January 2006
AMERICAblog:
by mikepower
A panel of linguists has decided the word that best reflects 2005 is "truthiness," defined as the quality of stating concepts one wishes or believes to be true, rather than the facts.
Andrew Bartlett: Johan Hari teeters on the ledge of deligitimation
by mikepower
IIn his efforts to smash George Galloway, Johan Hari writes; “he was rejected at the ballot box by 64 percent of the people"...Saint Oona was rejected by 66 percent.
November 2005
Full Marx for George Bush by John Laughland
by mikepower
libertarian analysis that Bush has marxists supporting him ideologically and practically
August 2005
America's Big Malignant Tumor /
by mikepower
Libs are salivating that Karl Rove might go down. But hasn't the worst cancer already spread?
Prospect - A muslim Journey
by mikepower
British Islam is dominated by culturally and theologically conservative south Asians. But the London bombs may help to make it more open to those who want to engage with the modern world
July 2005
June 2005
Do you people live on planet earth?
by mikepower
Why is it that we Europeans can no longer understand our own peace and contentment and safety and our extraordinary luxury and our futuristic living standards and our God-like good fortune and our long, wonderful lives?
Blinded by the light at the end of the tunnel
by mikepower
The American public is increasingly disillusioned by the Iraq war, and Bush's triumphalism only makes things worse
The New Republic Online: Term Limits by Ryan Lizza
by mikepower
It's not President Bush's fault that he has failed on all of his major second-term initiatives.
Poor ambitions for the world
by mikepower
it would be more accurate to call the campaign: 'Slightly alleviate the most extreme aspects of poverty over the very long-term, maybe.
Should we make 'Make Poverty History' history?
by mikepower
The problem with the Live 8 jamboree is not the self-important rock stars, but the politics of low expectations.
May 2005
Turmoil as Chirac plots to disregard 'non' vote
by mikepower
PRESIDENT CHIRAC of France is preparing to throw Europe into confusion and put Britain on the spot by backing moves to keep the European constitution alive if it is rejected in Sunday’s referendum.
Desperate Chirac in final plea for EU yes
by mikepower
Jacques Chirac made a final attempt to reverse France's determination to reject the EU constitution last night, imploring voters "not to answer the wrong question"
Timothy Garton Ash: Votez oui, malgr� tout
by mikepower
The French noes and the British noes are the most incompatible of all. In fact, if one leaves aside the shared concern on the right for national sovereignty, they are almost diametrically opposed.
The Guardian: In the heart of Europe, a big No looms
by mikepower
Culture capital and continental gateway threatens to repay Brussels' largesse by spurning constitution
The Spectator: The European constitution contains some good sense. That’s why the French dislike it
by mikepower
The British No campaign urges opposition to the constitution because it threatens too much central control. The French are voting Non in such large numbers because they fear the exact opposite — a weakening of the command state.
IOL: EU referendum campaigning enters le fin
by mikepower
France has entered what was likely to be a bitter final campaign week before a national referendum on the European Union’s constitution, with polls showing undecided voters could make or break the neck-and-neck race.
French EU referendum
by mikepower
Here the BBC News website explains what is happening and what is at stake for France and the European Union.
EU referendum prompts French identity crisis
by mikepower
France's referendum on the European constitution next Sunday has plunged the nation into a bout of tortured introspection. And at present - as a seventh successive poll confirmed yesterday - what has emerged is a clear temptation to say non.
Immigration isn't the issue: Brendan O'Neill
by mikepower
Among the political class, ‘the immigration issue’ has become code for their own fear and loathing of the white working class.
The Quagmire: As the Iraq War Drags on, it's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Vietnam
by mikepower
. Two years after the U.S. invasion, Iraq is perched on the brink of civil war. Months after the election, the new Iraqi government remains hunkered down inside the fortified Green Zone in Baghdad, surviving only because it is defended by thousands of U.S
April 2005
ei: The Case Against Alan Dershowitz: The Public Committee Against Torture in Israel vs. Alan Dershowitz
by mikepower
Alan Dershowitz is a well-known lawyer and professor at Harvard Law School, a prolific author, and makes regular appearances in the media
Jonathan Freedland: Reviled as outsiders
by mikepower
"This is so wrong. We should be on the same side."
