Climate change caused civilisation, scientist says (Alok Jha)

Alok Jha -- Guardian Unlimited Sept. 8, 2006 -- Severe climate change was the main driver behind the birth of civilisation, a scientist says. An increase in harsh, arid conditions across the globe ar ...

Intelligence Didn't Back Bush Iraq Stand, Reports Say (William Roberts & James Rowley)

William Roberts and James Rowley (Bloomberg) -- Sept. 8, 2006 -- Bush administration claims justifying the war against Iraq were based on fragmented, conflicting, and at times unreliable intelligence ...

BYU places '9/11 truth' professor on paid leave (Tad Walsh)

Tad Walch -- Deseret Morning News PROVO, Utah -- Sept. 6, 2006 -- Brigham Young University placed physics professor Steven Jones on paid leave Thursday while it reviews his involvement in the so-call ...

Armitage Says He Was Source of CIA Leak (R. Jeffrey Smith)

He Says He Did Not Know Covert Status By R. Jeffrey Smith -- Washington Post Sept. 8, 2006 -- Former Deputy Secretary of State Richard L. Armitage said yesterday that he believes he was the initial s ...

Books are our salvation (Paul Craig Roberts)

Paul Craig Roberts -- Information Clearing House Sept. 8, 2006 --Those of us who grew up before the time of virtual reality got inspiration from literature and biography. A combative scholar, a good ...

Interrogation Techniques Rejected By Military Get Bush Approval (Adam Liptak)

Adam Liptak -- New York Times NEW YORK -- Sept. 8, 2006 -- Many of the harsh interrogation techniques just repudiated by the Pentagon would be made lawful by legislation put forward the same day by t ...

'Gaza is a jail. Nobody is allowed to leave. We are all starving now' (Patrick Cockburn)

Patrick Cockburn -- The Independent GAZA -- Sept. 8, 2006 -- Gaza is dying. The Israeli siege of the Palestinian enclave is so tight that its people are on the edge of starvation. Here on the shores ...

Briefing for the Descent (John Michael Greer)

By John Michael Greer -- The Archdruid Report Sept. 7, 2006 -- As evidence piles up for the reality of peak oil, and more and more people start to grapple with an issue that challenges almost every a ...

Bush Aims to Kill War Crimes Act (Jeremy Brecher & Brendan Smith)

by JEREMY BRECHER & BRENDAN SMITH -- The Nation Sept. 5, 2006 -- The US War Crimes Act of 1996 makes it a felony to commit grave violations of the Geneva Conventions. The Washington Post recently rep ...

Self-Help in the Land of Denial (Mickey Z.)

Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Sept. 8, 2006 -- Legend has it that the song Sexy Sadie was written as a response to what the Beatles experienced while getting Zenny with their one-time guru, Maharishi ...

Oil, Heating Oil Plunge to 5-Month Lows on Ample U.S. Supplies (Mark Shenk)

By Mark Shenk Sept. 8, 2006 (Bloomberg) -- Crude oil and heating oil tumbled to five-month lows, and gasoline fell, on signs that U.S. fuel inventories will be sufficient as economic growth in the wo ...