Exclusive: Was Ronald Reagan a greater American leader than George Washington? That is the impression one gets when historic “Washington National Airport” is redubbed “Reagan National.” Are Americans really that anti-historical to have forgotten Washington’s significance, asks Robert Parry on the first President’s 284th birthday. By Robert Parry Arguably, George Washington was the one indispensible…
From the Archive: The late Supreme Court Justice Scalia put his right-wing ideology above any respect for the Constitution’s Framers, even resorting to a made-up view attributed to Alexander Hamilton in Scalia’s dissent to the landmark upholding of the Affordable Care Act, wrote Robert Parry in 2012. By Robert Parry (Originally published on July 4,…
Christmas is approaching and it’s time to get into the holiday spirit. For some, this is stressful. But cheer up! At least you’re not George Washington. That man had real problems.I’m writing this in my cluttered but comfortable office, but 239 years ago, George Washington and 3000 of his battered Continentals were huddled in makeshift encampments on the west bank of the Delaware River.
History is like a flowing river whose motions can be interpreted from any angle, since it is not static.
Seven days before Halloween 2014, in the midst of national and international fears over the Ebola plague and "ISIS terrorism" (ISIS was an ancient goddess of witchcraft), the following events and “tragic coincidences” occurred in the American West, on Friday, October 24th.RIVERSIDE: Tragic Inland coincidence in slaying of Placer County sheriff's investigatorInvestigator killed by gunman in Sacramento area died the same day as his dad -- an Inland sheriff's investigatorBY BRIAN ROKOS / STAFF WRITERPress-Enterprise (Riverside, California) • Oct.
… In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist. We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes. We should take nothing for granted.
According to the Israeli organisation Peace Now, while “talking peace” for the last nine months, Israel issued permits to build 14,000 new “Jewish only” homes in the occupied land violating article 49 of the fourth Geneva Convention
David Boaz’s Cato@Liberty piece, Beyond Toleration: George Washington’s View of Liberty, praises Washington, and concludes: Let us continue to work toward George Washington’s dream of a world in which “every one shall sit in safety under his own vine and figtree, and there shall be none to make him afraid.” I am not inclined to […]
