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serryjw Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-04 11:01 PM
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What political writer's opinion do you value?
Chomsky-MIT
Krugman-University of Pa?

Who else......no satire,please
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jean Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-04 11:01 PM
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1. Joe Conason
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Metatron Donating Member (877 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-04 11:01 PM
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2. Hunter S. Thompson
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wicket Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-04 11:02 PM
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3. Molly Ivins
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Cleita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-04 11:17 PM
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14. My long time favorite especially on all things Bush.n/t
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medeak Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-23-04 12:24 AM
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23. Molly Ivins...she's seen it all. n/t
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tuvor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-04 11:02 PM
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4. Ted Rall.
Although I don't always agree with him.

He's extreme, but sometimes that's necessary.
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RaleighNCDUer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-04 11:03 PM
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5. Jon Stewart.
Edited on Mon Nov-22-04 11:05 PM by NCevilDUer
So good, and funny besides.

ON EDIT

He writes his material, but I don't know about publishing. does that count?
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althecat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-04 11:04 PM
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6. William Rivers Pitt & Paul Krugman ---- an untouchable duo
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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-04 11:06 PM
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7. Maureen Dowd
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Davis_X_Machina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-04 11:07 PM
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8. E.J. Dionne...
...of the Washington Post.

Robert Kuttner.
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welshTerrier2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-04 11:09 PM
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9. naomi klein (n/t)
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Poiuyt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-04 11:10 PM
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10. Seymour Hersh
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stanwyck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-04 11:15 PM
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11. Jay Bookman and Cynthia Tucker
of The Atlanta Constitution.
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Carl Brennan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-04 11:16 PM
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12. Alexander Cockburn--Nation magazine
Krugman

Chalmers Johnson "Sorrows of Empire"

There are alot of new books by ex-officials of Bush admin.

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scarletwoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-04 11:16 PM
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13. Arundhati Roy, Rahul Mahajan, Robert Fisk, John Pilger, Juan Cole,
Al Giordano, Stan Goff, Michael Berube...
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serryjw Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-04 11:23 PM
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16. Not familiar with most of these.....
whom do they write for?
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donheld Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-04 11:44 PM
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20. Arundhati Roy, Rahul Mahajan, Robert Fisk
Edited on Mon Nov-22-04 11:46 PM by donheld
Arundhati Roy - http://website.lineone.net/~jon.simmons/roy/
Rahul Mahajan - www.rahulmahajan.com/
Robert Fisk - www.robert-fisk.com/ < appears to be down

all three of these are wonderful
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burrowowl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-23-04 12:39 AM
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25. Along with
Pfaff of the Paris: International Tribune. See him occassionally in the ABQ Journal but he usually gives pretty good analyses of foreign affairs.
Robert is good, very good but I just worship, if it weren't idolatrous, Arundhati Roy.
Molly Ivans gets in some good ones and Jim Hightower now on AAR is good too in a folksy way.
Helen Thomas, who I used to consider as Centrist, but for the U$ is 'liberal' is one gutsy Lady, a real Lady!
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donheld Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-23-04 04:20 AM
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32. Our beloved AMY GOODMAN
www.democracynow.org


I'm afraid not enough of us listen or watch her.
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scarletwoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-23-04 12:24 AM
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22. Robert Fisk writes for the Independent (UK)
The poster above supplied a link for Arundhati Roy -- her writings also appear at http://www.commondreams.org/ , and http://www.zmag.org/weluser.htm .

John Pilger: http://pilger.carlton.com/

Al Giordano: http://narconews.com/

Rahul Mahajan: http://www.empirenotes.org/

Juan Cole: http://juancole.com/

Stan Goff: http://home.igc.org/~sherrynstan/ -- his articles are also published at http://www.counterpunch.org/

Michael Berube: http://www.michaelberube.com/

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Not included in my first post but worth noting:

George Monbiot: http://www.monbiot.com/ -- he has semi-regular columns published in the Guardian (UK) as well.

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masaka___ Donating Member (181 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-23-04 08:09 AM
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34. Arundhati Roy is my hero!
She is such a skilled and passionate writer. I love her. When my best friend broke up with his last girlfriend and was thinking that all girls were Evil, I countered by pointing out Arundhati Roy and saying... "look! there is a woman who can write like this! they can't all be bad ;-)"

http://www.artistsnetwork.org/artists/aroy.html
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NV Whino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-04 11:20 PM
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15. Molly Ivins
(But ya gotta listen to her as well as read her), Jim Hightower, William Rivers Pitt.
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Starlight Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-04 11:26 PM
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17. Eric Alterman, The Nation
There are so many... :)
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yellowdogintexas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-04 11:34 PM
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18. Molly Ivins here too
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donheld Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-04 11:42 PM
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19. Maureen Farrell
www.buzzflash.com

also Howard Zinn, William Rivers Pitt, Molly Ivins, Paul Krugman, Seymour Hersh, John Nichols, Joe Conason, Gene Lyons
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NinetySix Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-23-04 12:18 AM
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21. Sidney Blumenthal
Ever since I read "Our Long National Daydream" years ago.
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SeveneightyWhoa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-23-04 12:27 AM
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24. Anyone who hasn't been shat upon..
..by Bob Somerby of The Daily Howler (www.dailyhowler.com).

If he has not shat upon you as of yet, chances are you are not that egregious of a douchebag.
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scarletwoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-23-04 12:43 AM
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26. Almost forgot! Peter Dale Scott - if you don't understand "deep politics"
NOTHING that's going on will ever really make sense.

http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~pdscott/index.html -- see also: http://www.gnn.tv/videos/video.php?id=8

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OneBlueSky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-23-04 12:48 AM
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27. let's not forget Helen Thomas . . . n/t
.
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bling bling Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-23-04 12:51 AM
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28. Jonathan Alter and Anna Quindlen
The only reasons I subscribed to Newsweek. My subscription just ran out, tho, and I won't be renewing. I don't feel like spending money anymore.
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UpsideDownFlag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-23-04 01:10 AM
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29. Will Pitt, Greg Palast, michael moore. nt
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tuvor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-23-04 01:27 AM
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30. OMG! No one's mentioned Helen Thomas!
Edited on Tue Nov-23-04 01:28 AM by tuvor
How could we? Sorry, Helen!

:spank:

ON EDIT: Sorry, OneBlueSky, missed your post.
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readmoreoften Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-23-04 04:04 AM
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31. Mark Crispin Miller n/t
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TroglodyteScholar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-23-04 06:16 AM
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33. Vonnegut
The man knows the human race as though they are old friends.
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raggedcompany Donating Member (399 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-23-04 08:47 AM
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35. Locke, Rousseau, Hume
Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay
Lincoln
Machiavelli
Aristotle
Plato
Michael Parenti
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