The American addiction to ideology which places greater value on belief than on knowledge. This notion's absurdity should be obvious, but apparently it isn't.

Phil Rockstroh doesn't post often, but when he does, his wordsmithing artistry is always must read. Against the Tortured Logic of Obama's Placebo Presidency: A Call for the Audacity of Hopelessness... have a great one! Rob Kall, OpEdnews & me :)

YANGON, Myanmar --The Myanmar government says it will again bar reporters and diplomats from Aung San Suu Kyi's trial, a day after briefly allowing them inside the courtroom for the first time.

Last Monday Hillary Clinton said she'd "obliterate" Iran if Iran attacked Israel and on Tuesday picked up some Jewish, redneck, gun-loving, wog-hating, duck-shooting, Catholic and early-dementia votes. Was that your vote? :-)

Historical amnesia is a dangerous social phenomenon because it lays the groundwork for crimes that still lie ahead. The torture memos released by the White House elicited shock, indignation, and surprise. The shock and indignation are understandable?

The United Nations, which aspires to protect human rights around the world, is struggling to deal with an embarrassing string of sexual-harassment complaints within its own ranks.

There's always been a lot of media interest in the first female Speaker, but Pelosi is learning the hard way that there's a difference between receiving attention for being a pioneer and receiving attention for fouling up on the job....

The fact that Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi is not the most famous of them all is an indictment of American media and politics, for his lies, obtained under torture, led to the death and displacement of millions. I keep waiting for Obama to utter al-Libi's name.

The inescapable but deliberately ignored irony about Barack Obama being installed as this nation's first so-called black president is that being Black in 'America' has in reality always meant so much more than mere color pigmentation...

Tell President Obama you support transparency and accountability at the highest levels of government... Those who turned a blind eye to abuse and those who put the despicable U.S. torture program in place had no right to ignore the rule of law.