William Astore - TomDispatch
You'd think that people always seeking "lessons" from war would draw one from our latest wonder weapon, which fights our wars for us without an American in sight. I'm talking, of course, about the drone aircraft that have, in recent years, become a signature form of American war-making. They represent ...
Sarah Fitzgibbons - Smith College Sophian
The Northampton City Council recently passed a resolution entitled "Bring the War Dollars Home" that calls for President Obama to put an immediate end to the U.S. occupation of Iraq and the war in Afghanistan. The resolution was based on data calculated and compiled by the National Priorities Project (NPP) ...
S. Strauss - PA Council of Churches
Town Meeting for Jobs Not Wars
- Went 2 the Bridge
I found an old sign out on the back porch yesterday. It had a pie chart of the FY09 federal budget with 51% for military. Our current pie charts show 54% of the federal budget pie spent on military. If Obama's FY11 budget request is met, the new pies we'll ...
Oregonian Editorial Board - The Oregonian
Repeal health care reform. Reduce the deficit. Cut taxes. Increase transparency. Rein in the banks. Block socialism. Reject the failed policies that drove the country into the ditch. Candidates hustling for votes are sounding a multitude of themes in their campaigns, but by and large are ignoring one that should ...
lsavage3 - YouTube
Jo Comerford, Exec. Director of National Priorities Project nationalpriorities.org explains the federal budget. Active Community Teach-in sponsored by Peace & Justice Center of Eastern Maine, 10-9-10, Bangor.
Kevin Young - The Comment Factory
Young people tend to enlist in the military when they see no better option for their future. Far from being an "all-volunteer" force, as commonly asserted, the US military survives in large part by coercing economically-disadvantaged and jobless youth into its ranks while promising them huge enlistment bonuses, money for ...
Michael C. Bailey - The Enterprise Cape News
As the four men and one woman running for US Representative of the 10th Congressional District took to the stage, the audience erupted in cheers and chants for their chosen candidate.
Cosmo Garvin, Seth Sandronsky and Hugh Biggar - Sacramento News & Review
It's been a tough year for the Peace and Freedom Party in California. In the spring, voters passed Proposition 14, the "top two" primary system, which will probably spell the end of third-party election campaigns in the state. The press, particularly the big dailies, have never been very understanding, or ...
Brian Tumulty - Ithica Journal
WASHINGTON -- What if you received an invoice in the mail every year to show just how your federal tax bill was spent?David Kendall of the Third Way, a Washington think tank of moderate liberal policy leanings, broached the idea recently in an article that included a sample invoice.Kendall used ...
