Resistance Heroes in Tbilisi – In Baghdad, only Terrorists Resistance Heroes in Tbilisi – In Baghdad, only Terrorists
The New York Times ran a feature August 12, on Georgian civilians who've joined the fight against the Russian invasion of that former Soviet republic. The story, by Nicholas Kulish...
Aug 14, 2008 / Laura Flanders
Nuclear Power/Racial Power? Surrender! Nuclear Power/Racial Power? Surrender!
August 6 marks the anniversary of the US bombing of Hiroshima – which makes it a day to consider power and vulnerability. Johnathan Schell, writing in Yes Magazine, reflects ...
Aug 6, 2008 / Laura Flanders
Vanity Fair Misses the Point Vanity Fair Misses the Point
Vanity Fair has released a cartoon cover online in response to the New Yorker's swipe at the media coverage of the Obamas. The fake Vanity Fair cover shows John McCain, in a walker...
Jul 23, 2008 / Laura Flanders
No Bail Out – No Bail! No Bail Out – No Bail!
As the Bush administration unveiled a publicly-financed plan to "save" mortgage giants Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, local residents at a town hall forum in Miami were ca...
Jul 15, 2008 / Laura Flanders
Homes, not Hearings Homes, not Hearings
Democrats and Republicans played out a partisan fight Wednesday over who is to blame for housing hurricane victims in toxic trailers. Over one million people were displaced after ...
Jul 10, 2008 / Laura Flanders
Dissing Doctors Dissing Doctors
U.S. doctors are wondering if this might be the first year since 2002 that Congress won't intervene to keep Medicare fully funded, since lawmakers failed to pass legislation before...
Jul 1, 2008 / Laura Flanders
No to Solar and No to Clean-up No to Solar and No to Clean-up
So much for the Government's much touted commitment to alternative energy. The New York Times reports that the Bush administration has placed a nearly two-year moratorium on the co...
Jul 1, 2008 / Laura Flanders
Shelling Out for Shell Shelling Out for Shell
Free trade... Free oil contracts... There it is again, that cute word "free." Of 46 international oil companies, including firms from China, India and Russia that had th...
Jun 20, 2008 / Laura Flanders
Of Weddings and Wedges Of Weddings and Wedges
In times like these, when many people's rights and benefits are shrinking, it's easy for the Right to set us at each other's throats. And if the past is any guide, that's just what...
Jun 17, 2008 / Laura Flanders
Russert (and a Million Others) RIP Russert (and a Million Others) RIP
If there was one topic that focused media attention this weekend, it was the death of one of the industry's own: Tim Russert. Russert's passing provoked praise and grief and mourni...
Jun 16, 2008 / Laura Flanders