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From Bombs in Beirut to the Ballot Box in November
Wednesday, 26 July 2006, 12:11 am | Bernard Weiner
It never ceases to amaze me when otherwise rational, intelligent, even-handed people demonstrate, through their biases, why the world seems destined for self-destruction. More >>
The Dangers & Glories of Manipulating Reality
Wednesday, 19 July 2006, 11:00 am | Bernard Weiner
Normally, I'd be writing about the dangerous, quickly-expanding conflict between Israel and its neighbors - both sides apparently spoiling for a final reckoning - that easily could provide the spark for a full-scale war in the region, and beyond. ... More >>
Weiner: Making Sense Out of Dangerous Nonsense
Wednesday, 12 July 2006, 3:57 pm | Bernard Weiner
I try to make sense of politics -- it's what my doctorate implies I'm qualified to do -- but often I am defeated. Reality is just too damn weird. And satire these days is almost superfluous. Here are three examples. More >>
Five Intercepted NSA Communiques Revealed
Thursday, 6 July 2006, 11:22 am | Bernard Weiner
The following memos, emails and phone calls, which allegedly were intercepted by the NSA, have come into our possession. I can't vouch for the absolute authenticity of these communiques, but they seem to pass the smell test. See what you think. More >>
A Graduation Report: Dems Need to Sharpen Up
Wednesday, 21 June 2006, 2:37 pm | Bernard Weiner
Last weekend, I was visiting my old Washington State stomping grounds -- I lived and taught in Bellingham back in the day -- to witness the graduation of my nephew from The Evergreen State College in Olympia. Therein lies a tale, and not a hopeful ... More >>
Bernard Weiner: What Rove's Skate May Mean
Thursday, 15 June 2006, 11:09 am | Bernard Weiner
The 24-hour-news cycle bit me. You see, I had written an imagined "Peek into Patrick Fitzgerald's Diary" where the Special Counsel was ranting on about how he was going to tighten the legal noose around Rove's pudgy neck and maybe wind up getting Cheney ... More >>
"Groundhog Day" in Asia: Unwinnable Wars
Wednesday, 7 June 2006, 12:13 am | Bernard Weiner
The hit Bill Murray movie "Groundhog Day," you may remember, concerns a cynical, manipulative man who, to his horror, finds himself locked in a circular life-loop; only after he's able to open his heart can he finally begin to grow into a full human ... More >>
Bernard Weiner: The Seven Pillars of Misrule
Wednesday, 31 May 2006, 12:10 am | Bernard Weiner
There is so much political chaff swirling around that I find it useful every so often to follow the Buddhist dictum: "Don't just do something, sit there." In other words, meditate on the quiet core, pay less attention to the noisy fringe. More >>
Cheney Testifies To Truth & Reconciliation Com.
Wednesday, 24 May 2006, 11:17 am | Bernard Weiner
Chair: Welcome, Mr. Cheney. As you no doubt are aware, the rules of this Truth & Reconciliation Commission, as established by the President and Congress, require that you speak the whole truth here if you want to avoid criminal prosecution. Do ... More >>
"Shallow Throat" on GOP Meltdown: Turn Up the Heat
Thursday, 18 May 2006, 10:25 am | Bernard Weiner
With Tom DeLay about to head to trial, Duke Cunningham in prison and Karl Rove looking at a likely criminal indictment, I needed to talk to "Shallow Throat" about the deepening implosion of the Republican machine and how progressives and Democrats should react ... More >>
How to Keep Democrats From Blowing the 06 Election
Wednesday, 10 May 2006, 10:33 am | Bernard Weiner
I know it doesn't make much sense, given how the Republicans seem to be imploding every day in new scandals and corruptions and reckless policies -- and with the Administration's approval numbers about to head into the 20s -- but I can't shake the fear that somehow ... More >>
Bushism As Greek Drama: "Hubris" And "Tragic Flaws
Wednesday, 26 April 2006, 12:44 am | Bernard Weiner
The world of theatre that I've swum in for decades as a drama critic provides a useful prism through which to view today's political events and players. More >>
Bernard Weiner: Stop Us Before We Kill Again!
Wednesday, 19 April 2006, 1:18 pm | Bernard Weiner
The essence of Bush&Co. strategy, from January 2001 to today, can be boiled down to this: We'll continue doing whatever we want to do until someone stops us. More >>
Bernard Weiner: Bush Visits His Shrink, Session #2
Wednesday, 12 April 2006, 4:24 pm | Bernard Weiner
" The last time we met , sir, you had me thrown out of the White House, thinking me too aggressive with my questions. Now you're back for another session. What's changed?" More >>
Bush's Grand Game: A "PNAC Primer" UPDATE
Wednesday, 5 April 2006, 11:26 am | Bernard Weiner
When the Bush Administration keeps hauling out its "we-didn't-know-nothin'" spin -- about Katrina, 9/11, Iraq, torture -- in effect they're using incompetence as their defense. How can you try to censure or impeach us, they're saying, when we ... More >>
Inside Rove's Diary: Strangle That Censure Baby
Wednesday, 29 March 2006, 12:59 am | Bernard Weiner
Sorry, diary, no time to jot, it's been a helluva few months here in the White House as one balloon after another has exploded in our faces. More >>
Bernard Weiner: Anti-Semitism and the New "Jews"
Wednesday, 22 March 2006, 9:51 am | Bernard Weiner
Recently while surfing the web, I happened onto an article at a number of alternative-press websites by a widely-published internet author. I couldn't believe what I was reading: the essay was a long diatribe aimed, it seemed, at an amorphous Jewish conspiracy ... More >>
The Middle East Muddle: Is Peace Still Possible?
Wednesday, 15 March 2006, 11:38 am | Bernard Weiner
The run-up to the impending war against Iran -- and make no mistake, the foundations are being laid daily by the Bush Administration -- bears a remarkable resemblance to the propaganda barrage before the U.S. attacked Iraq: Iran is the repository of ... More >>
Conservatives Are Jumping Ship: Bush Is Going Down
Wednesday, 8 March 2006, 11:23 am | Bernard Weiner
I'm more and more convinced that it will be Republicans, many of them of the true conservative and realist kind, who effectively will do in the Bush Administration. More >>
Slicing Away Liberty: 1933 Germany, 2006 America
Wednesday, 22 February 2006, 10:23 am | Bernard Weiner
I must confess that I'm utterly baffled by the lack of sustained, organized outrage and opposition from Democratic officials and ordinary citizens at the Bush Administration's never-ending scandals, corruptions, war-initiations, and the amassing of more and ... More >>
