“I start from the supposition that the world is topsy-turvy, that things are all wrong.” ~ Howard Zinn Howard Zinn was an American historian, social activist and writer. In 1964, he accepted a position at Boston University, where his classes in civil liberties were among the most popular at the university with as many as […]
A White House memo revealed a “deal in blood” forged by George W. Bush and England’s former Prime Minister Tony Blair over the war in Iraq. Blair gave Bush an unqualified pledge in April of 2002 that he would support the conflict a year before the invasion started. When Republicans forced Hillary Clinton to release […]
Women may eventually have to register for the draft, according to Army Secretary John McHugh. “If your objective is true and pure equality then you have to look at all aspects” of the roles of women in the military, McHugh said, and registration for the draft “will be one of those things. That will have to […]
Republican Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR), an Iraq war veteran and a hawk on foreign policy, endorsed former vice-president Dick Cheney as John Boehner‘s replacement as Speaker of the House of Representatives. “Look, these are trying times for our nation. It’s important to have a steady hand on the helm during times like this. I think […]
Republican Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) told Politico he would like to see war monger Dick Cheney as the next Speaker of the House. And of course, Tom Cotton, the junior senator from Arkansas, needs no introduction. In case you’ve been off the grid, he’s the traitor who authored that letter to the Iranian leadership in an […]