Yearly Archives: 2007

Director’s Interview: Charles Ferguson Charles Ferguson, director of “No End in Sight,” talks to NOW about the dangers of filming in Iraq, his career jump from M.I.T. scholar to filmmaker, and his surprise at Sundance. NOW: What inspired you to … Continue reading →

14. Add Equal Rights Amendment covering all reasonable definitions of “rights” to the U.S. Constitution Thirty-five years ago, an Equal Rights Amendment that spoke only to gender inequality, was approved by Congress and forwarded to the states for ratification. It … Continue reading →

Kucinich: Congress Must Tell The President ‘No’ To Additional War Funding WASHINGTON – August 29 – Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) issued the following statement calling on Congress to not appropriate any more funds for the war in Iraq, in response … Continue reading →

Stand Up In September Vigil On Staten IslandBy Next Left Notes – August 28, 2007 | News Our Very Own David Hamilton of MDS at the Stand Up vigil – in Austin, TX(Photo: Sally Hamilton / MDS) STATEN ISLAND, NY … Continue reading →

These pranksters were perhaps a bit too kind ….

The Developing Situation in Iraq I wrote an article last week – Oil and the new Sunni alliance with the U.S. – and there are some interesting developments to this story for your consideration. David Ignatius (WaPo) published an article … Continue reading →

How Did We Get Into This Mess?by George Monbiot, August 29, 2007, Guardian For the first time, the United Kingdom’s consumer debt now exceeds our gross national product: a new report shows that we owe £1.35 trillion(1). Inspectors in the … Continue reading →

Who Won’t Stand Up for Kenneth Foster? Charles Rangel, For OneBy BEN DAVIS Barring a miracle–and miracles are in short order on Texas’ death row–Kenneth Foster is likely to die Thursday. The battle around his case has been a heroic … Continue reading →

Will Bush Take Everything Down With Him? More Shame, More SorrowBy PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS In the administration of George W. Bush, the Republican Party has achieved the greatest combination of idiocy and evil in human history. The Republicans have bogged … Continue reading →

The Forced Freeing of Gay Men from the Republican Closet: The GOP’s Outed All-StarsBy DAVID ROSEN One more Republican conservative was outed this week for his illicit sexual conduct. “Roll Call,” the newspaper that covers Capitol Hill, broke the story … Continue reading →

We find it generally nonconstructive to report on Junior, but this reality he’s in is scaring us. The surge is working, Iran is a menace, a Mid-East nuclear arms race … Where does he live? Bush sells Iraq troop-surge policy, … Continue reading →

When It Comes to Guns, We’re No. 1By Laura MacInnis,ReutersPosted: 2007-08-29 07:12:06 GENEVA (Aug. 28) – The United States has 90 guns for every 100 citizens, making it the most heavily armed society in the world, a report released on … Continue reading →