By Loren Adams, 07.13.2014
Imagine what life would be without unions. To arrive at an accurate portrayal, go back in time when unions didn’t exist… back to the Dark Ages and feudalism, back to slavery, indentured servants, castles surrounded by paupers’ villages of thatched-roof shanties. Back to the days Republicans would love to drive this nation.
Yes, picture what it would be for you to live without a union. It’s a journey you’ll never forget.
Read MoreBy Michael Faulkner – July 13, 2014
It is now more than eleven years since the unprovoked invasion of Iraq by the USA and Britain. Because those who planned and prosecuted that invasion, and those who supported them, continue to defend what they did with contorted and specious arguments, it is worth recalling the attempted justifications for it that were made at the time.
Former prime minister Tony Blair who has escaped prosecution as a war criminal, astonishingly still emerges from time to time, apparently oblivious to the widespread contempt in which he is ...
Read MoreBy Donald B. Ardell - July 13, 2014
Introduction
There are many days that will “live in infamy” (FDR), alongside December 7, 1941. Just two obvious examples are November 22, 1963 and September 11, 2001. Most people would have several days in history to volunteer for inclusion in the infamy files if asked by pollsters for nominations, depending upon their politics, loyalties and passions. If asked, I would list May 5, 2014 for inclusion as a date to “live in infamy.”
Read MoreBy Mickey Walker-June 27, 2014
So much for poor old Colin Powell who (in Part I) found himself between a rock and a hard place, trying to placate the impossible: the paradox of what he had written in his own words in his book and later serving that which he had abhorred in his own book. Yes, Bush was one of those favored sons Powell had gaffed in his book. Bush had been taking big flak from the Boston Globe, the LA Times and other large newspapers for years to answer for his long
Read MoreBy Conn Hallinan - June 6, 2014
Now that the dust has settled from the recent elections for the European Parliament it is time to take a deep breath and see what really happened. No, Britain is not about to toss its immigrant population into the sea. No, France’s Marine Le Pen is not about to march on the Elysee Palace. And, as repulsive as the thugs of Hungary’s Jobbik Party and Greece’s New Dawn are, it was the continent’s left to whom the laurels went in last month’s poll.
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