Outsourcing the Military: Blackwater and Bush
The second-largest army in Iraq does not belong to a country, it belongs to a corporation. They are the tens of thousands of private security contractors in which Blackwater dominates. … Continue reading
Spotlight on Sherffius
John Sherffius, Cartoonist for the Boulder Daily Camera. A feature selection of recent cartoons from Cagle’s Cartoon site Click on thumbnails for full-size (if using Firefox or IE7, you can … Continue reading
Why Fisk is wrong about Lebanon
Mike Whitney responds to a short article by Fisk in The Independent that claims a civil war based on “sectarian hatred” is imminent. Many of the comments responding to the … Continue reading
BushCo and Big Oil Manipulating the Oil Reserve for Polls and Profit?
Eye-opening article by Thomas I. Palley: Manipulating The Oil Reserve in TomPaine.com (January 26, 2007). His bio: Thomas Palley runs the Economics for Democratic and Open Societies Project. He is … Continue reading
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