By Pepe Escobar They’re all here – and they’re all ready to party. The three United States presidential candidates – John McCain, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. Madam House speaker Nancy Pelosi. Most US senators and virtually half of the US Congress. Vice President Dick Cheney’s wife, Lynne. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Embattled Israeli [...]

“Of Obama, Democrats, and the Power Elite” By Patrice Greanville and Jason Miller CHARISMATIC, ARTICULATE, SMOOTH, AND INTELLIGENT, Barrack Obama is the living embodiment of his vague, ethereal, and tantalizing messages of “hope” and “change.” To the millions upon millions of US Americans desperate to purge the naked imperialism and blatant criminality of the Bush [...]

From Smoke and Mirrors TS Admin : What a poignant piece of writing. TS said the same in ‘Happy New Year and Row on you Galley Slaves’ but not many paid attention at the time. To say that I was surprised would be an understatement; when I heard Ron Paul was scaling back his campaign [...]

By Ted Lang Diversity has given way to only two distinct opposites: respect for the individual versus respect for the state. Our nation was created to protect the sanctity of the individual; for freedom, namely the individual’s inherent right to life liberty and property, can only be enjoyed by the individual. In spite of family, [...]

‘By Anwaar Hussain This piece is neither an attempt at defamatory lampoon nor a noxious ridicule of General Musharraf’s actions. It is with a heavy heart indeed that one pens these lines. With heavy heart because one is a personal witness to the qualities of head and heart of the esteemed general. For those qualities [...]