The summary execution of Milton Hall by a row of cops.
Read moreAn Economist Visits the West Bank →
He begins in Hebron, the important West Bank town where a handful of Israeli settlers control the apartments overlooking the once thriving central market, regularly emptying their garbage on the Palestinians below.
Read moreObama's phony foreign-aid reform →
“Good government” continues to consist of little more than postponing disclosures until long after the damage is done.
Read moreAlan Greenspan: QE Failed To Help The Economy, The Unwind Will Be Painful, "Buy Gold" →
His hard-money Randian days tugging at his conscience?
Read moreWatch Laura Poitras’s Iraq Documentary for Free Until Nov 24 →
Made available by the Sundance Now Doc Club to celebrate Poitras's new Snowden doc Citizenfour.
Read moreCompare How U.S. Responds To The Killing Of American Kids Based On Identity Of The Killers →
The absolute cynicism and nihilism of empire.
Read moreThe Measurement Chimera →
Think the Islamic State is bad? Check out the 'good guys' →
The "good" prisoner executors in Iraq on the U.S. payroll.
Read moreSaudi Arabia: As executions rise, allies must focus more closely on warring anti-IS forces →
Faced with competition from ISIS, the Saudi "good" beheaders step up their sectarian brutality.
Read more"Why I Will Not Submit To Medical Martial Law" →
Not gonna happen.
Read moreGovernment exploits attacks on military to push security agenda, Greenwald says →
The fearless Glenn Greenwald tells Canadians the truth in person.
Read moreIRS "Structuring" Robberies Go Back Decades →
by James Bovard.
Read moreLove Is the Answer to Empire →
Love and localism. A beautifully written essay by Bill Kauffman.
Read moreNeither Left Nor Right →
Wisdom from Leonard Read.
Read moreAmazon is doing the world a favor by crushing book publishers →
Matt Yglesias with a surprisingly great piece.
Read moreWealth Inequality Is Not A Problem, It’s A Symptom →
"Power buys wealth infinitely faster than wealth buys power."
Read moreThe Dangers of Ancestor Worship →
When our ancestors waged war.
Read moreWhat Liberia teaches us about the failures of aid →
"A virus that is deadly but can be effectively contained with good planning and logistics has managed to escape from a country that has one of the largest concentrations of ‘helpers’ in the world."
Read moreThe truth behind America’s most famous gay-hate murder →
“Ignoring the tragedies of Matthew’s life prior to his murder will do nothing to help other young men in our community who are sold for sex, ravaged by drugs, and generally exploited."
Read moreIn Cold War, U.S. Spy Agencies Used 1,000 Nazis →
Recent U.S. support for the Nazis in Ukraine is old hat.
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