U.S. Encouraged by Vietnam Vote : Officials Cite 83% Turnout Despite Vietcong Terror by Peter Grose, Special to the New York Times (9/4/1967: p. 2) WASHINGTON, Sept. 3-- United States officials were surprised and heartened today at the size of turnout in South...
Chomsky on Iran
Noam Chomsky gave a talk (broadband Real Video link) at Columbia University's Earth Institute, on November 16, 2004, and during the question period, this exchange took place; Q. "Could you think of or imagine any form or shape in which you might support American...
Live-blogging Juan Cole on PBS News Hour
What happened yesterday? That's the topic tonight on PBS' News Hour, with Jim Lehrer, and one of the guests is, to my delight, Juan Cole, whose rational, clear-eyed analysis has provided a welcome alternative to the party-lining neocons, shouters, and dithering...
Live-blogging Keith Olbermann — speaking truth to power
Keith Olbermann is burning up the airwaves with his scorching "Countdown" news program tonight. First, a little vignette about a "rumor" spread in Tikrit that food rations would be cut off to non-voters in Iraq's election. Then a bit about of the "missing" nine...


