Readers have expressed puzzlement about the ability of Alexander Cockburn and I to get along despite our differing views on 9/11. There are many reasons to appreciate Alex, and conformity of views is not required. When Alex died last July, I wrote that “I will have more to say about him at a later time.” CounterPunch wanted to include my remembrance of Alex in the...
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WORLD WITHOUT TORTURE: THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE WEST
Paul Craig Roberts was interviewed by Nilantha Ilangamuwa, editor of Torture, a print and online magazine published by the Asian Human Rights Commission based in Hong Kong and the Rehabilitation and Research Centre for Torture Victims in Denmark. Torture: Asian and Global Perspectives is a new initiative which focuses on torture and its related issues globally. Writers interested in having their research on this subject...
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My 60 Minute Interview with Paul Craig Roberts Sept 2012 ~ The Rob Kall Bottom Up Radio Show Podcast
Below are the questions Rob Kall asked. To listen to Paul Craig Roberts replies please go to: http://www.opednews.com/Podcast/Paul-Craig-Roberts-Sept-20-by-Rob-Kall-120911-518.html] Paul Craig Roberts, former Assistant Secretary of the US Treasury and Associate Editor of the Wall Street Journal, columnist at Business Week and Scripps Howard, professor at Stanford and Georgetown, advisor to major financial firms, author of 11 books. Economies on the Abyss-- the Failure of Globalism,...
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The Revolution From Above ~ Paul Craig Roberts
Today the Western peoples are experiencing the destruction of their well being that is comparable to what the one percent in Rome imposed on Roman citizens and conquered peoples. Here is how John Williams (shadowstats.com, 9-12-12) phrases the wipeout of Americans’ hopes: “Consumers simply cannot make ends meet. Inflation-adjusted, or real, median household income declined for the fourth-straight year, plunging to its lowest level since...
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Interview of Paul Craig Roberts by Fabrice Drouin Ristori about Gold and the Current Monetary System
Fabrice Drouin Ristori, founder of Goldbroker.com, interviews Paul Craig Roberts. [This article was originally published: https://www.goldbroker.com/news/interview-paul-craig-roberts-by-fabrice-drouin-ristori-gold-current-monetary-system-102.html] Dr. Roberts was Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy in the Reagan administration. He was Associate Editor and columnist for the Wall Street Journal, columnist for Business Week, columnist for the Scripps Howard News Service and columnist for Creators Syndicate. He has held numerous academic appointments including...
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The 11th Anniversary of 9/11 ~ Paul Craig Roberts
The article below was written for the Journal of 9/11 Studies for the eleventh anniversary of September 11, 2001, the day that terminated accountable government and American liberty. It is posted here with the agreement of the editors. In order to understand the improbability of the government’s explanation of 9/11, it is not necessary to know anything about what force or forces brought down the...
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The Declining West: Tragedy or Comedy? ~ Paul Craig Roberts
During the Vietnam War, Sweden was an independent country with a moral conscience, and Sweden gave sanctuary to US war protestors who refused the draft. Washington realized the cost to itself and purchased the Swedish government in order to prevent a reoccurrence of moral conscience on the part of any Western government. In the aftermath of World War II and during the subsequent decades of...
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Spinning Bad Financial News Into Good ~ Paul Craig Roberts
Friday’s payroll jobs report says that 96,000 new jobs were created in August and that the unemployment rate (U.3) fell from 8.3% to 8.1%. As 96,000 new jobs are not enough to keep up with population growth, the decline in the U.3 unemployment rate was caused by 368,000 discouraged job seekers giving up on finding employment and dropping out of the work force as measured...
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The Message From Both Parties Is That Americans Are Disposable ~ Paul Craig Roberts
If political conventions are ranked on a one to ten scale for intelligence, I give the Republican Convention zero and the Democrats one. How can the United States be a superpower when both political parties are unaware of everything that is happening at home and abroad? The Republicans are relying for victory on four years of anti-Obama propaganda and their proprietary programed electronic voting machines....
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THE REPUBLICANS CROSS THE RUBICON ~ Paul Craig Roberts
Does anyone remember when National Public Radio was an independent voice? During the 1980s NPR was continually on the case of the Reagan administration. NPR certainly had a Democratic slant, and a lot of its reporting about the Reagan administration was one-sided. Yet, NPR was an independent voice, and it sometimes got things correct. In the 21st century that voice has disappeared, which was the...
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