I’ve been meaning to watch Ace in the Hole for over a decade now, and I just decided that tonight’s the night… I’m sorry, America, but you’re on your own until tomorrow. Oh, and if you’d like to join me, Ace it the Hole is available on Netflix Streaming.
Tag Archives: the press
Daniel Ellsberg calls on other whistleblowers to come forward, before we’re at war with Iran
Chris Hedges, who I often quote here, just interviewed Daniel Ellsberg, the man responsible for leaking the Pentagon Papers in 1971, hastening the end of the Vietnam war, and contributing toward the downfall of Richard Nixon. And, as it’s been a while since we’ve discussed the increasing severity with which our nation has been cracking […]
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Helen Thomas and the limits of free speech
Last Thursday, former White House correspondent Helen Thomas received a standing ovation in Dearborn, where she addressed a group of roughly 300 people, most of whom, I’m told, were non-Arab. Thomas, in addition to criticizing America’s wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, talked about, “the whole question of money involved in politics” – which is to […]