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Monthly Archives: August 2013
Conflicts? Deficits? Why Reporters Ignore the Real Story of the Clinton...
BY JOE CONASON The mere prospect of Hillary Rodham Clinton running for president again is evidently provoking outrage among old adversaries – from Rush Limbaugh and Fox News to Maureen Dowd – whose appetite for bogus “Clinton scandals” will never be sated. With the fizzling of Benghazi after an official State Department probe found no […]
An NSA Drama Goes Crackpot
BY FROMA HARROP Journalist Glenn Greenwald’s partner was detained at London’s Heathrow Airport for nine hours – no waterboarding or electric shocks, just pointed questions and confiscation of David Michael Miranda’s computer gear. That prompted Greenwald to threaten Britain with more of his writings. “I think they’ll regret what they’ve done,” he said. Miranda, meanwhile, […]
The Meaning Of Manning
Okie Reps’ Shoe Fetish
Militarizing America’s Police Forces
BY JIM HIGHTOWER Attention citizens: I have received inside information revealing that global terrorists are targeting us again. Their target is not Washington, New York City or even Disneyland. Rather, it is: Concord. You know, in New Hampshire. The state capital. Even though only about 43,000 people live there, Concord apparently has some sort of […]