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  • Cindy Sheehan’s Message Repudiates George Bush — and Howard Dean

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    In 1972, after many years of U.S. involvement in Vietnam, the Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg wrote: “In that time, I have seen it first as a problem; then as a stalemate; then as a crime.” That aptly describes three key American perspectives now brought to bear on U.S. involvement in Iraq. The moral clarity…

  • Rage Against the Killing of the Light

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    Mid-August 2005 may be remembered as a moment in U.S. history when the president could no longer get away with the media trick of solemnly patting death on its head. Unreality is a hallmark of media coverage for war. Yet — most of all — war is about death and suffering. War makers thrive on…

  • Big Star-Spangled Lies for War

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    A lot of people want to believe that the current war on Iraq is some kind of aberration — a radical departure from the previous baseline of U.S. foreign policy. That’s a comforting illusion. Yes, the current administration in Washington is notable for the extreme mendacity and calculated idiocy of its claims. But — decade…

  • Radio… and a review

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    Norman Solomon was on KQED’s Forum and the Joy Cardin Show (audio is online for both). War Made Easy was reviewed by David Swanson.

  • The Incredible Blight of TV Punditry

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    When super-pundit Robert Novak stormed off the set of a live CNN show Thursday — just after uttering what the New York Times delicately calls “a profanity” — it was an unusual episode of TV punditry. With rare exceptions, the slick commentators of televisionland keep their cool. But we’d be much better off if they…