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Is the War on Terror?
by Philip Roth
05-Oct-04
"Philip Roth has written a terrific political novel, though
in a style his readers might never have predicted -- a fable
of an alternative universe, in which America has gone fascist
and ordinary life has been flattened under a steamroller of
national politics and mass hatreds. Hitler's allies rule the
White House. Anti-Semitic mobs roam the streets. The lower-
middle-class Jews of Weequahic, in Newark, N.J., cower in a
second-floor apartment ... The novel is sinister, vivid,
dreamlike, preposterous and, at the same time, creepily
plausible. ...
"The sad-voiced scholarly narrator recounts the childhood
memories of a boy called 'Phil Roth' ... Not once in any of
this does Roth glance at events of the present day, not even
with a sly wink. ... Roth has found his way to an archetypal
nightmare -- the anxious, ancestral, midnight fear of the
American Jews."
Fallujah
THE ROVING EYE. Masters of war. By Pepe Escobar.
Civilian Death Toll in Iraq Exceeds 100,000
The invasion of Iraq in March 2003 by coalition forces has lead to the death of at least 100,000 civilians, reveals the first scientific study to examine the issue. . The majority of these deaths, which are in addition those normally expected from natural causes, illness and accidents, have been among women and children, finds the study, released early by The Lancet on Thursday.
More from the Bard
"Beware the leader who bangs the drums of war in order to whip the citizenry into a patriotic fervor, for patriotism is indeed a double-edged sword. It both emboldens the blood, just as it narrows the mind. And when the drums of war have reached a fever pitch and the blood boils with hate and the mind has closed, the leader will have no need in seizing the rights of the citizenry.
Bush visit highlights Timken boom, criticism
Republicans call it smart business. Democrats call it "Bush-style capitalism. ".
Avoiding Attacking Suspected Mastermind
With Tuesday’s attacks, Abu Musab Zarqawi, a Jordanian militant with ties to al-Qaida, is now blamed for more than 700 terrorist killings in Iraq. . But NBC News has learned that long before the war the Bush administration had several chances to wipe out his terrorist operation and perhaps kill Zarqawi himself — but never pulled the trigger.
Alien/nation
Courting Disaster
Creative Dissidence
Crossing the Aisle
Election Section
Electoral Dysfunction
Feminissues
Global Perspectives
Homeland Insecurity
Humor
Is Pollution a Solution?
Is the Christian Right?
Is the War on Terror?
It's The Economy,....!
No Child Left Behind?
Overheard
Supporting the Troops?
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