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North and South Korea: "We Want Reunification but They Don't Let Us"
 Ivan Simic
Looking at the whole story, the most important question concerning both Korea's would be: for how long do they think to be marionettes in this global political game?
 Race, Class and Opportunity
 The Real News Network
Paul Jay speaks with John A. Powell at the Tides Foundations' Momentum conference in San Francisco about racial exclusion and marginalization in America.
The Missing Topic in Our Ridiculous Health Care Debate
 Robert A. Kezelis
For the rest of the world, our present arguments about health care reform must be a source of amusement, if not confusion. How can America, of all places, pretend that health care is a commodity, and not a right?
A President Was Killed the Last Time Right-Wing Hatred Ran Wild Like This
 Eric Boehlert
I've been thinking a lot of Kennedy and Dallas as I've watched the increasingly violent rhetorical attacks on Obama be unfurled.
From Tiny ACORNS Mighty Scandals Grow
 Doug Thompson
The rapidly-growing scandal surrounding the questionable, and outright illegal, activities of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) is feeding Washington's addiction for sleaze.
Protesters at Goucher College Demand Justice: "Indict Rove ... and Bush and Cheney!"
 IndictBushNow.org
On the evening of Sept. 16, 2009, a protest action was staged at Goucher College in Towson, MD, just north of Baltimore City, with respect to the appearance of Karl Rove on campus, as a guest speaker.
Michael Moore's Movie "Capitalism, a Love Story" a Must See
 Stewart A. Alexander
Last night, my wife Vicki Alexander and I attended the screening of Michael Moore's movie "Capitalism, a Love Story" at the Mann Bruin Theater in Los Angeles, and my gut impression of the movie is that it reveals many truths about capitalism and how the system only benefits the super rich.
Joe Wilson's Dixie Partisans
 Joe Conason
The stupid misconduct of entertainer Kanye West and politician Joe Wilson demonstrated, if any fresh proof is necessary, that thoughtless rudeness isn't confined by ethnicity, ideology or background.
Why I Love Mexico - Despite the Drug-Related Murders
 Clive Warner
When I retire, I'll move to a quieter part of the country - one with an ideal climate, near the Pacific shoreline. Somewhere near Puerto Vallarta, perhaps.
ACORN, Federal Funds and Whorehouses
 PVNN
Looking for a one-stop source of advice on sex trafficking, fraudulently obtaining mortgages, opening a brothel, tax cheating and shooting your husband? Your go-to source for help appears to be certain offices of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, whose acronym, a nut, now seems singularly appropriate.
Fear Tactics in Health Reform
 The Real News Network
Paul Jay speaks to Bishop Gene Robinson at the Tides Foundation's Momentum conference in San Francisco, where they talk about the demonization of the two sides of the health reform debate.
The Mutation of Crime and Terror in Latin America
 Jerry Brewer
Latin American insurgents, narcotraffickers, organized criminals, and revolutionary ideologists appear to no longer have empirical estrangements. A terrorism nexus continues to slowly come into focus.
Next Time, Try Throwing a Shoe
 Dale McFeatters
Muntadhar al-Zeidi is perhaps the best-known contemporary disrespecter of a U.S. president. He disagreed with President Bush's Iraq policy even more vehemently than Joe Wilson disagreed with Obama's health-care reforms. At least Wilson kept his footwear on.
All Roads Lead to Bush and Cheney
 IndictBushNow.org
As IndictBushNow has predicted, the official appointment of a Special Prosecutor will, of necessity, lead to the doorstep of the Bush White House and to Bush and Cheney personally.
The New Illiteracy in American Life: Democracy and Politics in the Age of the Spectacle
 Henry A. Giroux
C. Wright Mills argued 50 years ago that one important measure of the demise of vibrant democracy and the corresponding impoverishment of political life can be found in the increasing inability of a society to translate private troubles to broader public issues. This is an issue that both characterizes and threatens any viable notion of democracy in the United States in the current historical moment.
Lehman Legacy and the Predator State
 The Real News Network
It has been 365 days since Lehman Brothers collapsed, triggering a global economic crisis whose effects are only now being truly felt.
Right Wingers Marching in DC Is Big News - But the Same Old Faces Are Pulling the Strings
 Adele M. Stan
Glenn Beck will tell you that this weekend's march of right-wing activists on Washington was six months in the making. Don't believe a word of it. Try 40 years.
Explosives and Thermitic Material Brought Down Buildings on 9/11
 Richard Gage, Gregg Roberts, & David Chandler
Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth (AE911Truth) is a non-partisan, non-profit organization now numbering over 800 technical professionals and thousands of other supporters dedicated to exposing the facts that point to the explosive destruction of all three World Trade Center (WTC) high-rises.
Obama's Insurance Option
 The Real News Network
David Swanson of Democrats.com and author of a new book "Daybreak: Undoing the imperial presidency and forming a more perfect union" gives his take on Obama's congressional speech.
Fifty Questions on 9/11
 It's September 11 all over again - eight years on. The George W Bush administration is out. The "global war on terror" is still on. The following questions - most totally ignored by the 9/11 Commission - are just the tip of the immense 9/11 iceberg.
Pepe Escobar
Obama Seizes the Moment but did He Change the Game?
 The Real News Network
Paul Jay speaks with Roger Hickey at the Tides Foundations' Momentum Conference in San Francisco about they importance of Obama's congressional speech.
Think Vietnam Vets Were Screwed? Wait Until You See How Many Veterans of Bush's Wars End Up in Jail
 Penny Coleman
Far too many soldiers end up behind bars while the rest of us are free to ignore the human evidence of what our military ventures really cost.
A Free People Will Not Permit Torture
Ramsey Clark
A free people will not permit torture. Throughout history, torture has always been an instrument of tyranny. The very purpose of the Grand Inquisitor was to compel absolute obedience to authority. Torture was the weapon he used in the struggle to force freedom to submit to authority.
"Surveillance Society" Poses Threat To Privacy and Individual Liberties
 Sherwood Ross
New surveillance technologies increasingly threaten Americans' civil liberties yet the public seems not to mind the ominous signs of an emerging police state, a law school professor warns.
It's Time to Save California's Automobile Industry
Stewart A. Alexander
Since the 80's, the big three automobile manufacturers began moving out of California to cut production cost and to find cheaper labor markets.
Mexico's Supreme Court is Now Stepping up to the Plate
 Patrick Corcoran
The Supreme Court, for all its collected wisdom and majesty in the US, does not suffer from a surfeit of reverence in Mexico. There is no landmark case like Brown v. Board of Education in Mexican history, nor have leading lights like Louis Brandeis or Felix Frankfurter passed through its chambers.
A Message for Labor Day
 Gerald McEntee
On Labor Day 2009, we honor the tremendous contributions and sacrifices of workers who built this great nation. We must never forget that workers organized, marched, went on strike, and even gave their lives in the struggles that resulted in the 40-hour workweek, safe working conditions, secure retirement benefits and the right to a voice on the job.
The Scarlet 'A' of AIDS?
 John-Manuel Andriote
At least Hester Prynne's scarlet letter was only pinned to her dress. People living with HIV whose infection even temporarily progresses to the stage referred to as AIDS don't have the option of removing their own "A," as Nathaniel Hawthorne's fictional Puritan adulteress did each night when she undressed.
Mexico Lacks a Plan to Correct Negative Media Perceptions
 Gregory Payne
A fundamental mistake in the response to the violence associated with the war on drugs and the too often sensational approach of the American media in reporting such events is Mexico’s lack of a carefully crafted crisis communication plan.
Uncivil Discourse
 Bill Moyers
The editors of THE ECONOMIST magazine say America's health care debate has become a touch delirious, with people accusing each other of being evil-mongers, dealers in death, and un-American. Well, that's charitable. I would say it's more deranged than delirious, and definitely not un-American.
Afghanistan for Dummies
 Ray McGovern
I'm going to ask for my money back. I've seen this Afghanistan movie before. The first time, Vietnam was in the title. As in an early scene from the Vietnam version, U.S. military officials are surprised to discover that the insurgents in Afghanistan are stronger than previously realized.
Obama's Honeymoon Is So Over
 Ben Boychuk & Joel Mathis
Has Obama lost the center by tacking too far left too quickly? Did he mislead independents and moderates about his policies? Or are the polls not telling the whole story? Ben Boychuk and Joel Mathis, the RedBlueAmerica columnists, weigh in.
Guns Don't Belong at Town Hall Meetings
 Jose de la Isla
The armed men injecting themselves into the town hall meetings on universal health care remind me why it is important to tell the thugs to go home the way Carmelita did. There's a reason to truncate that kind of serial intimidation, whether by a government or by unregulated militias. In his book "Ringside Seat to a Revolution," David Dorado Romo brings this to light.
Big Families: A Threat to the Environment?
 Bonnie Erbe
With great fanfare the infamous Duggar family this week announced (on the "Today" show, no less) the upcoming birth of a 19th child.
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