Monthly Archives: March 2008

Jump in – the sharks have been fed

Goldman, Morgan Stanley Use Fed’s Wall Street Window (Update2) By Yalman Onaran and Christine Harper March 19 (Bloomberg) — Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Morgan Stanley and Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. said they’ve borrowed from a program created by the Federal … Continue reading

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Iraq: Five Years On

Lieberman Prompts McCain To Correct Al-Qaida/Iran Error Associated Press March 19, 2008 AMMAN, Jordan — – Sen. John McCain, the Republican presidential nominee-in-waiting, mistakenly said Tuesday that Iran was allowing al-Qaida fighters into the country to be trained and returned … Continue reading

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Obama, Politics and the Pulpit | Smearing Obama

Christopher Hayes, The Nation, 17 March 2008 Imagine for a moment that you are pro-life. You believe that each abortion represents the murder of an innocent child. And as it stands despite protests and lawsuits and bills passed in the … Continue reading

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My Lai: Legacy of a massacre

The My Lai Tapes were broadcast by BBC Radio 4 on 15 March 2008. Listen online until 22 March at Radio 4’s Listen again page. Read Celina Dunlop: My Lai: Legacy of a massacre

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Peter Erlinder: The Torture of Sami Al Arian

JURIST Guest Columnist Peter Erlinder of William Mitchell College of Law, attorney on appeal for Dr. Sami Al Arian, says that the treatment accorded the acquitted but still detained academic Palestinian activist from Tampa – now on hunger strike and … Continue reading

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