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December 2003

A New Look At 9/11 And Iraq

Wednesday, 31 December 2003 5:49 P GMT-07

This edited edition of THE PROGRESS REPORT, published by the "Center for American Progress," http://www.americanprogress.org , for Dec. 18, takes a fresh look at the investigation into 9/11 and into the changing importa

A Wolf In The Iraq Henhouse

Wednesday, 31 December 2003 4:19 P GMT-07

The Toronto Sun published this commentary by Eric Margolis on December 14, and it was reprinte

Public Broadcasting Under Siege

Tuesday, 30 December 2003 11:22 A GMT-07

The only real sources of unbiased news available through TV and Radio are C-Span and Public Broadcasting outlets (PBS and NPR). Now Public Broadcasting is under new attack by the Republicans. Common Cause, http://www.commoncause.org

Afganistan: The Forgotten War

Monday, 29 December 2003 6:17 P GMT-07

I have maintained all along that the only effective way to fight terrorism is through the

The Character Myth

Sunday, 28 December 2003 11:59 P GMT-07

On July 16, 2003, I posted a blog which I believe is one of the "must reads" on this site. I titled it "Language As A Weapon" and if you've not read it, I strongly urge you to do so. The author, Renana Brooks, a frequent contributor to TH

Parallel Career Paths

Friday, 26 December 2003 3:32 P GMT-07

Here's a quickie from Laura Flanders on her program, "Working Assets Radio." http://www.workingassetsradio.com . Her brief commentary, laura's SPIN can be heard every day. This one is from Dec. 15, 2003. Ar

Our Feith-Based Foreign Policy

Friday, 26 December 2003 12:54 P GMT-07

Columnist for the "Los Angeles Times," Christopher Sheer is co-author of "The Five Biggest Lies Bush Told Us About Iraq." In this short essay published in "Liberal Opinion Week" for Dec. 8, 2003, he discusses the role of Undersecretar

Lost In Space

Wednesday, 24 December 2003 4:56 P GMT-07

No, this is not about science fiction. It's about another Bush administration obsession: U.S. domination of the world through domination and control of space. The "enemy" today, so we're told, is terrorism and terrorists, not a

Throwing Away The Future

Wednesday, 24 December 2003 11:21 A GMT-07

During my recent illness, I've been unable to post a large number of important commentaries. I

I'll Be Back Soon!

Thursday, 18 December 2003 10:35 A GMT-07

Just a brief explanation for the long silence in posting new blogs to this site. I suffered a mild heart attack Saturday night, 12/14/03, and was in the hospital for a few days having an angioplasty and stent implantation. I'm

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Medicare, Iraq, Environment

Thursday, 11 December 2003 11:59 P GMT-07

I've gotten behind recently in posting here thanks to a bad cold and increased "busy-ness" during the holidays. I'll try to do better and may cut back on the editing and editorializing until I get caught up a bit. Her

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Jessica Lynch: A Hero After All

Sunday, 7 December 2003 11:59 P GMT-07

It's turned out, as Richard Cohen points out in the article below, that Jessica Lynch is a hero after all. No, she didn't "go down fighting" firing her rifle until out of ammunition. In fact she never fired a shot -- she was injured when

Neglecting Afganistan

Friday, 5 December 2003 4:20 P GMT-07

This report details how the U.S. government has badly neglected the situation in Afganistan -- you remember Afganistan, don't you? -- contrary to G.W. Bush's glowing reports about all that we've accomplished there. In fact, we've acc

Iraq War Not Against Terrorists

Thursday, 4 December 2003 4:28 P GMT-07

One of the most egregious lies that the Bush administration continues to keep trying to foist on to the American people, and the world for that matter, is that the invasion and occupation of Iraq is part of the so-called "war on terror." It isn

Mass Media, Mass Ignorance

Thursday, 4 December 2003 2:16 P GMT-07

Those of you who've read most of my blogs will know that I've taken r

Liberal Light At End Of Tunnel?

Thursday, 4 December 2003 12:44 P GMT-07

Despite the shrill ranting from talk radio and Fox News hosts, I've seen no evidence that liberals as a group "hate" George Bush. This charge may be understandable coming from the same people who hated Bill Clinton so rabidly but, as

Progress Report, 12-1-03

Wednesday, 3 December 2003 4:39 P GMT-07

Here's the latest "Progress Report" thanks to the Center For American Progress http://www.americanprogress.org . I like these reports as they adress in a concise manner a number of different issues. In this report se

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Tricks Of The Trade

Wednesday, 3 December 2003 12:55 P GMT-07

"Tricks of the Trade" was the title of a book on prostitution published back in the 1970s. It seems an appropriate title for this column by Christopher Sheer which exposes one of the "tricks of the trade" of the Bush administration as they cont