Louis-Gilles Francoeur | The Rich Stand Accused http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/010807G.shtml What do global warming, pollution of the atmosphere, streams, rivers and oceans, the exhaustion of natural resources, the accelerated extinctions of species, deforestation, the liberation of GMO into the environment, and - coming soon - the infinitely small and practically undetectable pollution of nano-materials have in common? Capitalism and the oligarchy that profits from it, as first cause, answers Herve Kempf in a bombshell book published in Paris by Editions du Seuil. Paul Krugman | Quagmire of the Vanities http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/010807E.shtml Paul Krugman writes, "The only real question about the planned 'surge' in Iraq - which is better described as a Vietnam-style escalation - is whether its proponents are cynical or delusional." Chris Floyd | New Oil Law Means Victory in Iraq for Bush http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/010807A.shtml Chris Floyd reports: "The reason that George W. Bush insists that 'victory' is achievable in Iraq is not that he is deluded or isolated or ignorant or detached from reality or ill-advised. No, it's that his definition of 'victory' is different from those bruited about in his own rhetoric and in the ever-earnest disquisitions of the chattering classes in print and online. For Bush, victory is indeed at hand."
