Category Archives: Politics

The Confederate Veterans’ Reunion 100 Years Ago By Morgan Reynolds May 23, 2011 It is rare to see anything penetrating or remotely honest by the corporate media on government scams like Pearl Harbor, the Apollo moon landings or 9/11.  So … Continue reading →

The Bush Bunch in Babylon Morgan Reynolds – January 8, 2005 Gene Lyons is my favorite leftist columnist down here in Arkansas and the other day he quoted a chilling account from The Economist: “…American soldiers tack [bilingual notices] to … Continue reading →

Lying may be the lifeblood of politics, but sometimes it gets so absurd, so bald, so over the top, I can’t let it pass. If nothing else, the big whoppers expose the contempt these jerks running for office have for … Continue reading →

The rate of descent of this faith-based administration has accelerated to breath-taking g forces over the past few weeks. Just a month ago, the book (Ron Suskind, The Price of Loyalty) and interviews (60 minutes, Time, etc.) expressing former Treasury … Continue reading →

Name a war and the alleged causes are numerous: man’s innate aggression, vainglorious princes, stupid tyrants, imbalances of power, preserving the union, the military industrial complex, ties to al-Qaeda, WMDs, democracy, freedom, and a hundred other reasons. And what about … Continue reading →

Whom to compare GWB to? Nixon? There are similarities in terms of reckless Republican domestic policies but it’s not a tight fit on foreign policy. The realpolitik of the Nixon-Kissinger team who inherited the Kennedy-Johnson Vietnam mess differs substantially from … Continue reading →

You say you’re not pleased with the French? Savor a few more freedom fries. Chew softly, put emotion aside and admit it, you were wrong and they were right. Don’t look for this revelation on the O’Reilly Factor anytime soon. … Continue reading →