the war over there, and resistant to being swayed by every piece of good news. Contrast that […]
Quite a few weblogs haven’t had a chance to chime in yet on the capture of Saddam, but here’s a sampling of some who have: From Counterspin From MaxSpeak From Atrios From Tbogg
A few news stories that I didn’t post about yet: Iraqi army walkout over pay — Apparently they decided they weren’t being paid nearly enough get shot in place of American troops. US bombing kills Afghan children — In another of our attempts to use bombs to kill specific people, the U.S. once again manages […]
Yes, United States forces have finally managed to capture Saddam Hussein. This is good news indeed, as the man is a monster of the worst sort. The question now is, what will happen next? To start with, there’s the matter of a trial. The Iraqi Governing Council has just recently laid out plans for a […]
If you’re a Muslim and you come up with a crazy plan to nuke D.C. or cut the support cables on a New York City bridge, it’s front page news across the country. If, on the other hand, you’re an anti-government white supremacist in Texas who the FBI catches with an actual chemical weapon, an […]
Another bunch of stories from the pile that I haven’t yet written about: Moving Targets — A Newsweek piece that takes a pretty balanced look at the current state of Al Qaeda, and whether or not the war against Iraq has helped or hurt the “war on terror.” Since it’s a mainstream news outlet, it […]
