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Saturday, 18 August of 2007

Cold War Issues

"I detest Disneyfication, I detest Coca-Cola, I detest burgers, I detest sentimental and violent Hollywood movies that tell lies about history. I detest American imperialism, American infantilism, and American triumphalism about victories it didn't even win . . . I hate feeling this hatred. I have to keep reminding myself that if Bush hadn't been [so narrowly] elected, we wouldn't be here, and none of this would have happened. There is another America. Long live the other America, and may this one pass away soon." -- Margaret Drabble in The Daily Telegraph (London) and reprinted by International Herald Tribune, May 9, 2003

Sunday, 26 November of 2006

West must prepare for Chinese, Indian dominance: Wolfensohn

"In the words of The New York Times: if it seemed obvious to anyone in Washington that the American Administration had no coordinated China policy, %u201CChina%u2019s military was seeing a clear plan.%u201D in The New Commonwealth, Claudiu A. Secara

Saturday, 26 Juny of 2004

Natural-born killers will never win hearts and minds

Financial Time, June 26-27, 2004

Saturday, 12 Juny of 2004

When laws get in the way of torture

William Pfaff:

Friday, 28 May of 2004

When lords cease being gentlemen

Ethic of service By William Pfaff (IHT)

Thuesday, 23 December of 2003

Economic Scene: U.S. recovery enriches bottom line, not assembly line

Louis Uchitelle NYT

Wednesday, 10 July of 2003

Europe's New Monetary Union Is a Historic Exploit

By Reginald Dale

Monday, 23 September of 2002

The End of Empire

by William Greider

Friday, 13 September of 2002

CASPER, Wyoming The Bush administration is creating a secret government - a government accountable to no one but the president. Congress stomps and moans yet does little to stop the administration from hacking away constitutional checks and balances. And

Michael Paulson The Boston Globe

Midday, 11 September of 2002

Geopolitics have changed for the worse

William Pfaff International Herald Tribune/Los Angeles Times The temptation of hegemony