Yearly Archives: 2007

Congress, with the new Democratic majority, opens tomorrow (Jan. 4). As the Washington Post reported today, “Nowhere in the Democrats’ consensus-driven agenda is legislation revisiting last year’s establishment of military tribunals and suspending legal rights for suspected terrorists. Nor is … Continue reading →

Israeli policy in the Occupied Territories: what should one call it?By V. BuchJan 3, 2007, 16:38 The State of Israel calls it “fight for existence” or “fight against terror”. Its detractors call it “colonization”, “apartheid”, or “ethnic cleansing”. Baruch Kimmerling … Continue reading →

Bush Theocrats Censor Grand Canyon Geology, Insist It Was Formed by Noah’s FloodPosted by Jon Ponder | Jan. 3, 2007, 9:03 am From Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER): Grand Canyon National Park is not permitted to give an official … Continue reading →

On July 20th 1944 plotters led by Klaus Von Stauffenberg attempted to assassinate the lawful ruler of Germany but fate intervened and Hitler survived. However the blood lust of this psychopathic serial killer would take weeks and thousands to satiate. … Continue reading →

Stand with Lt. Ehren Watada Against Illegal and Immoral War in Iraq “My fellow soldiers are fighting and dying in Iraq and their families are suffering because of the lies and deceptions crafted by the Bush Administration. The Iraq war … Continue reading →

Another picture with a story. I met Emily in 1964 when I was 13 and she was 12. Our Dads were working on a high school textbook and we were staying in the same apartment block in Boulder, Colorado. She … Continue reading →

Nearly the only rational thing said about this business in the past few days. Pardoning Nixon Saved the GOP, Not the USAPosted by Jon Ponder | Jan. 2, 2007, 2:34 pm Gerald Ford was a solid and even-tempered Old School … Continue reading →

Debutante Ashley Walker Bush, granddaughter of former U.S. President George H. W. Bush and niece of U.S. President George W. Bush , represents the United States as she curtsies on stage in the Grand Ballroom of New York’s famed Waldorf … Continue reading →

… about how thickly his and his friends pockets will be padded when it’s all over. The White House assures us that Bush cares I’m not a historian, but doesn’t the recurring insistence that the president “feels” the losses in … Continue reading →

Invasion of the Body ScannersNew airport X-Rays may be a useful way to detect hidden explosives—but officials will have to keep a tight rein on their useby David H. Holtzman Phoenix flyers will soon be the first travelers digitally stripped … Continue reading →

Next big test of power to seize property?The US Supreme Court will examine whether a private company can demand payment in exchange for not seizing private property.By Warren Richey | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Bart Didden wanted … Continue reading →