The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Hot Topics AA: As US looks for exit in Afghanistan, China digs in 10/31/09 AU: China is not a strategic threat: Australian opposition leader 10/31/09 CN: China’s crime-buster gets a second wind 10/30/09 CN: The monks and the military 10/31/09 CN: US admiral concerned about China military buildup 10/30/09 IN: India rebels ‘got corporate fund’ …
Shades of Abu Ghraib by Alistair Horne National Interest 10.27.2009 THE GRISLY subject of torture is back with us again, with fresh allegations of CIA misconduct. It is a subject which first came to occupy my thoughts when I was writing a book on the Algerian War, A Savage War of Peace, back in the …
Intriguing and illuminating. Thank you. Harold Laski: Problems of Democracy, the Sovereign State, and International Society Laski’s concerns turn out to have much in common with those of present-day social democratic commentators – in particular the capacity of a state to effect social justice in conditions of global interdependence. Peter Lamb’s study of this overly …
Assuming there is no fraud among the buyers and sellers in a market exchange, Caveat Emptor — the principle that the buyer alone is responsible for determining the quality and suitablity of goods or services before a purchase is made — is the cornerstone of free market ideology. Implicit in this belief is the necessary …
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Johann Hari: The three fallacies that have driven the war in Afghanistan Case for escalating the war is based on premises that turn to dust on inspection Johann Hari Independent Wednesday, 21 October 2009 Is Barack Obama about to drive his Presidency into a bloody ditch strewn with corpses? The President is expected any day …
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Phi Beta Iota: This started as a short list for the various college and university engineering students that have dialed in, but as we got into it, it became more of a “situational awareness” inventory pulling together both technical “solutions” none of which have been integrated yet, and analytic “requirements” none of which have been …
Hot Topics AA: ‘His reputation’s been destroyed’ 10/16/09 AA: Imperial Globalization and Social Movements in Latin America 10/16/09 AA: Russia, Bolivia to launch gas joint venture 10/17/09 AA: Western Terror Recruits on the Rise 10/19/09 AR: In Pursuing Human Rights, Argentina Displays a Broken Justice System 10/18/09 CO: Colombia VP under new scrutiny for para …
