Fred Branfman on Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines http://www.truthdig.com/fred_branfman Truthdig, a Web magazine that provides expert in-depth coverage of current affairs as well as a variety of thoughtful, provocative content assembled from a progressive point of view. Editor, Robert Scheer. Publisher, Zuade Kaufman. en editor@truthdig.com Copyright 2010 2010-02-02T00:39:00+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/ http://www.truthdig.com/images/rss_feed_promo.gif Truthdig logo Rotten Minds, Shriveled Hearts and Human Souls http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/rotten_minds_shriveled_hearts_and_human_souls_20100201/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/rotten_minds_shriveled_hearts_and_human_souls_20100201/ bloggers, blogs, branfman, conservatives, culture, debate, democracy, fred branfman, health, ideas, language, media, terrorism, war, Should progressives hold themselves to a higher standard than the name-calling and intellectual violence that conservative bloggers routinely engage in? Much could rest on the answer to this question.

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]]> 2010-02-02T00:39:00+00:00 Zinn Is Dead—Long Live ‘Zinn’ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/zinn_is_dead_--_long_live_zinn_20100128/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/zinn_is_dead_--_long_live_zinn_20100128/ branfman, bush, campaign, clinton, fred branfman, government, history, howard zinn, iraq, military, obama, politics, vietnam, war, zinn, One of our beacons of integrity has flickered out. Our world has suddenly become a little darker, a little colder, a little more bitter and a little more insane.

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]]> 2010-01-29T00:06:00+00:00 Fred Branfman on ‘The Making of an Elder Culture’ http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/fred_branfman_on_the_making_of_an_elder_culture_20091126/ http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/fred_branfman_on_the_making_of_an_elder_culture_20091126/ aging, baby boomers, book, culture, elder, fred branfman, intergenerational, review, the making of an elder culture, theodore roszak, Book Review book cover

In Theodore Roszak’s spirited new manifesto, he calls on aging baby boomers to rekindle their youthful idealism and remake America.

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]]> 2009-11-27T08:00:00+00:00 Unintended Consequences in Nuclear Pakistan http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20091009_unintended_consequences_in_nuclear_pakistan/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20091009_unintended_consequences_in_nuclear_pakistan/ afghanistan, book, bush, cambodia, congress, conservatives, democrats, fred branfman, history, iran, iraq, kissinger, military, nixon, obama, politics, sideshow, torture, vietnam, war,

The Obama administration has already begun to escalate the fighting in Pakistan, a policy that could make even the Nixon-Kissinger destruction of Cambodia seem like a pleasant memory.

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]]> 2009-10-09T08:51:00+00:00 Replace Petraeus http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090602_replace_petraeus/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090602_replace_petraeus/ afghanistan, branfman, bush, cia, congress, government, intelligence, iraq, media, military, nuclear, obama, pakistan, pentagon, petraeus, politics, security, torture, war, Petraeus

Gen. David Petraeus has proven the rule that past military victories do not guarantee future success. The general has made a mess of Afghanistan and Pakistan, yet he remains dangerously popular.

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]]> 2009-06-03T02:09:00+00:00 Fred Branfman on Tom Brokaw’s ‘Boom!’ http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/20080328_fred_branfman_on_tom_brokaws_boom/ http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/20080328_fred_branfman_on_tom_brokaws_boom/ bombing, book, boom, branfman, brokaw, history, iraq, journalism, media, military, pentagon, politics, protest, veterans, vietnam, war, Book Review Boom! cover

What kind of look back to the ‘60s manages to almost entirely ignore or miss the point of the Vietnam War?

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