The U.S. directed the war against South Vietnam. There was a political settlement in 1954. But in the late '50's the United States organized an internal repression in South Vietnam, not using its troops, but using the local apparatus it was constructing. This was a very significant and very effective campaign of violence and terrorism against the Vietminh - which was the communist-led nationalist force that fought the French. And the Vietminh at that time was adhering to the Geneva Accords, hoping that the political settlement would work out in South Vietnam.

The money in politics is a cash cow for the media.

All media depend on advertisement to survive.

If you ask the CEO of some major corporation what he does, he will say, in all honesty, that he is slaving 20 hours a day to provide his customers with the best goods or services he can and creating the best possible working conditions for his employees.

The United States is going to continue to punish Iran because of its defiance.

I don't entirely agree with the slogan "speaking truth to power."

[There is] is all part of the whole neoliberal shift in the economy. But the parties have shifted to the right.