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Spending on Peace Is More Cost Effective
Military spending is set to rise 34% by 2012.The purchasing power of peaceBy Jorn Madslien / June 3, 2009 Purchasing power long ago overtook manpower as the most important lever in the race towards military might. Currently, personnel expenditure accounts … Continue reading
Guantanamo Prisoners Shaming Washington
I can think of very little that is more disgusting than the words of a former commander of the Guantanamo facility (which I missed when they were uttered in June 2006). He said that three detainee suicides were not acts … Continue reading
Capable of Learning Nothing from Almost Any Experience
Graceful Reprieve – art by William O’Connor.Happy Days: ReprieveBy Tim Kreider / June 2, 2009 Fourteen years ago I was stabbed in the throat. This is kind of a long story and it’s not the point of this essay. The … Continue reading
Movement Lawyer Dead in Plane Crash
Attorney Susan Jordan, shown here in her Oakland office in 1999, was killed Friday in a plane crash in southern Utah. Photo: John Burgess/The Press Democrat. Susan Jordan defended the Rag‘s own Marilyn Buck. Susan Jordan, Criminal Justice Defense Lawyer … Continue reading
Rules Bar Non-Profit News Media from Congress
The House of Representatives Press Gallery. Photo: Source.Capitol Improvement: If nonprofits are supposed to save journalism, why aren’t their reporters allowed into congressional press galleries?By Megan Tady / June 2, 2009 An outdated congressional rule effectively excludes nonprofit news organizations … Continue reading
Chavez: ‘When the Working Class Roars, the Capitalists Tremble’
Photo: AFP/Getty Images.Venezuela: ‘When the working class roars, capitalists tremble’By Federico Fuentes / May 30, 2009 Addressing the 400-strong May 21 workshop with workers from the industrial heartland of Guayana, dedicated to the “socialist transformation of basic industry”, Venezuelan President … Continue reading
Singin’ on Sunday – Tony Joe White
Tony Joe White – Rainy Night In Georgia Source / De Laaste Show TV1 Thanks to Deva Wood / The Rag Blog
Unions: The ‘Risk’ of Secret Ballot Elections
Randel K. Johnson of the United States Chamber of Commerce.U.S. Chamber of Commerce: Betting Against the American Middle ClassBy Leo Gerard / May 26, 2009 Randel K. Johnson, vice president of that esteemed group, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, recently … Continue reading
Gaza: Still in Misery Following the War
Four months after Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza, Suad Khadir and her family are still living in a tent. To escape the heat, they often seek refuge under the rubble. Photo: Ashraf Amra/New York Times.Misery Hangs Over Gaza Despite … Continue reading
Medical Referrals: Another Part of the Problem with the American Health Care System
Mark Allen Miller.Referral System Turns Patients Into CommoditiesBy Sandeep Jauhar, M.D. / May 25, 2009 I was chatting recently with a doctor friend who was depressed because he thought he had lost a referral source. “This internist was sending me … Continue reading
