The Sad Case For Truth! by Philip A. Farruggio

by Philip A. Farruggio Featured Writer Dandelion Salad 24 July, 2010 Edward Bernays was called the ‘ Father of Public Relations ‘ ….. More appropriately, the ‘ Refiner of propaganda ‘ . So much so that Herr Goebbals, Hitler’s minister of manipulation, was an admirer and student of Bernay’s work. Bernays helped Woodrow Wilson sell [...]

Criticism of Chomsky: Asset or Liability? by Jeremy R. Hammond

by Jeremy R. Hammond Featured Writer DandelionSalad Foreign Policy Journal 24 July, 2010 Tirades against Noam Chomsky never cease to amaze me. And I’m not talking about the kind of criticisms of the man that come from Alan Dershowitz and other apologists for Israeli crimes; I mean from critics of Israel who support Palestinian rights. [...]

The Corbett Report: Ellen Brown on Historical Currencies

James Corbett The Corbett Report with Dr. Ellen Brown Featured Writer Dandelion Salad webofdebt.com July 24, 2010 Ellen Brown, the author of the popular Web of Debt, joins us to discuss the historical colonial scrip currency and its possibility as a model for our future.

California Enshrines the Duopoly by Ralph Nader

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ by Ralph Nader The Nader Page July 23, 2010 Last month, Big Business interests shamelessly dealt our already depleted democracy a devastating blow by misleading California voters into approving Proposition 14, without their opponents being able to reach the people with rebuttals. This voter initiative provides that the November elections in that state for [...]

Discard Alternate Reality: McCain Wins! by Steven Jonas, MD, MPH

by Steven Jonas, MD, MPH Featured Writer Dandelion Salad crossposted on Buzzflash.com July 24, 2010 I just saw “Inception” — a great, highly imaginative movie about the alternate reality of dreams.  And so I got to thinking.  Suppose the barons of the Fed and Wall Street had been able to do just a bit more [...]