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Plato’s Cave and Celebrity Culture

Plato’s Cave and Celebrity Culture

Posted on September 21, 2010 in: Commentary, Featured, Popular Culture, Social

Suite101.com Plato’s Cave, one of human civilization’s most enduring narratives, is extremely relevant to understanding our celebrity-obsessed culture. A firm grasp of the meaning of illusion is crucial for our mental survival. Yet is our modern version all about illusion? Plato‘s Cave: Version 2.0 In Empire of illusion: the End of Literary and the Triumph [...]

Who Lost Iraq and Why It Matters: The Case for Offshore Balancing

Who Lost Iraq and Why It Matters: The Case for Offshore Balancing

Posted on August 19, 2010 in: Commentary, Featured, Iraq, Think Tanks, Warfare

Christopher Layne | World Policy Institue.com FALL 2007– Even as the George W. Bush administration and the Democratic-controlled Congress are locked in a bitter fight about the future direction of Iraq, a potentially more portentous debate about who lost Iraq and why is gathering force. Its impetus comes, ironically, from the very architects of the [...]

What collapsing empire looks like

What collapsing empire looks like

Posted on August 8, 2010 in: Commentary, Featured, Political, Popular Culture, US News

Glenn Greenwald | Salon.com As we enter our ninth year of the War in Afghanistan with an escalated force, and continue to occupy Iraq indefinitely, and feed an endlessly growing Surveillance State, reports are emerging of the Deficit Commission hard at work planning how to cut Social Security, Medicare, and now even to freeze military [...]

The Realist Prism: If Iraq is New Lebanon, Will U.S. Play Syria?

The Realist Prism: If Iraq is New Lebanon, Will U.S. Play Syria?

Posted on August 6, 2010 in: Commentary, Featured, Iraq, Warfare

 Nikolas Gvosdev | World Politics Review.com This week, President Barack Obama reaffirmed U.S. plans to end its combat mission in Iraq at the end of August, and to pull out the 50,000 troops that will remain past that date in a supporting, advisory role by the end of 2011. The president emphatically stated that “we [...]

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Obama Drops 2009 Pledge to Withdraw Combat Troops From Iraq

Obama Drops 2009 Pledge to Withdraw Combat Troops From Iraq

Posted on August 4, 2010 in: Commentary, Featured, Iraq, Political, Social, Warfare

Gareth Porter | Anti War.com That statement was in line with the pledge he had made on Feb. 27, 2009, when he said, “Let me say this as plainly as I can: by Aug. 31, 2010, our combat mission in Iraq will end.” Seventeen months after President Barack Obama pledged to withdraw all combat brigades [...]

Popular Iran War Propaganda Debunked

Popular Iran War Propaganda Debunked

Posted on August 4, 2010 in: Commentary, Featured, Iran, Social, Warfare

  Scott Horton, assistant editor of Anti War.com and Stress Blog.com debunks the Talking Head Iran War Propaganda and mockingbird water cooler talking points.

“Let Them Eat Cake”: A handful of oligarchs are becoming billionaires while the rest of the country goes down the drain

“Let Them Eat Cake”: A handful of oligarchs are becoming billionaires while the rest of the country goes down the drain

Posted on August 2, 2010 in: Commentary, Economic, Popular Culture, Social

Paul Craig Roberts | Global Research.ca It is not unusual for members of the diminishing upper middle class to drop $20,000 or $30,000 on a big wedding.  But for celebrities this large sum wouldn’t cover the wedding dress or the flowers. When country music star Keith Urban married actress Nicole Kidman in 2006, their wedding [...]

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