Raising Nicotine Doses, On The Sly | New York Times Editorial

New York Times Editorial Aug. 31, 2006 -- While most of us thought the country was trying to curb smoking, and the rapacious habits of the tobacco companies, it turns out the industry has been sneaki ...

Feeling morally, intellectually confused? | Kieth Olbermann

Click To Watch Window Media Kieth Olberman -- Bloggerman The man who sees absolutes, where all other men see nuances and shades of meaning, is either a prophet, or a quack. Donald H. Rumsfeld is not ...

Basra Oil Workers Strike Could Resume Sunday | Kathlyn Stone

Kathlyn Stone -- World News Trust Aug. 31, 2006 – Oil pipeline workers in Basra, Iraq, will resume their strike as early as Sunday if authorities do not meet the remaining demands of workers, the Fed ...

Porn and the CIA (Your Tax Dollars At Work) | Mickey Z.

Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Aug. 30, 2006 -- With a defense budget -- hold on, let's dispense with the bullshit: With a "war" budget of over $350 billion dollars per year, did you ever wonder if al ...

Controlling the Masses: From Religion to Bernaise | Tom Rushing

Tom Rushing -- Information Clearing House Aug. 30, 2006 -- The most powerful political/economic force on the planet is and always will be “We the people.” In this article, I will make an attempt at g ...

Rummy’s Reverie: “The Media Made Me Lose The War” | Mike Whitney

Mike Whitney -- Information Clearing House Aug. 30, 2006 -- Don Rumsfeld may be a lousy Secretary of Defense, but he’s the best buck-passer this country’s ever had. Nothing is ever his fault. Not Gua ...

The Five Morons Revisited | Paul Craig Roberts

Paul Craig Roberts -- Information Clearing House When the neocons launched the Bush administration’s invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq and announced plans for invading Syria and Iran, I labeled Bush, ...

Why Are We In Iraq? | Michael S. Rozeff

Michael S. Rozeff -- Lew Rockwell Defeat in Iraq Aug. 30, 2006 -- Have the President and his men accomplished their objectives in Iraq? Saddam Hussein is no longer a threat to Saudi Arabia or the reg ...

Return Of People Power | John Pilger

John Pilger -- Information Clearing House Aug. 30, 2006 -- In researching a new film, I have been watching documentary archive from the 1980s, the era of Ronald Reagan and his "secret war" against Ce ...

Mexico Leftist To Create Parallel Government | Mark Stevenson

Aug. 30, 2006 -- MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, convinced he won't be awarded the presidency, has vowed to create a parallel leftist government and is urging Mexicans not to recogni ...

Winning The War On Terror | Mickey Z.

Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Aug. 30, 2006 -- The Bush Administration might have bungled the handling of Hurricane Katrina and may have been a tad off the mark in the whole WMD/"Iraqis-will-greet-us ...