Recent Letters

In Backtalk: Monica Benderman announces the establishment of the Kevin Benderman Defense Committee’s Web site: BendermanDefense.org. John Mayew suggests that we write to our elected representatives in support of Sibel Edmonds, while T. Tunney says that letter-writing is futile. Kent Johnson: Bush is the American Robespierre. Don Bacon, of the Smedley Butler Society, thinks Bush doesn’t care who runs Iraq – it’s all about war-profiteering and controlling the oil. "Scheherazade" agrees that oil is a motivator but suggests that the U.S. has intentionally empowered Iraq’s Shias as a counterweight to the Saudi Wahhabi Sunnis. Mohamed Shukri defends Islam’s treatment of women. And more…