"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
The British government continues to refuse to negotiate sovereignty of the islands, as British governments have continuously, citing the democratic rights of the 3,000 British citizens who currently inhabit them. Of course, the government’s determination to hold onto the Falklands…
With each passing day more information becomes available in relation to the operation and how it was carried out. This includes the near certainty that it involved the cooperation of a high level Palestinian informant or informants in passing on…
From John Wight in Scotland, first published on Socialist Unity, on the lunacy of many in the US about Obama and health care. I knew John when he lived in LA and we volunteered with ANSWER helping organize big antiwar…
We’ve all seen the movie, and we’re all familiar with the iconic scene – when failed boxer Terry Malloy (Marlon Brandon) confronts his slick gangster brother, Charley (Rod Steiger) in the back of the cab on its way to delivering…
(My friend John Wight, in his usual eloquent and well-reasoned way, takes a differing view from mine on Iran. – Bob. Update: 5:47pm John sent a revised version) The Iranian Revolution of 1979 dealt a severe setback to the strategic…
With the kind of brutal logic of which often only dictators are capable, Stalin once said: “He who casts the vote decides nothing. He who counts the vote decides everything.” How many democratic elections since he uttered those words have…