 | A Fistful of Dynamite |
| Malalai Joya Among the Warlords |
| Tracing Voluntary Military Service |
| 7 Deadly Scenarios: A Military Futurist Explores War in the 21st Century |
Viewpoints, December 27, 2009
Weekend Reviews
Viewpoints, December 26, 2009
| Spotlight |
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by John Nichols |
| America Under Barack Obama John Whitehead Interviews Nat Hentoff |
| Have Americans Traded Freedom For Security? by Paul Craig Roberts |
| A Bad Mideast Decade, Best Unrepeated by Rami G. Khouri |
| Lost Battles of the Vietnam War by Carlton Meyer |
| Obama's Af-Pak War Is Illegal by Marjorie Cohn |
| The Settlement Freeze That Isn't by Gershom Gorenberg |
Viewpoints, December 25, 2009
| The NYT's View of 'Journalistic Objectivity' by Glenn Greenwald | |
| From Panama to Afghanistan: Selling a 'Just' War by Ron Jacobs |
| Emulating Nixon by John Feffer |
| Time to End the Neocon Con Game by Bruce P. Cameron |
NYTimes Floats the Case for Attacking Iran Santa's Covert Operations- Discrimination!Nebojsa Malic on Bosnia's Constitution
Viewpoints, December 22, 2009
| What Do the Nazis Have to Do With Afghanistan? by Laurie L. Calhoun |
| The Best Argument for the Afghan War – and What's Wrong With It by Jon Wiener |
| Making More Terrorists in Yemen by Glenn Greenwald |
| GOP Hawks Love Obama's War Talk by Jack Kenny |
US News: Supreme Court Guts Due Process Protection
After hearing passionate arguments from the Obama Administration, the Supreme Court acquiesced to the president’s fervent request and, in a one-line ruling, let stand a lower court decision that declared torture an ordinary, expected consequence of military detention, while introducing a shocking new precedent for all future courts to follow: anyone who is arbitrarily declared a “suspected enemy combatant” by the president or his designated minions is no longer a “person.” They will simply cease to exist as a legal entity. They will have no inherent rights, no human rights, no legal standing whatsoever — save whatever modicum of process the government arbitrarily deigns to grant them from time to time, with its ever-shifting tribunals and show trials. read more at Supreme Court Guts Due Process Protection
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Viewpoints, December 21, 2009
| US Turbulence Buffets Pakistan by Eric Margolis |
| One Cheer for Tony Blair by Brendan O’Neill |
| The Travails of the Young War Criminal by Gwynne Dyer |
| Afghanistan: The Never Ending Challenge by H.D.S. Greenway |
| Elliott Abrams and 'Neocon-ing' Obama by Robert Parry |
| Christmas Wish '09: Repelling the Martian Invasion by Jeff Taylor |
Viewpoints, December 19, 2009
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Opinions/Viewpoints
NYT Columnists
Miraculous Organ: Blair, Obama, and the Narcissist's Defense
by Chris Floyd
Doubts About Certitude
Defense Secretary Robert Gates helped create the mess in Afghanistan decades ago and now has to try to clean it up.MAUREEN DOWD
A troop surge won’t work in Afghanistan unless there is a parallel surge against those who promote jihadism online.THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
Global Warming's Cold Shoulder
Do advocates of global-warming theory think it helps their cause to ignore questions from skeptics? TOBIN HARSHAW
Protesters offer best hope for our planet
Johann Hari: They have ensured that the corporate lobbyists punching holes in the deal are shamed.Miraculous Organ: Blair, Obama, and the Narcissist's Defense
by Chris Floyd
| Sanctioning Iran a Dangerous, Illegal Move by Rep. Ron Paul |
| Possible Unintended Consequences of Regime Change in Iran by Stephen M. Walt |
| Intoxicated by Power, Blair Tricked Us Into War by Ken Macdonald |
| Grinding Down the US Army by William Astore and Tom Engelhardt |
| Obama's Indecent Interval by Thomas H. Johnson and M. Chris Mason |
| True Lies: The Tzipi Livni Debacle by Ayman Mohyeldin The War Democrats Justin Raimondo on Sestak's rationale for war Another Questionable Peace Prize Choice Obama has some bad company, says Ivan Eland |
Coperhagen Cimate Summit
Guardian, UK
Thousands march on climate summit
Protest hits climate talks
New York TimesClimate Talks Near Deal to Save Forests
By ELISABETH ROSENTHAl
The sharp line between a Brazilian forest and a cleared section of land lies at one of the fronts in efforts to save the world’s forests.
Negotiators were closing in on a sweeping deal that would compensate countries for preserving forests and other natural landscapes.
Video: Negotiators Remain Hung Up Over Disputes
Join the ConversationPolice Beat Back Climate Protesters
By TOM ZELLER Jr. and JOHN M. BRODER 12:49 PM ET
Reporter’s Notebook
In Copenhagen, ‘To Be Elaborated’ Is a Stalemate
By ANDREW C. REVKIN and JOHN M. BRODER
The top United Nations climate official said the many disputes at the climate conference reflected the challenge of finding common ground among 193 countries.
Viewpoints -- December 15, 2009
 | Blair Sold Iraq on WMDs, but Only Regime Change Adds Up by Hans Blix |
| Why Did They Go to Pakistan? by Jacob G. Hornberger |
| Old US Allies Are Hedging Their Strategic Bets by Leon T. Hadar |
| The Slope of Masada by Akiva Eldar |
| Parting Thoughts, for Now by William S. Lind |
| The Nobel War Prize by Thaddeus Russell |
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