‘The Book Thief’ and ‘Red Orchestra’ offer anti-Nazi lessons
It was the Mexican historian George Santayana who said those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
2010 elections key to building a green, demilitarized economy
In a Dec. 4 editorial entitled, "The Welfare State and Military Power," the Wall Street Journal actually said something I agree with: you can't have both guns and butter.
The big minus
Without a rapid draw-down in unemployment numbers, Obama will be unlikely to resurrect the coalition he needs to address other important questions.
Did you know Hillary was a pinko?
The mainstream media, via The Washington Post, has apparently seen fit to join the rabid right's revival of the old anti-Communist crusade.
Banana wars and the fraud of “free” trade
The announcement in December of a deal to end the so called "Banana Wars" is not unqualified good news. Instead, it should instruct us as to the nature of so called "free" trade.
Marx in Copenhagen
"Goodbye Africa, goodbye South Asia; goodbye glaciers and sea ice, coral reefs and rainforest; it was nice knowing you." Such was George Monbiot's dismay as the recent Copenhagen Climate Conference ended.
Conscious of capitalism at Whole Foods
Whole Foods CEO John Mackey seems to be getting a lot of press recently.
Ultra right is down, but not out
The actions of the Republican Party over the past year in opposition to health care reform and every other program of the Obama administration are unprecedented in character.
