Daily Archives: September 21, 2007

McLeans: Bush is the new Saddam

By Frank Paynter | Published: September 21, 2007

Jon Husband sent this link to a richly informational article.  I don’t agree with all of the interpretation, there’s a definite lack of nuance and some blind spots about what happened during the ten years leading up to the American invasion, but what’s wonderful about the piece is that it explores the Iraq that exists, [...]

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The Jena Six

By Frank Paynter | Published: September 21, 2007

I first learned of the Jena Six yesterday from NPR. Today I found a post that Shelley Powers wrote at about the same time. I’m glad she found time to write about it. Mychal Bell, one of the Jena Six, remains in jail on the bizarre “attempted second degree murder” charge that Reed Walters, the [...]

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