Civility, 2007-Style: Hanging George Bush

Some people who are outraged by anti-Obama placards have forgotten that, only a few years ago, many people were condemning George Bush in terms as harsh or harsher. Here is a picture I took at an antiwar rally in Washington in January 2007. The sign - "What's good for...

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Daniel Ellsberg: The Most Dangerous Man in America

More like The Most Heroic Man in America. Daniel Ellsberg is the subject of a new documentary: Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers. The movie is opening today in selected theaters. Democracy Now!'s Amy Goodman interviewed Ellsberg...

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Busily Making More Enemies in Pakistan

U.S. policy is succeeding brilliantly ... in making more enemies in Pakistan. Reports McClatchy Newspapers: For weeks now, the Pakistani media have portrayed America, its military and defense contractors in the darkest of lights, all part of an apparent campaign of...

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A Good First Step on Cuba

President Barack Obama has relaxed controls over contact with Cuba. Reports the Washington Post: The Treasury Department formally lifted nearly all U.S. restrictions on family travel to Cuba on Thursday, along with limits on how much money families can send to...

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The End of Freedom Communications? (maybe not)

In 1972, when I was a young political activist working in the antiwar and pro-marijuana movements, I became aware of the Orange County Register. I was working at the campaign office for Prop. 19, the first California marijuana initiative. Word came in that the main...

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