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Posts published by “Alexander Cockburn”

A Volcano Of Lies

Barack Obama, who pledged to restore ethical honor to the White House after the Bush years, is now burying himself under an active volcano of lies, mostly but not exclusively concerning the assassination of Osama…

Planet Clarion Calling

Americans were offered closure Wednesday to one of among the multifarious strands of our national dementias. It took the drab guise of the “long-form” birth certificate, signed and filed in Hawaii on August 8, 1961,…

What’s Really Going On In Libya?

It looks as though eastern Libya will slide into the Medi­terranean under the sheer weight of western journal­ists assembled in Benghazi and Misrata. A tsunami of breathless reports suggests that Misrata is enduring travails not…

In The Midst Of Fukushima

Americans read the increasingly panic-stricken reports of deepening catastrophe at Fukushima Daiichi, speed to the pharmacy to look for iodine and ask, “It’s happened there; can it happen here?” They already know it can, and…

Earthquakes, Waves & What Ifs

Here on the West Coast of the United States the Japanese earthquake was swiftly domesticated in the early dawn hours of Friday as the possible dimensions of the tsunami speeding States-ward across the Pacific. On…

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