Archive for April, 2010

Addicted to War

Wednesday, April 28th, 2010

A good article by Tom Englehardt on America’s withdrawal issues.

Now that we’ve zoomed past the seven- and eight-year marks on the shamefully tragic occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan, it’s instructive to remember that America’s involvement in WW1 was merely one year and WW2 only four.

America is now, sadly, quite addicted to war.

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Eulogy for Health Care Reform

Thursday, April 8th, 2010

David Michael Green has written a lovely eulogy on the effort to reform the American health care system: Did Obama Sandbag His Own Health Care Bill?

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Tents of Corruption

Friday, April 2nd, 2010

Here’s a refreshingly candid assessment of the Republican Party, from a Republican. The worse the two parties get, the more we citizens can come together, outside their rotten tents of corruption.

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