1. Thus Spoke Olmert
(Newsletter)

...CONTINUE... Sen. McCain knows best Op_ed By Sheldon Richman    Saturday, 02 August 2008 Hubris in the First Degree “[A]s president, I will commit two billion dollars each year on cl...

2. Killing the Constitution
(Newsletter)

... The Bush-Cheney imperialist, neo-liberal, neo-conservative government, is arguably the apex of American hubris, an apex of demagoguery. Of course, one cannot dismiss the pride and arrogance of past ...

3. A Nation of Golems
(Editor/Editorial)

...ces that exist in the world, thus replacing obedience to God with a soulless form that is obedient to the hubris that contaminates a mortal. The myth explores the conflict between the self proclaimed ...

4. Prosecuting Bush And Cheney Could Prevent Future Crimes
(Opinions/op-ed)

...ges does not know, and ignores, history.”   Other factors include a national penchant for violence, hubris, “lies, distortions and delusions,” “a desire to maintain American power at a preeminen...

5. Beyond Independence
(Opinions/Society)

... fortunate. All of human history argues against having faith in this power-seeking, with its accompanying hubris and self-delusion. But history is conveniently ignored by the powerful as they congratu...

6. Against the Tortured Logic of Obama's Placebo Presidency
(Editor/Editorial)

...alse convictions fall, it is possible for a  leveling of sanity to prevail. But there can be no more hubristic flights borne on waxen wings. No more multibillion dollar confidence scams from Wall...

7. Al Qaeda, Taliban and the Military in Pakistan
(Opinions/Features)

...nsibly for its war on Taliban and Al Qaeda , but to occupy Russia’s strategic underbelly .Still driven by hubris and backed by Tony Blair’s UK ,USA then invaded Iraq against the UN charter and the wis...

8. Endless Night
(Opinions/Society)

... would be foolish to imagine that Christian anti-semitism is dead.  It is merely layered over by the hubris of the gas chambers and the concentration camps.  Arab/ Palestinian/ Muslim vitupe...

9. War on Terror Is Over (if you want it)
(Opinions/Politic)

...c goals, strategies, limits, parameters or even enemies.   A perfect storm of unrestrained power and hubris.   The vital question is: Will The War on Terror framework become the permanent de...

10. Suddenly, it may be cool to be an American again
(Mamblog/Default Category)

...er in chief. That gives U.S. citizens some bragging rights, even if a lot of us would just as soon eschew hubris and embrace humility. I'm a marathon runner, and I have a red, white and blue singlet...