Bush’s Waterloo: Will Katrina End the War in Iraq?

French Emporer Napoleon Bonaparte met his military end at Waterloo, a dank town south of Brussels, in modern-day Belgium. Napoleon, fabulously successful to that point, and always arrogant and self-conceited, had finally met his match. In New Orleans, President Bush has finally met his match. The emporer has no clothes. There is no turning back.
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The War on Poverty Has Been Lost

The aftermath of Hurricane Katrina makes it abundantly clear that we lost the war on poverty long ago and we openly ignored it. For over two decades, we glorified corporate raiders and preached the benefits of tax cuts to the mostly wealthy and corporations. We also loved to talk about how we were all being [...]

The War on Poverty Has Been Lost

The aftermath of Hurricane Katrina makes it abundantly clear that we lost the war on poverty long ago and we openly ignored it. For over two decades, we glorified corporate raiders and preached the benefits of tax cuts to the mostly wealthy and corporations. We also loved to talk about how we were all being [...]