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  • The Election We Should Be Following
    by davidswanson February 8, 2012 - 1:13am
    For progressives and populists around the country who take an interest in Congressional races there are always a few good challengers we might hope to send to Washington.  Incumbents, we assume, can take care of themselves.  But in …more

  • Japanese Delegation Wants the U.S. Out of Okinawa
    by davidswanson January 24, 2012 - 12:15pm
    A 24-member delegation from Japan is in Washington, D.C., this week opposing the presence and new construction of U.S. military bases in Okinawa.  Participating are members of the Japanese House of Councilors, of the Okinawa Prefectural …more

  • How Newt Gingrich Saved the Military Industrial Complex
    by davidswanson January 21, 2012 - 9:37pm
    The idea of economic conversion, of retooling and retraining pieces of the military industrial complex to build what other wealthy nations have (infrastructure, energy, education, etc.) converged with the end of the Cold War two decades back. …more

  • War and Being and Nothingness
    by davidswanson January 21, 2012 - 1:22am
    The best book I've read in a very long time is a new one: "The End of War" by John Horgan. Its conclusions will be vigorously resisted by many and yet, in a certain light, considered perfectly obvious to some others. The central conclusion -- …more

  • Lucid Derangement
    by davidswanson January 20, 2012 - 8:21am
    One would think that if condemned to lose sanity it would be preferable not to be aware of what was happening.  On the contrary, as in lucid dreaming, there is something empowering and even comforting in lucid derangement, particularly …more

  • Constitutional Amendment to Create Public Financing Introduced by Kucinich
    by davidswanson January 19, 2012 - 3:34pm
    I recently recommened a comprehensive Constitutional amendment addressing the corruption of our elections. The largest piece of it, largely inspired by an amendment drafted by Russell Simmons, had not been introduced in Congress . . .  until …more
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