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Evil as the Absence of Empathy

July 27th, 2008 No Comments

  In 1946, Dr. Gustav M. Gilbert, a psychologist fluent in German, was assigned by the U.S. Army to study the minds and motivations of the Nazi defendants at the Nuremberg tribunals. The following year, his Nuremberg Diary was published, containing transcripts of his conversations with the prisoners. (Excerpts here). In words consistent with what [...]

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The Man Who Would Be Bush

April 16th, 2008 No Comments

  Are Americans unusually stupid or is it something our president put in the water? As millions surrender their homes and sacrifice other standards of our nation’s economic and political reputation to the caprice of the Bush-Cheney imperium, a majority of voters tell pollsters that they might vote for a candidate who promises more of [...]

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Fifth War Anniversary Comes And Goes

March 21st, 2008 No Comments

  Once again, the corporate media did its level best to marginalize people actually motivated enough to go out in the street and protest on the 5thanniversity of the Iraq war crime. “More than 200 people were arrested across the United States on Wednesday as protesters marking the fifth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of [...]

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