A friend, independent journalist Brian Conley, posted to Twitter about a use of the term “anti-American” by JJ Sutherland on NPR that I also questioned. Brian noted his disappointment that the term was used when “anti-occupation” would be more accurate, and obviously true. Since then I have picked-up on more seemingly lax and inaccurate uses [...]
Is Muqtada al-Sadr anti-American? NPR thinks so.
May 5th, 2008 No Comments
Tags: anti-American · Bowman · context · Iraq · journalism · Kasell · language · Media · National Public Radio · NPR · occupation · Politics · radio · Sadr · Sadrists · Sutherland · Twitter · war
News of 120 veteran suicides a week, veterans share war experiences
March 16th, 2008 No Comments
My friend Sam Husseini shared this news with me, from a CBS News report:
So CBS News did an investigation - asking all 50 states for their suicide data, based on death records, for veterans and non-veterans, dating back to 1995. Forty-five states sent what turned out to be a mountain of information.
And what it revealed [...]
Tags: dissent · Iraq · veterans · war
Anti-war Catholics observe Ash Wednesday at White House
February 6th, 2008 No Comments
Catholic anti-war demonstrators marched on the White House today, setting off at noon from St. Matthew’s Cathedral. Today’s action was part of their observation of Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent and a tradition with a theme of repentence.
A flyer being handed out quoted Pope Benedict XVI as saying “Christ needs apostles ready to [...]
Tags: anti-war · Art Laffin · Ash Wednesday · Catholics · Dorothy Day Catholic Worker · Iraq · protest · vigil · war · White House