The Weekend Economist "Quaerere Verum": #22 The new "Silk Road"

Blogged on: January 28, 2007, 7:30 pm
The global economic paradigmatic shift is forcing the old Pax Americana into a slow retreat. And yes indeed, there is a new silk road emerging, based on petrodollars, black gold, and Asian consumer goods.
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TomDispatch - Tomgram: Chalmers Johnson on garrisoning the planet

Blogged on: January 24, 2007, 4:22 pm
Once upon a time, you could trace the spread of imperialism by counting up colonies. America's version of the colony is the military base. By following the changing politics of global basing, one can learn much about our ever larger imperial stance and th
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Neo Culpa: Politics & Power: vanityfair.com

Blogged on: November 5, 2006, 6:24 am
"The most dispiriting and awful moment of the whole administration was the day that Bush gave the Presidential Medal of Freedom to [former C.I.A. director] George Tenet, General Tommy Franks, and [Coalition Provisional Authority chief] Jerry [Paul] Bremer
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