A New Fascism

Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld today told a group of veterans that the U.S. “faces a new kind of fascism,” echoing President Bush’s recent reference to “Islamo-fascists.” The problem with this language is that Islamic fundamentalists causing terror in Iraq or the U.S. is not fascism at all. In a recent article posted on CommonDreams.org, [...]

Let’s unite behind President Bush?

An editorial by Joy Bergfalk: In response to the editorial letter, Let’s unite behind President Bush, let me see if I get this right: Bush holds himself exempt from many of our country’s laws, including those he has signed. Even many Republicans have declared this war to be a fiasco and based on flawed information [...]

World War III

Until two weeks ago I had never heard any rhetoric about World War III. Then I read a news article that said Newt Gingrich urged the U.S. to see “the war on terrorism” as World War III and to fight it in the same way we did World War II. In these past two weeks [...]