'America Plops and Fizzes' An interview with poet, Andrew Rihn (Mickey Z.)

Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Jan. 29, 2011 -- Some guy named Percy Shelley once said poets were the "unacknowledged legislators of the world." So, I'm thinking maybe Percy's been hanging out in Cant ...

Failure of Academia: The Book that Was Not Meant to Be Published (Ramzy Baroud)

Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Jan. 13, 2011 -- Deepak Tripathi’s most recent book, Breeding Ground: Afghanistan and the Origins of Islamist Terrorism (Potomac Books) raises several issues, both wi ...

A note from Joe Bageant -- Update Feb. 12

Jan. 4, 2011 -- Dear friends, associates and fellow travelers, As you may or may not know, I have been struck down by an extremely serious form of cancer. Presently I am back in the United States rec ...

America: Y Ur Peeps B So Dum? -- Ignorance And Courage In The Age Of Lady Gaga (Joe Bageant)

Joe Bageant -- World News Trust Dec. 7, 2010 -- AJIJIC, Jalisco, Mexico -- If you hang out much with thinking people, conversation eventually turns to the serious political and cultural questions of ...

BOOK REVIEW: The Chosen Peoples -- America, Israel, and the Ordeals of Divine Election. By Todd Gitlin and Liel Leibowtiz (Jim Miles)

The Chosen Peoples -- America, Israel, and the Ordeals of Divine Election. Todd Gitlin and Liel Leibowtiz. Simon & Schuster. 2010. Oct. 26, 2010 (Palestine Chronicle) -- A work on studying chosen peo ...

The Stealth Coup D'Etat: U.S.A. 2008-2010 (Charles Hugh Smith)

Oct. 28, 2010 (Of Two Minds) -- The Stealth Coup D'Etat in the U.S. (called "The Quiet Coup" by Simon Johnson) was begun long ago, but the takeover reached fruition in the 2008-2010 timeframe. Please ...

Iraq War Logs: Secret Files Show How US Ignored Torture (Nick Davies, Jonathan Steele and David Leigh)

Massive leak reveals serial detainee abuse. 15,000 unknown civilian deaths in war Oct. 22, 2010 (the Guardian/UK) -- A grim picture of the U.S. and Britain's legacy in Iraq has been revealed in a mas ...

John le Carré: Calling Out the Traitors (Amy Goodman)

Oct. 12, 2010 (TruthDig) -- John le Carré, the former British spy turned spy novelist, has some grave words for Tony Blair. More than seven years after the invasion of Iraq, the former British prime ...

BOOKS: The Witch Of Hebron And The Myth Of Post-Peak Uniformity (Carolyn Baker)

Oct. 13, 2010 (CarolynBaker.net) -- I am an avid fan of James Howard Kunstler's work. Whether I read his non-fiction The Long Emergency of 2005 or his recent novels A World Made By Hand and The Witch ...

Loud Talk, Small Minds (Joel S. Hirschhorn)

Joel S. Hirschhorn -- World News Trust Oct. 9, 2010 -- In trying to understand how so many Americans adore people like Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity, Sarah Palin and Rush Limbaugh I have come to this crit ...

BOOKS: Canada and Israel -- Building Apartheid. By Yves Engler (Jim Miles)

Canada and Israel -- Building Apartheid. Yves Engler. RED/Fernwood Publishing, Canada. 2010. Oct. 5, 2010 (Palestine Chronicle) -- While much is made of U.S. support of Israel, its unstinting rhetori ...