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William A. Cook is a far-leftist professor of English at the University of La Verne in southern California. He is a regular correspondent for Counterpunch, and most of the drivel that he writes there is anti-Israel and anti-Jewish, although some is also anti-Christian. A professor of English literature with a highly-dubious academic record (in fact with none at all that we could uncover) at a third-rate college, he sees himself as having the credentials and expertise to make pontifical pronouncements on everything from the workings of capitalism to the history of the Middle East. La Verne "University" is a small...

The tragic case of Terri Schiavo writes a new chapter in the ongoing American saga that is often titled “the culture war.” It’s no longer just about a so-called “right to life.” The Christian right insists that it’s about a “culture of life.” They’ve been waving that slogan around for years. Now mainstream America is getting used to it. Those of us who actively oppose the Christian right had better get used it, too. We’re going to be hearing a lot about this “culture of life” from now on. “Culture of LIFE?” we ask, with justified outrage. These same people...

ITHACA--In an editorial in the Ithaca Journal (which cannot be reposted here thanks to the cretins at Gannett news), Susan Buck-Morss, a "professor of political philosophy and social theory at Cornell University" wrings her hands over the recent Iraqi elections and argues they may not be legitimate.Bush-Morss, in arguing against the election results, attacks the election on issues that including campaign financing, ethnic politics and not letting prisoners vote.In other words, she seems to hinting that "Bush stole another election."