In 2008, just like in in Chicago in 1983, Obama’s campaign represents nothing less than the hostile takeover of an established, once seemingly insurmountable Democratic More
Politics and Economy
On kidneys, drinking and war crimes guilt
Because worse than having your kidneys fail is the knowledge, deep in your gut, that you are, in the end, alone, and nothing more than a war criminal and a murderer. More
The mother of all media tests
With movement towards fundamental change in the U.S. policy towards Iraq perhaps starting to appear — hell, even President Bush is bowing to the inexorable reality that American troops have to leave these days — the news that Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki supports Barack Obama’s plan to withdraw US troops from Iraq within 16 More
Hunter S. Thompson: It was all in the knowing
Thompson’s ethos was grounded in the belief that the conformist, big business military-industrial complex that still ruled the country when he started his career was at the core of what was wrong with America, and that the only acceptable response was complete disdain for and avoidance of the rules whenever More
