Positive Universe Abstracts

Boston Globe

By Dan Payne

July 31, 2008

FOR MONTHS, John McCain and the Republicans have been taunting Barack Obama for not having visited Iraq since 2006. So Obama goes to the Middle East and Europe, reminds people of John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan, and comes home to a 49-40 percent lead in Gallup’s Sunday tracking poll.

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Salon

Reality, of the military and petroleum-based variety, forced the administration to change course. Now Bush sounds like Obama.

By Juan Cole

July 31, 2008 | Pundits and diplomats nearly got whiplash from the double take they did when George W. Bush sent the No. 3 man in the State Department to sit at a table on July [...]

Center for Research on Globalization

by Scott Ritter

Global Research, July 29, 2008 Originally published in truthdig.com

American taxpayer dollars are being used, with the permission of Congress, to fund activities that result in Iranians being killed and wounded, and Iranian property destroyed. This wanton violation of a nation’s sovereignty would not be tolerated if the tables were turned [...]

ZNet

July 26, 2008 By Peter Rachleff

In April 2006, hundreds of thousands of immigrant rights protestors marched in cities across the United States. They countered prolonged debates about the pros and cons of comprehensive immigration reform with a short but sweet affirmation, scrawled on placards: “No Human Being Is Illegal.” Their direct assertion challenged the [...]

Huffington Post

by Muhammad Sahimi

The price of gasoline has gone through the roof. The housing market has collapsed, with so many people losing their homes. The official unemployment rate is 5.5% - with the true rate being closer to 8%. The price of food stuff has increased dramatically. For all practical purposes the economy is [...]

Salon

In “The Dark Side,” Jane Mayer chronicles the terrible, destructive decisions the Bush administration made in the name of fighting terrorism.

By Louis Bayard - amazon - The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How The War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals(Jane Mayer) July 15, 2008 | We can’t say we weren’t [...]

Independent Political Report

Cynthia McKinney Acceptance Remarks Green Party Convention Chicago, Illinois

July 12, 2008

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The Green Party is making history today. According to one source, 45 women have run for President in primary elections in the United States in the 20th Century; 22 have made it on the ballot in at least one state in November. Thank you, Green Party, [...]