Analysis
Reflections on war and peace New Years Day 2003
January 9, 2003Opinion As World War II was approaching in the years before 1941, I recall heavy debates at our kitchen table as a neighbor and my dad tossed down boilermakers (shots of whisky and beer chasers), often...
Read moreGlobal warming: Smog belches from Bush administration
January 9, 2003The New Year began with environmentalists pressing two separate lawsuits charging the Bush administration with gutting the Clean Air Act and pushing policies that have accelerated global warming that poses a long term threat to life...
Read moreThe budget First congressional battle
January 7, 2003The federal government has been operating on stop-gap spending measures ever since Oct. 1 because the House and Senate could not agree on a budget for fiscal year 2003. Instead, Congress passed several “continuing resolutions” that...
Read moreMedia again duped by Pentagon
January 7, 2003The Federation of American Scientists has pointed to a startling revelation by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld that mainstream media have missed: In remarks during a recent press briefing, Rumsfeld suggested that though the controversial Office...
Read moreResignation fever a whole Lotta shakin goin on
January 7, 2003“I just looked around, and they were gone, Henry, Bernard and Trent.” Oops, doesn’t have the same ring as the classic song about Dr. King and President Kennedy, does it? The hit parade these past weeks...
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