Al Jazeera: the next, most important media source?

If you read any international news sources--and most Americans don't--it might easily be argued that the new, next, best international news source may well be Al Jazeera, passing up the BBC and other European news sources. Look at the list of their current "opinion" columns and sources: 'Attack Iran' and AIPAC's infamous chutzpah, MJ Rosenberg, Obama and Asia's two futures, Yuriko Koike; Leveraging hip hop in US foreign policy, Hishaam Aidi; Apartheid and the occupation of Palestine, John Dugard; The latest crackdown threat to hit 'Occupy', Danny Schechter; Conservatism blew up the economy, Cliff Schecter; The Commonwealth's missed opportunity, Malcolm Fraser; Goldstone walks alone on a bridge to nowhere, Richard Falk, America's other 87 deficits, Stephen S Roach; A gravity test for the euro, Kenneth Rogoff; Arms sales to Bahrain under the scanner, Joel Beinin, Internet freedom initiative mere lip service?, Jillian C. York; The all-American occupation; Steve Fraser; Kenya's blundering mission in Somalia , Tendai Marima. Food for thought. Want to know what's going on in the world? Al Jazeera seems to be another place to look.

We've apparently "unlearned" what's good for us

From The New York Times today:

ON THIS DAY

 

On May 15, 1911, the Supreme Court ordered the dissolution of Standard Oil Company, ruling it was in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act.

What a vastly different country we are today, compared to that 100 years ago, eh?  And we're bound to be but back then, the people and government realized and recognized the dangers to the country of having one person and family and company wield so much control over an industry and they had the strength and wisdom to do something about it.

Now, it seems, we're both not bright or strong enough, either one, to do what's right and best for the country and people.

Link: http://www.nytimes.com/  

War vs. peace, guns vs. butter

War has just become business for the US. War has become business we want to do and that we don't want to live without--unless and until we stand up, all of us, and demand that we stop this, as a nation. --me