Dorian de Wind: Actions of a Few Marines: Let’s Not “Celebrate,” Justify or Broad-Brush
About 18 months ago and in response to a piece, “Why It’s Wrong to Equate Military Service With Heroism,” which discussed the technical, logical and semantic reasons why our fighting men and women should not be collectively called “heroes,” I wrote a piece claiming “Our Military: Yes, They Are All Heroes.” More...
Richard (RJ) Eskow: Today’s Visionary: An Illustrated Guide to Dr. King’s 21st Century Insights
Here it comes again. This holiday weekend we’ll see a lot of media coverage of Martin Luther King, Jr. But we’ll hear very little about what he really was – a brave and visionary leader More...
Rev. Richard L. Killmer: The Power of Symbols: The Need to Close Guantanamo
The religious community knows well the power of symbols. Religious symbols motivate people of faith to do good and even courageous acts. Some religions see God in the symbol itself amplifying its power to More...
Elliott Negin: A Philosophical Split at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Gregory Jaczko (right) and NRC commissioners William Ostendorff, George Apostolakis, Kristine Svinicki and William Magwood (top to bottom) testified about their internal More...
Steve Clemons: They Are “Us”: Pissing on the Taliban
As Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, US military officers — incumbents and retired — and others in DC’s firmament condemn the US soldiers that apparently urinated on dead Taliban militants, More...
Chris Weigant: Happy Birthday, Common Sense
Two hundred and thirty-six years ago this week, a pamphlet was published in Philadelphia. There is some disagreement among historians over the exact date (variously given as January 9th or 10th), and the More...
Michael Levy: China’s New Cultural Revolution
What will 2012 bring for China? One thing we can count on is a revamped effort at censorship, Big Brother surveillance, and thought control. This may sound like hyperbole, but it isn’t; President Hu More...
As GOP Pushes To Drug Test For Government Benefits, Only 1 Percent Fail Tests In Indiana
Indiana was among the states where Republicans pushed laws requiring drug tests for various government benefits in 2011, and the state GOP successfully passed a version requiring unemployed workers to undergo More...
Michael T. Klare: Danger Waters
The Three Top Hot Spots of Potential Conflict in the Geo-Energy Era Cross-posted with TomDispatch.com Welcome to an edgy world where a single incident at an energy “chokepoint” could set a region aflame, More...
Bank Of America Nearly Forecloses On Home Over 80 Cent Typo
Bank of America has had some unfortunate foreclosure practices in recent months, including foreclosing on a home that no longer exists, repossessing the wrong person’s pet parrot, and foreclosing on an More...