Archive for March, 2010

Why are we in Afghanistan?

Sunday, March 28th, 2010

from “Why Afghanistan?”

Center for Study of Working Class Life
Stony Brook University

About the Film (more…)

Why America Should Apologize

Wednesday, March 24th, 2010

By Connor Boyack from LewRockwell.com


This is an except from a post on LewRockwell.com on March 8, 2010 and is just an excerpt.  A much fuller explanation for this being a useful strategy for the successful future of the United States is in Chapter 14 of The Last Lost Empire. (more…)

Eight Hours in the Basement for Peace

Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010

By Sam Smith

Sam Smith

Progressive Review

Last Saturday I spent eight hours with three dozen other people in a basement conference room of a Washington hotel engaged in an extraordinary exercise of mind and hope.

The topic was, by itself, depressingly familiar: building an anti-war coalition. What made it so strikingly different was the nature of those at the table. They included progressives, conservatives, traditional liberals and libertarians. Some reached back to the Reagan years or to 1960s activism, some – including an SDS leader from the University of Maryland and several Young Americans for Liberty – were still in college. (more…)

Global Considerations

Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010

Global Considerations

Views and debate relating to “The Last Lost Empire” with Ismail Rifaat

In the first place, I wish to congratulate Professor Becker on completing a monumental task. Ted and I have corresponded and exchanged views for roughly a decade now. I sympathize with, and endorse his views. I committed to blog under the above heading, and would like to express the following thoughts in the way of initiating blogging. (more…)