Guest host on the radio today–I’m going home to St. Paul for a visit. My home town will be the site of the 2008 Republican National Convention! Today’s news from the St. Paul Pioneer Press: “Protesters who show up for next year’s Republican National Convention in St. Paul will be welcomed with the [...]
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America’s official reaction to terrorist threats has been more harmful than the terrorist threats themselves: That’s what John Mueller argues in his new book OVERBLOWN: How Politicans and the Terrorism Industry Inflate National Security Threats, and Why We Believe Them. The war on terror, he shows, [...]
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The last few weeks have seen a vast outpouring of reports on mistreatment of wounded Iraq war outpatients following the Washington Post’s revelations of conditions at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Stories of neglect and substandard care have flooded in from soldiers, their family members, veterans, [...]
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RY COODER’s new CD, “My Name is Buddy,” released today, is a parable of the radical imagination—it details the life, rambles, and political education of Buddy Red Cat. Ry is joined on the CD by Pete Seeger, Mike Seeger, Van Dyke Parks, and Flaco Jiminez, among [...]