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We Learned Nothing From 9/11
They say everything changed on 9/11. No one can dispute that. But we didn't learn anything.
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
08-29-2011 |
Commentary
Who Will Republicans Try to Scare Us With Now?new
I don't rejoice at Osama bin Laden's death, but I'm relieved he is dead.
Charleston City Paper |
Will Moredock |
05-11-2011 |
Commentary
Tags: Osama bin Laden
Hope and Trembling at Ground Zeronew
The day after President Obama announced the death of Osama bin Laden, I took the subway to the site of the World Trade Center.
INDY Week |
Chris Robinson |
05-04-2011 |
Commentary
Tags: Ground Zero, Osama Bin Laden
After Bin Ladennew
Crowds of people celebrating in the street? People shouting "USA! USA!" as though we'd just won the World Cup? This is no day for celebration. It's a day for somber reflection.
City Newspaper |
Mary Anna Towler |
05-02-2011 |
Commentary
Tags: Osama Bin Laden
Advice for the President-Electnew
Barack Obama needs to learn a lesson from the GOP -- and realize that political winds can change at a moment's notice.
Tucson Weekly |
Tom Danehy |
11-06-2008 |
Commentary
Obama's Idea of Swapping One Quagmire for Another is Hardly a Brilliant Foreign Policynew
If Barack Obama's idea of ending the occupation in Iraq is to transfer most of the troops to Afghanistan, he won't have accomplished much. He's right that we should not be in Iraq, but we also shouldn't be in Afghanistan.
The Memphis Flyer |
Charley Reese |
08-01-2008 |
Commentary
Is al-Qaeda Near Defeat?new
If it is, no one has yet informed its A/V department. In the past year, Osama bin Laden and his loyal cavemate Ayman al-Zawahiri (the Smithers of jihadi terrorism) have swamped my al-Netfliqs queue with at least 19 audio and video missives between them.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
06-11-2008 |
Commentary
Obama is in Osama's Handsnew
The Republicans are toast if Bush's al-Qaeda enemies don't spark up more homeland terror.
NOW Magazine |
Gwynne Dyer |
03-03-2008 |
Commentary
The Clinton Challengenew
Democrats should do like Bill and confront right-wing hits head on.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Mick Farren |
10-06-2006 |
Commentary
Bush's Pap About Innocent Folksnew
George W. Bush's reaction to the London attacks was typically moronic, reflecting his comic-book view of the world.
The Village Voice |
Ward Harkavy |
07-08-2005 |
Commentary
Where Our Vanished Values Went -- and How They Might Come Backnew
The paradox of this election is that it was won not on the basis of the issues at stake or the actual conditions of our life, but on matters of good and evil.
The Village Voice |
Michael Feingold |
11-09-2004 |
Politics
Incomprehensible Statements Pile Up in Campaignnew
At one point in a sympathetic Time magazine piece, John Kerry made a foolish statement, which taken out of context is going to bite him in the ass. "We have to get back to the place we were, where terrorists are not the focus of our lives, but they're a nuisance," he said.
New York Press |
Russ Smith |
10-13-2004 |
Commentary
Kerry's a Wuss, Dubya's a Doof; Neither Qualifies to Be Presidentnew
Here stands the morbidly irresolute John Kerry. And over there is George W. Bush in all his bantam banality. In the corner wetting himself is the ascetic conspiratard, Ralph Nader. These are not the writer's countrymen.
Phoenix New Times |
Michael Lacey |
10-13-2004 |
Politics
The 10 Ways Bush Screwed New Yorknew
New York 9-11 Veterans for Truth welcome Republicans to a city hit by a couple of swift jets just 35 months ago, insisting, in our own friendly way, that the convention focus on how Bush-Cheney responded to our riverbank assault.
The Village Voice |
Wayne Barrett and Daniel Magliocco |
08-25-2004 |
Politics
Attack on U.S. Is a Tuesday Morning Wake-up Callnew
Images of 9/11 include a clueless president, a cardiac patient in charge of the White House and chaos in the streets of Manhattan. The security solutions to be implemented will come at the expense of civil liberties.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Dan Pulcrano |
08-07-2004 |
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