Very interesting post from Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR), raising the question about whether a journalist with a son in the Israeli army can be neutral and objective in covering the war where his son is a soldier.
Rather than tell you what I think in my usual blunt and loud way. I’d like to [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Peace and War'
Can A Journalist Whose Child is a Soldier be Objective About THAT War?
February 13th, 2010 · No Comments · Media Ethics, Peace and War, propaganda
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Obama’s Groundbreaking Middle East Speech
June 4th, 2009 · No Comments · Peace and War, Politics
It is so amazing for me to watch a major foreign policy and development speech by a sitting US president and actually agree with more than 80 percent of it–yet that was the case for Obama’s speech in Cairo, Egypt. Even under Clinton, I was lucky if I agreed with him 25 or 30 percent [...]
Tags: afghanistan·bzarack obama·cairo speech·egypt·feminism·iddle east·iran·iraq·islam·israel·muslims
Iraq Reconstruction Fraud “Bigger Than Madoff”
February 26th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Business Ethics, Ethics in Government, Peace and War
We’ve known for quite a while that the reconstruction effort in Iraq is rife with incredible corruption. Under the Bush administration, there were basically no safeguards, and stories of money diverted into the pockets of US looters were legion.
Still, I had no idea it was this bad. According to Patrick Cockburn of the respected UK [...]
Blackwater Changes its Name…to Xe
February 14th, 2009 · No Comments · Peace and War
Blackwater, a company heavily tarnished with a reputation for corruption and violence, a company that has done a lot of the heavy lifting for the Bush administration in Iraq, a company that was defeated in its plan to turn a US-Mexico border region into an armed camp…one of the most powerful private armies in the [...]
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Mark Joyner: How to End War in Gaza
January 4th, 2009 · No Comments · Peace and War
Speaking of peace…this may be the first time anyone has cited both Howard Zinn and Mark Joyner on the same day. Mark is one of my favorite people. He’s extremely smart, a marketing legend, and that relatively rare bread, a marketer with a social conscience–even more rare for coming out of the military with his [...]
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In Spite of the Realities…I’m Still Optimistic
December 31st, 2008 · 1 Comment · Abundance and Prosperity, Peace and War, People Helping People, Social and Economic Justice
The news is terrible again: Dreadful violence in Gaza and Iraq, charities bankrupted by the Madoff scam, military forces massing on the India-Pakistan border, an open homophobe giving the invocation at the Obama inauguration, tough times for industries from publishing to retail to manufacturing, rampant poverty around the world (of material goods, housing, medical care, [...]
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Focus on Poverty During Blog Action Day
October 15th, 2008 · No Comments · Abundance and Prosperity, Energy & Sustainability, Frugality/Frugal Fun, Peace and War, People Helping People, Shel's Personal Life, Social and Economic Justice
So there you have at least part of my prescription to create jobs, reduce costs, lower pollution, and shift our country’s trade and overall deficits. What are your ideas? Please post them, and let’s get started!
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Poetry as an Organizing Tool? Oh , Yeah!
December 24th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Arts & Entertainment, Democracy, General Commentary, Peace and War, Politics
For the last 28 years, I’ve lived in or just outside Northampton, Massachusetts. About ten years ago, Northampton established the position of City Poet Laureate, with a two-year term. Until two years ago, the post was mostly ceremonial. The official poet would occasionally show up and read a poem to mark some event or other, [...]
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