Archive for the ‘opinion’ Category

Primetime Lies: How ABC News Cheers Police Brutality / Pierre Tristam [Candide’s Notebooks]

Friday, September 7th, 2007

Why is ABC News so eager to justify cop brutality and belittle public reactions to videos of police brutalizing and murdering people?Read the full story

Neighborhood Bully: America’s dismal Global Image

Thursday, June 28th, 2007

The Pew Global Attitudes Project has just released its most extensive survey of world opinion since 2002 — 45,000 people in 47 nations. The results are a dismal vote against Bush’s America. Not to mention a disturbing, contrasting confidence vote in Vladimir Putin. At least the world still loves Bruce ...

King Abdullah vs. King George: Saudi Arabia’s Toxic Texans

Thursday, March 29th, 2007

So King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia is calling the American occupation of Iraq, which he once supported and paid for, “illegal.” He sounds like all those Democrats rediscovering the joys of opposition, although King Abdullah manages to make even Republicans look good: The only thing more illegitimate than a king ...

The Bush Presidency Is Over, by Pierre Tristam [Candide’s Notebooks]

Thursday, January 25th, 2007

Just as a traveler doesn't decide when his journey is over, a president doesn;t decide when his presidency has ended. Bush's ended on January 10.Read the full story