Yearly Archives: 2007

On Wednesday Students for Sensible Drug Policy officially took action to defend students’ rights in a brief filed in the most important Supreme Court case ever to deal with student free speech about drugs and drug policy. SSDP filed an … Continue reading →

Thank you, Charlie.

Iraq cabinet endorses landmark draft oil lawBy Claudia Parsons and Mariam Karouny Mon Feb 26, 3:59 PM ET BAGHDAD/BEIRUT (Reuters) –Iraq’s cabinet on Monday endorsed a draft oil law crucial to regulating how wealth from the country’s vast oil reserves … Continue reading →

On the streets, in the Halls of Congress, in front of the U.S. Supreme Court, at the gates of the White House itself, and elsewhere, activists have opposed the Bush-Cheney Gang’s illegal and immoral war in Iraq, as well as … Continue reading →

That is sometimes the way we feel about these politicians. They don’t say anything truthful or meaningful; they just want to read their own names in a headline. Having said all that, why do we believe it is more likely … Continue reading →

Juan Cole at Informed Comment has a fine assessment of what the deal is between the American Enterprise Institute, big oil, war, and this administration. And it isn’t pretty. Al Gore, Global Warming, the Oscars and the Iraq War That … Continue reading →

It is a mystery to us how the American people can allow all this to begin again, with virtually identical rhetoric and actions as occurred in mid- to late 2002, just prior to the aggression against Iraq. It is cynicism … Continue reading →

Slavery Ties Sharpton to ThurmondAP NEW YORK (Feb. 25) – Genealogists have revealed that the Rev. Al Sharpton is a descendent of a slave owned by relatives of the late Sen. Strom Thurmond – a discovery the civil rights activist … Continue reading →

Saving Us from the Bad Guys, Again: Missile Defense ReduxBy RON JACOBS Huh? According to Condi Rice, the US attempt to put missile shields in Poland and the Czech Republic is to counter some future Iranian missile threat? What would … Continue reading →

We reported this incident last Autumn. We might call this a victory, or we might recognize it for what the prosecutor clearly says: “… we don’t want to put the war machine on trial.” 36 Indian Island protesters have charges … Continue reading →

What the New York Times doesn’t say about the court ruling on habeas corpusPublished on Sunday, February 25, 2007.Source: WSWS – By Joe Kay The New York Times on Thursday published an editorial on this week’s appeals court ruling upholding … Continue reading →

‘Mercenaries’ to fill Iraq troop gapBRIAN BRADY WESTMINSTER EDITOR (bdbrady@scotlandonsunday.com) MINISTERS are negotiating multi-million-pound contracts with private security firms to cover some of the gaps created by British troop withdrawals. Days after Tony Blair revealed that he wanted to withdraw … Continue reading →