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Well-to-Do Americans Getting More Benefits than the Poor
Sunday, 7 August 2011, 2:57 pm | Sherwood Ross
All the Federal welfare checks, food stamps, and unemployment benefits don’t begin to add up to the more than $1-trillion in indirect tax breaks awarded annually to America’s middle- and upper-classes. More >>
The United Loony Bin of America
Monday, 1 August 2011, 12:51 pm | Sherwood Ross
“Have we as a nation gone mad, waging war in the Persian Gulf while society crumbles?” Seymour Melman asked rhetorically when I interviewed him for The Progressive 19 years ago. More >>
FBI/CIA Wanted American Lawyer to Betray Muslim Clients
Monday, 1 August 2011, 12:09 pm | Sherwood Ross
Federal agents from the FBI and CIA/FBI Joint Terrorist Task Force tried to get a distinguished international lawyer to inform on his Arab and Muslim clients in violation of their Constitutional rights to attorney-client privilege, this reporter has learned. ... More >>
The United Loony Bin of America
Sunday, 31 July 2011, 8:03 pm | Sherwood Ross
“Have we as a nation gone mad, waging war in the Persian Gulf while society crumbles?” Seymour Melman asked rhetorically when I interviewed him for The Progressive 19 years ago. Even though Melman, a professor emeritus at Columbia University's school of ... More >>
Pro Football to Thrive And Grow
Saturday, 30 July 2011, 5:53 pm | Sherwood Ross
Pro football will thrive and grow because it is based on a revenue-sharing model that strengthens all of its 32 teams simultaneously, says John “Jack” Mula, the noted players' representative. Going back to its earliest days, the executives who ... More >>
Pro Football to Thrive and Grow- Player Rep John “Jack” Mula
Friday, 29 July 2011, 12:15 pm | Sherwood Ross
Pro football will thrive and grow because it is based on a revenue-sharing model that strengthens all of its 32 teams simultaneously, says John “Jack” Mula, the noted players' representative. Going back to its earliest days, the executives who ... More >>
U.S. Needs to Replace Pentagon's Approach with Peace Corps
Wednesday, 27 July 2011, 11:45 am | Sherwood Ross
If the United States attempted to “conquer” by love rather than force of arms, it might be respected, not reviled, globally. If the White House took an altruistic approach in foreign affairs---that is, if it rejected greed, exploitation, and war ... More >>
U.S. Needs to Replace Pentagon's Approach with Peace Corps
Wednesday, 27 July 2011, 10:55 am | Sherwood Ross
If the United States attempted to “conquer” by love rather than force of arms, it might be respected, not reviled, globally. If the White House took an altruistic approach in foreign affairs---that is, if it rejected greed, exploitation, and war ... More >>
US Empire Spreads Abroad and Becomes a Police State at Home
Tuesday, 26 July 2011, 12:25 pm | Sherwood Ross
As America's empire spreads abroad, it becomes ever more the police state at home. The methods used for the suppression of foreigners by military force and violence are eventually mirrored in the “homeland.” More >>
As the U.S. Empire Spreads Abroad It Becomes a Police State
Tuesday, 26 July 2011, 11:24 am | Sherwood Ross
As America's empire spreads abroad, it becomes ever more the police state at home. The methods used for the suppression of foreigners by military force and violence are eventually mirrored in the “homeland.” More >>
Impeach Obama
Monday, 25 July 2011, 12:07 pm | Sherwood Ross
It's time to impeach President Obama and urge candidates who stand for peace to run in the upcoming presidential primaries. President Obama is no Democrat in the traditional meaning of the word. He has not only failed to tackle the nation's unemployment woes ... More >>
Uncle Sam's & John Bull's Crimes Dwarf Murdoch's
Saturday, 23 July 2011, 12:52 pm | Sherwood Ross
As eavesdroppers go, next to Uncle Sam and John Bull, Rupert Murdoch, the moral force behind Fox News, is an amateur. That's because a global eavesdropping scheme being run today by the United States and Great Britain dwarfs anything that Rupert Murdoch's ... More >>
Sherwood Ross: Impeach Obama
Saturday, 23 July 2011, 10:32 am | Sherwood Ross
It's time to impeach President Obama and urge candidates who stand for peace to run in the upcoming presidential primaries. President Obama is no Democrat in the traditional meaning of the word. He has not only failed to tackle the nation's unemployment woes ... More >>
Uncle Sam's & John Bull's Crimes Dwarf Murdoch Eavesdropping
Thursday, 21 July 2011, 1:47 pm | Sherwood Ross
As eavesdroppers go, next to Uncle Sam and John Bull, Rupert Murdoch, the moral force behind Fox News, is an amateur. That's because a global eavesdropping scheme being run today by the United States and Great Britain dwarfs anything that Rupert ... More >>
Thousands to Protest at UN Monday:India's Imminent Execution
Tuesday, 19 July 2011, 4:23 pm | Sherwood Ross
Thousands will attend an historic protest rally on Monday, July 25th from Noon-2:00 p.m. at the United Nation’s Headquarters (47th Street, Between 1st & 2nd Avenues) to demand the U.N. intervene to stop India’s planned execution of Professor Devenderpal ... More >>
NYC: Thousands to Protest India's Imminent Execution
Tuesday, 19 July 2011, 11:56 am | Sherwood Ross
On Monday, July 25th from Noon-2 p.m. thousands will protest the imminent execution of Professor Bhullar of India at a rally at the United Nations (47th Street, Between 1st & 2nd Avenues) - Professor Bhullar's mother, who is an American Citizen will ... More >>
CIA Most Likely To Continue Criminal Ways Under Petraeus
Wednesday, 13 July 2011, 5:22 pm | Sherwood Ross
Nowhere in his discussion of how General David Petraeus will fare when he takes over the CIA in August does Washington Post columnist David Ignatius challenge the basic operation of the Agency itself. More >>
Troops Obama is Withdrawing Have Been Replaced by Allies
Monday, 4 July 2011, 1:58 pm | Sherwood Ross
President Obama alleges “the tide of war is receding” in Pakistan, thus allowing him to reduce U.S. forces there by 10,000 this year, but the fact is overall Allied strength has been rising, not falling. More >>
U.S. Must End Wars Fought To Hike Corporate Profits
Thursday, 30 June 2011, 3:01 pm | Sherwood Ross
Humanism has little place in U.S. global affairs these days when government acts as the enforcement arm of capitalism-run-amok. Especially since WWII, Washington has habitually aligned itself with the goals of U.S. corporations to dominate. More >>
Troops Obama Is Withdrawing Have Been Replaced By Allies
Monday, 27 June 2011, 4:14 pm | Sherwood Ross
President Obama alleges “the tide of war is receding” in Afghanistan, thus allowing him to reduce U.S. forces there by 10,000 this year, but the fact is overall Allied strength has been rising, not falling. That's because the 10,000 U.S. fighters the ... More >>
