It’s not just Fox News: How liberal apologists torpedoed change, helped make the Democrats safe for Wall Street | Thomas Frank

Credit: Anthony FredaCenter-left pundits have carried water for the president for six years. Their predictable excuses all ring hollow Jan. 11, 2015 (Salon) -- As the Obama administration enters its ...

Why the F-35 is a sitting duck for the Flankers | Rakesh Krishnan Simha

Su-35. Source: Sukhoi.org Oct. 12, 2014 (Russia & India Report) -- Outgunned by the Su-30 family of aircraft and suffering critical design flaws, the American F-35 is staring down the barrel of obsol ...

What Would Happen If the Int’l Criminal Court Indicted Israel’s Netanyahu? | Juan Cole

A graffiti-style portrait of Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (Photo: thierry ehrmann/flickr/cc) Jan. 2, 2014 (Informed Comment) -- If the International Criminal Court takes up Israeli gov ...

The Prison State of America | Chris Hedges

Chris HedgesDec. 28, 2014 (TruthDig) -- Prisons employ and exploit the ideal worker. Prisoners do not receive benefits or pensions. They are not paid overtime. They are forbidden to organize and stri ...

Koch Industries Responds to Rolling Stone – And We Answer Back | Tim Dickinson

"Koch Facts" calls our story, Inside the Koch Brothers' Toxic Empire, "dishonest and misleading." A point-by-point rebuttal. David and Charles Koch. Photo: Paul Zimmerman/WireImage; Bo Rader/Wichita ...

China's Russia bailout is an ominous sign for the future | William Pesek

William PesekDec. 25, 2014 -- TOKYO (Bloomberg) -- Thanks to China, Christine Lagarde of the International Monetary Fund, Jim Yong Kim of the World Bank and Takehiko Nakao of the Asian Development Ba ...

The Empire is Crumbling, That is Why it Needs War | Andre Vltchek

www.babble.com/home/10classictoys2015 Will See Decisive Battles (Article excerpt) Dec. 26, 2014 (CounterPunch.org) -- The world is in turmoil. Like in the early 1940’s, something tremendous is gainin ...

Ferguson's Grand Jury Problem | Noah Feldman

St. Louis County prosecutors should have seen this coming. Photographer: Michael B. Thomas/AFP/Getty Images Nov. 25, 2014 (Bloomberg) -- When was the last time you heard of a grand jury decision caus ...

William S. Burroughs performing A Thanksgiving Prayer

William S. Burroughs performing A Thanksgiving Prayer.

The West Is On The Wrong Path | Gabor Steingart, publisher, Handelsblatt

Gabor SteingartAug. 8, 2014 (PaulCraigRoberts.org) -- Finally an independent voice has come out of Europe. The publisher of Germany’s most important newspaper has criticized both the German press for ...

Washington’s Iron Curtain in Ukraine | Diana Johnstone

Tightening the U.S. Grip on Western Europe June 8, 2014 (CounterPunch.org) -- NATO leaders are currently acting out a deliberate charade in Europe, designed to reconstruct an Iron Curtain between Rus ...