Mario Penalver interview in Ohio: “a world without strangers”
Mario Penalver, who is walking from Chicago, Illinois to DC for Peace is interviewed in Fireside, Ohio.
Mario’s Poetry:
salon.com All hail the king Under Bush, loyalty has reigned supreme. But as his presidency unravels, his obligation to his faithful servants — from Gonzales to Wolfowitz — has become perilously relative. By Sidney Blumenthal May 17, 2007 | Loyalty has always been the alpha and omega of George W. Bush’s presidency. But all the…
By Frida Berrigan, tomdispatch.com An introduction by Tom Engelhardt: Hey, aren’t we the most exceptional nation in history? George Bush and his pals thought so — and they were in a great American tradition of exceptionalism. Of course, they were imagining us as the most exceptional empire in history (or maybe at the end of…
More Than 190 Arrested at D.C. Protest By MATTHEW BARAKAT WASHINGTON (AP) – Several thousand anti-war demonstrators marched through downtown Washington on Saturday, clashing with police at the foot of the Capitol steps where more than 190 protesters were arrested. The group marched from the White House to the Capitol to demand an end to…
By Joseph L. Galloway – McClatchy Newspapers Early next week the U.S. Senate will vote on an extension of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, with a few small amendments intended to immunize telecommunications corporations that assisted our government in the warrantless and illegal wiretapping it has grown to love. That such a gutting of the…
By Michael Isikoff, Newsweek Don’t ever say the Bush administration doesn’t take care of its own. Nearly three years after Paul Wolfowitz resigned as deputy Defense secretary and six months after his stormy departure as president of the World Bank-amid allegations that he improperly awarded a raise to his girlfriend-he’s in line to return to…
11alive – A rally in support of impeaching President Donald Trump on Monday in Atlanta continued a President Day’s weekend of similar gatherings across the nation. VIDEO Organizers said the “sidewalk only” march began at the Arts Center MARTA station in Midtown and spanned five miles northward to Lenox Square Mall in Buckhead. Officials from…