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Upfront NewsWhy the drawdown in Iraq won't quell America's lust for military conquestSeptember 08, 2010 | 04:38 PMby Norman SolomonLast week, President Obama used an Oval Office speech to boost a policy of perpetual war. Hours later, the New York Times front page offered a credulous gloss for the end of "the seven-year American combat mission in Iraq." The first sentence of the coverage described the speech as  |
Coconut WirelessSeptember 08, 2010 | 03:42 PMby Jacob ShaferThe debate over immigrant labor in the United States is many things to many people. Lately, the focus has been almost entirely on the impact, real and imagined, of "illegals." What's gotten far less play are the poor conditions, substandard wages and outright |
Spin CycleSeptember 08, 2010 | 04:47 PMby Jacob Shafer"While faith is a central part of my life, I'm running for Governor to serve all the people of Hawaii—regardless of their religion," wrote Aiona. "The goal of our grassroots campaign is to connect with every citizen in every community of this great state, and Chairman Ka'auwai's personal comments are |
By the NumbersSeptember 08, 2010 | 04:43 PMby Jacob Shafer22-0: Senate vote to confirm Judge Mark Recktenwald as Hawaii's next |
News of the WeirdSeptember 08, 2010 | 05:15 PMby Chuck ShepherdThe U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration announced in August that it had contract work for up to 2,100 language specialists to transcribe wiretaps, with immediate needs in the Atlanta field office for Spanish, Vietnamese, Korean, Farsi and |
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“I’m from Seattle. It’s great there—it’s really cool and the sky is always gray…”
-Guy at Fred’s Mexican Cantina in Kihei, June 10 |
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“A shell crashed ashore. In the dun-colored houses along Kahului’s waterfront, stevedores and their women heard the gun again, like a door slamming, and again the crash of the shell. The Jap fired ten rounds in all. Then the submarine disappeared in the night. Announcing this attack on an undefended, unimportant cane-&-pineapple port, the U.S. Navy reported: no casualties, negligible damage.”
-From “Dusk in Kahului,” Time Magazine, Dec. 28, 1941 |
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