The Power Of Government Stops With Me

We have heard the scare before, “We are one election away from losing our independence and freedoms.” I dare say that fear has given way to probability.We in this nation already suffer at the hands of an oppressive government; A government whose boot is on the very throat...

Newsweek Editor Criticizes Newsweek's "Denial Machine" in Cover Story

"Against these real-world pressures, NEWSWEEK's "denial machine" is a peripheral and highly contrived story. NEWSWEEK implied, for example, that ExxonMobil used a think tank to pay academics to criticize global-warming science. Actually, this accusation was long ago...

N.Y. Times to end paid Web service

Put your hand up if you called it.  "N.Y. Times to end paid Web service Reuters August 7, 2007 at 1:14 PM EDT NEW YORK — Access to columnists and op-ed pieces on a section of website known as TimesSelect to be free, N.Y. Post reports The New York Times Co. plans to...

Underreported? : Cheneys Alleged to be Linked to Yellowcake Forgeries

I read this piece on Truthout by Ray McGovern, a former CIA Analyst, in March. I thought there would be some follow-up in the mainstream news. The insinuation that Dick and Lynne Cheney are somehow connected to the Iraq-Niger-yellowcake forgery that led to the infamous "16...

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"Back in my days as an editorial-page editor in New England, I would eat breakfast in the same diner each morning. And, each morning, the diner regulars and not-so-regulars would grace me with their learned opinion of my bylined commentary or editorial of the day before..."