When the economy tanked last year, we all seemed surprised – but on the side of our minds, we sort of knew that something was wrong. And then we had a crash course in the "financial bubble" – a falsely valued sector of the economy that produces something very like a gold rush – that […]
Bush’s 4th of July Celebration 04 July 2009 by: John Scripsick, t r u t h o u t | Perspective John Scripsick, who lost his son Bryan in Iraq on September 6, 2007, lives in Norman, Oklahoma. It’s good to see that Woodward, Oklahoma, invited George W. Bush to their 4th of July celebration. […]
Sarah Palin Outsmarts the Left Peter Ferrara FOXNews July 04, 2009 Sarah Palin’s resignation as Governor of Alaska is a brilliant liberating move for her career, and a potential turning point for the national conservative movement. The biggest problem with her responsibility as Governor of Alaska is that the state is so far away from […]
I’m not done with the decision to not release Vice President Dick Cheney’s F.B.I. Interview from the C.I.A. Leak case involving Joseph Wilson and Valerie Plame. It’s a 50 page document that reads like one of John Yoo’s Memos [the kind that start with some foregone conclusion and paste the reasons around that conclusion]. I […]
Yesterday, the oak tree in our front yard came down. It had been getting sicker and sicker for a couple of years. This year, there was sawdust at the base of the tree. Then, its limited foliage began to wither. So it was time, and the tree man came to finish it off. He’s a […]
"He remains committed and determined to repair the damage he has done in his marriage and to building back the trust of the people of South Carolina" office of South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford "We know we can affect positive change outside government at this point in time on another scale and actually make a […]
THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: JUNE 2009 Nonfarm payroll employment continued to decline in June (-467,000), and the unemployment rate was little changed at 9.5 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Job losses were widespread across the major industry sectors, with large declines occurring in manufacturing, professional and business […]
Iran Cleric Says British Embassy Staff to Stand Trial New York Times By ALAN COWELL and STEPHEN CASTLE July 3, 2009 PARIS — Brushing aside British and European efforts to seek the release of local British Embassy staff members held in Tehran, the Iranian authorities indicated Friday that they planned to put some of them […]