Status Quo-oh (James Kunstler)

(World News Trust) -- A catastrophe for Iowa farmers will not be just a catastrophe for Midwestern Americans. In the Iowa floods, we'll see more evidence of how the problems of weird weather (climate ...

A Harsh Season (James Kunstler)

June 9 (World News Trust) -- The banking “industry” slept like a dog through the climax of the political primary season. Meanwhile, the banks sucked in scores of billions in cheap loans from the Fede ...

Legalizing Occupation: Bush's Last Maneuver In Iraq (Ramzy Baroud)

(World News Trust) -- When U.S. forces descended on Baghdad five years ago, they seemed unstoppable. Military arrogance had reached an all time high, and it seemed only a matter of time before the sa ...

"We Were Lied To" (James Kunstler)

June 2 (World News Trust) -- This meme, which has been the mantra among supposed political "progressives" for years now, was reignited over the weekend with the publication of a memoir by former Bush ...

Anxious Hiatus (James Kunstler)

May 26 (Clusterfuck Nation) -- Loveliness was everywhere this holiday weekend in upstate New York, and it was probably hard for many to believe that the wayward nation would return to the dread uncer ...

Joe Bageant: Breaking The Beer Barrier

June 7, 2008 (World News Trust) -- This is the text of a presentation by Joe Bageant, author of Deer Hunting With Jesus , to the National Conference On Media Reform June 6-8 at the Minneapolis Conven ...

"Far From Normal" (James Kunstler)

(Clusterfuck Nation) -- "Far From Normal." Those were the words that Fed chairman Ben Bernanke used to describe the financial markets (and by extension the economy) these heady spring days when every ...

Monster of Ambition (James Kunstler)

(Clusterfuck Nation) -- I was pretty disturbed eight years ago when Hillary Clinton up and announced she was running for a New York seat in the U.S Senate. Say what? She didn't even live here after s ...

The Risk Economy (James Kunstler)

(Clusterfuck Nation) -- As the West's industrial regime sputters toward a cheap-energy-crackup conclusion, there have been attempts to recast what our economy is actually about, how to account for wh ...

Belief System (James Kunstler)

(Clusterfuck Nation) -- A friend asked me how come the public apparently grasps the reality of climate change but can’t seem to wrap its collective brain around the unfolding oil crisis.

Blind Spot (James Kunstler)

(Clusterfuck Nation) -- I happened to be flying into Minneapolis the very day that Northwest Airlines announced its merger with Delta -- Delta to be the more senior (more equal) partner -- in effect, ...