2000-2009

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In 2001 and 2002, as America readied its military to invade Iraq, I protested the invasion, along with literally millions of others worldwide. I was particularly struck at the time by the ineffectual nature of our protests. They did not draw the kind of violent police response as the protests of the Sixties had, and […]

This video is a link from You Tube. All copyrights remain with the original copyright holders. Cheney, in turn, seemed to have insulated himself from his own acts by defining himself as a selfless supporter of Bush’s presidential prerogatives, which Cheney defined in large measure as synonymous with his own priorities — among which was […]

This video is a link from You Tube. All copyrights remain with the original copyright holders. Despite a spotty track record of success at his early endeavors, Bush had the makings of a Presidential candidate, at least as far as Karl Rove was concerned. When the two first met, Rove described Bush as having “huge […]

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In 2011 a Senate debate on water boarding revolved around a hypothetical dilemma offered to the witness: somewhere in a U.S city a terrorist has a nuclear weapon and the only way to get the information to stop it is through the use of torture. Although a measured response to the leading question would go […]

Culture can be an insistent worm. The Berlin Wall came down, some argue, not because of Ronald Reagan but because of the influence of Western culture, which was broadcast into Eastern Europe and looked like a lot more fun. The Rolling Stones in Leningrad? There’s something in that. FROM AN AMERICAN STORY This video is […]

As America readied its military to invade Iraq, I, along with literally millions of others worldwide, protested the invasion. I was particularly struck at the time by the ineffectual nature of our protests. They did not draw the kind of violent police response as did the protests of the Sixties as if governments no longer […]

But in the campaign against Bush, Gore was frequently stiff and pedantic, apparently uncertain of how to present himself. It was interestingly reminiscent of the Kennedy-Nixon debates where, famously, the people that heard the debates on radio thought Nixon won, while those who watched Kennedy’s apparent ease and charm appeared convinced of his capacity to […]

George W Bush was all things television loved: personable, friendly. Despite a spotty track record of success at his early endeavors, he had the makings of a candidate, at least as far as Karl Rove was concerned, who when they first met described Bush as having “huge amounts of charisma, swagger, cowboy boots, flight jacket, […]