'Gaza is a jail. Nobody is allowed to leave. We are all starving now' (Patrick Cockburn)

Patrick Cockburn -- The Independent GAZA -- Sept. 8, 2006 -- Gaza is dying. The Israeli siege of the Palestinian enclave is so tight that its people are on the edge of starvation. Here on the shores ...

Briefing for the Descent (John Michael Greer)

By John Michael Greer -- The Archdruid Report Sept. 7, 2006 -- As evidence piles up for the reality of peak oil, and more and more people start to grapple with an issue that challenges almost every a ...

Bush Aims to Kill War Crimes Act (Jeremy Brecher & Brendan Smith)

by JEREMY BRECHER & BRENDAN SMITH -- The Nation Sept. 5, 2006 -- The US War Crimes Act of 1996 makes it a felony to commit grave violations of the Geneva Conventions. The Washington Post recently rep ...

Self-Help in the Land of Denial (Mickey Z.)

Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Sept. 8, 2006 -- Legend has it that the song Sexy Sadie was written as a response to what the Beatles experienced while getting Zenny with their one-time guru, Maharishi ...

Oil, Heating Oil Plunge to 5-Month Lows on Ample U.S. Supplies (Mark Shenk)

By Mark Shenk Sept. 8, 2006 (Bloomberg) -- Crude oil and heating oil tumbled to five-month lows, and gasoline fell, on signs that U.S. fuel inventories will be sufficient as economic growth in the wo ...

Scientists Find New Global Warming 'Time Bomb’ (Seth Borenstein)

by Seth Borenstein WASHINGTON (AP) -- Global warming gases trapped in the soil are bubbling out of the thawing permafrost in amounts far higher than previously thought and may trigger what researcher ...

Clarification of the Huge Chevron Gulf Oil Discovery (Randy Kirk)

By Randy Kirk -- Energy Bulletin Sept. 6, 2006 -- The Sept. 5th announcement by Chevron and Devon and Statoil of the huge Gulf of Mexico discovery should be clarified. The announcement claims that th ...

Wal-Mart, CVS Alarm Doctors As Retailers Push Clinics (Josh Fineman)

By Josh Fineman Sept. 7, 2006 (Bloomberg) -- Lillian Grabel had one day of blood pressure medication left and didn't want a long wait in a doctor's office for a new prescription. So she turned to the ...

Dow ends down 75 on economic worries (Tim Paradis)

By TIM PARADIS -- AP Business Writer Stocks fell for the second straight day Thursday after warnings from several homebuilders raised investors' concerns about an economic slowdown and comments about ...

What If? (Enrico Orlandini)

Enrico Orlandini -- Dow Theory Analysis SAC Sept. 6, 2006 -- Have you ever wondered just how bad things could get? Well, I've lived long enough and traveled far and wide enough to know that things ca ...