Dangerous Missile Battle In Space Over Europe: Fifth Act In U.S. Missile Shield Drama by Rick Rozoff

by Rick Rozoff Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Stop NATO http://rickrozoff.wordpress.com/ September 29, 2009 Wars have brought untold horrors upon Europe over the centuries, especially the two world wars of the last one. Until now, though, the continent has been spared the ultimate cataclysm of a missile war. Though twenty years after the end of the [...]

The Mindless Class: The Left’s Evil Twin by Cameron Salisbury

by Cameron Salisbury Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Opedinfo.com Sept. 22, 2009 Sept. 28, 2009 Who are those people? They look like ordinary citizens but they act like maniacs, screaming at members of congress who want to discuss health care coverage for the tens of millions, including themselves, who are either uninsured or may become so [...]

“Tell me what a Police State Looks Like” by Cindy Sheehan

by Cindy Sheehan Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Cindy Sheehan’s Soapbox Blog Sept. 24, 2009 Cindy Sheehan’s Soapbox Sept. 28, 2009 “Pittsburgh is what a police state looks like!” I have been to dozens of protests, large and small, since my son was killed in Iraq, but I have never seen anything like today and the [...]

Time for Citizens to Convene by Ralph Nader

by Ralph Nader The Nader Page Sept. 28, 2009 Just when many conditions seemed ripe for a progressive political movement, the likelihood is fading fast. Concentrated corporate power over our political economy and its control over peoples lives knows few boundaries. As Republican investor advocate leader Robert Monks puts it: “The United States is a [...]

The War on Language by Chris Hedges

by Chris Hedges Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Truthdig September 28, 2009 There is a scene in “Othello” when the Moor is so consumed by jealousy and rage that he loses the eloquence and poetry that make him the most articulate man in Venice. He turns to the audience, shortly before he murders Desdemona, and sputters, [...]