It’s just really embarrassing

George Bush’s secret Cayman vacation

By , Friday, Nov  2, 2012 12:06 PM CDT   George W. Bush gave the keynote address at an “investment conference” in the Cayman Islands on Thursday night. But we don’t know what…  [more]

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Don’t want your life

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Attention, people of America

   

Just remember Rome

  Dear editor: Attention, people of America. Do you love your country? I mean really love it? We have a man in Washington, D.C., who claims to be a Democrat. John Kennedy was a Democrat.…  [more]

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A fact beyond peradventure

Whichever of Obama or Romney wins, US dealings with the Arab world will change

By Robert Fisk, Sunday 28 October 2012   After last week’s Obama-Romney love-fest for Israel, the Arabs have been slowly deciding which of the two…  [more]

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Official mendacity about civilians killed

How US drones forge as many foes as they kill

By Patrick Cockburn, Sunday 28 October 2012   Drones or their equivalent have long attracted political and military leaders dreaming of the surgical removal of their enemies. In 1812,…  [more]

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The Intelligent Woman’s Guide to Socialism, Capitalism, Sovietism and Fascism

Bernard Shaw’s guide to the post-crash world

By , Friday 12 October 2012 17.55 EDT   Lady Cholmondeley certainly got more than she bargained for when she asked for “a few of your ideas of socialism”. George Bernard  [more]

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As long as nuclear weapons exist

Thank you Vasili Arkhipov, the man who stopped nuclear war

By , Saturday 27 October 2012 06.00 EDT   If you were born before 27 October 1962, Vasili Alexandrovich Arkhipov saved your life. It was the most dangerous…  [more]

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