OUR RIGGED ELECTIONS -- The Elephant In The Polling Booth (Mark Crispin Miller)

By Mark Crispin Miller -- Washington Spectator Oct. 1, 2006 -- To say that this election could go either way is not to say that the Republicans have any chance of winning it. As a civic entity respon ...

Diagnosing our Health Care Woes (Rep. Ron Paul)

Rep. Ron Paul -- Texas Straight Talk Sept. 25, 2006 -- No one disputes the diagnosis: American health care is in lousy shape. As a practicing physician for more than 30 years, I find the pervasivenes ...

The American Military's Cult of Cruelty (Robert Fisk)

The change to 'warrior' creed is encouraging soldiers to commit atrocities By Robert Fisk --The Independent Sept. 16, 2006 -- In the week that George Bush took to fantasising that his blood-soaked "w ...

Day of Reckoning; America’s Economic Meltdown (Mike Whitney)

Mike Whitney -- Information Clearing House Sept 9, 2006 -- There’s growing concern among economists and market-savvy pundits that the global financial system is hanging by a few well-worn threads tha ...

ABC’s 'The Path to 9/11' Isn’t a Documentary... (Buzzflash Editorial)

It’s Not a Docu-Drama. It’s a Swift-Boat Hit Job. A BUZZFLASH EDITORIAL Sept. 9, 2006 -- Forget about any pretense of the Disney-ABC $40 million (commercial free) "The Path to 9/11" being a project t ...

Briefing for the Descent (John Michael Greer)

By John Michael Greer -- The Archdruid Report Sept. 7, 2006 -- As evidence piles up for the reality of peak oil, and more and more people start to grapple with an issue that challenges almost every a ...

What If? (Enrico Orlandini)

Enrico Orlandini -- Dow Theory Analysis SAC Sept. 6, 2006 -- Have you ever wondered just how bad things could get? Well, I've lived long enough and traveled far and wide enough to know that things ca ...

Why the Survivalists Have Got It Wrong (Rob Hopkins)

Rob Hopkins -- Energy Bulletin/Transition Culture Sept. 4, 2006 -- I have very little time for the survivalist response to peak oil, and on the back of a new article about it, Preparing for a Crash: ...

Yield-Curve Recession Indicator Flashes Yellow (Caroline Baum)

Caroline Baum (Bloomberg) -- Sept. 5, 2006 -- Unless the shape of the Treasury yield curve normalizes in the next few months, going from its current negative to a more normal positive slope, the U.S. ...

Welcome to world peace (Charles Kurzman & Neil Englehardt)

By Charles Kurzman and Neil Englehart -- Christian Science Monitor CHAPEL HILL, N.C. AND BOWLING GREEN, OHIO -- Aug. 30, 2006 -- World peace was not supposed to look like this. It was supposed to be ...

A Democratic Dictatorship (Jacob G. Hornberger)

by Jacob G. Hornberger -- LewRockwell.com Aug. 31, 2006 -- Amidst all the discussion and debate about whether President Bush has violated the law by ordering the National Security Agency to record te ...