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Oil Drilling, the New ‘Clean’ Energy?
The New York Sun ran this idyllic graphic with its op-ed by Texas state Rep. Myra Crownover, who also owns a drilling company. Texas state Rep. Myra Crownover — who owns an oil drilling company — asserts that ‘oil drilling … Continue reading
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Tagged Energy, Environment, Katrina, McCain, Oil Companies, Oil Drilling, Texas, Texas Legislature
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John Edwards? Paging Henry Cisneros
Henry Cisneros and friend: In the day.San Antonio’s Cisneros ‘was on his way to becoming the Latino Obama before he cheated on his saintly wife’By Melinda Henneberger / August 10, 2008 John Edwards is reminding me more and more of … Continue reading
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Tagged Henry Cisneros, John Edwards, Political Scandal, San Antonio, Texas
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Hipster: The Dead End of Western Civilization
‘Lovers of apathy and irony, hipsters are connected through a global network of blogs and shops’By Douglas Haddow We’ve reached a point in our civilization where counterculture has mutated into a self-obsessed aesthetic vacuum. So while hipsterdom is the end … Continue reading
San Antonio Baptist Church Says ‘Gay Street’ Not ‘Baptist Way’
City Council won’t change street nameBy Kate X Messer / August 9, 2008 According to WOAI, the NBC affiliate in the Alamo City, San Antonio City Council has denied Second Baptist Church’s request to change the name of the street … Continue reading
The Wife John McCain Callously Left Behind
Forgotten woman: Carol McCain.‘There is another Mrs McCain who casts a ghostly shadow over the Senator’s presidential campaign’By Sharon Churcher / August 8, 2008 Now that Hillary Clinton has at last formally withdrawn from the race for the White House, … Continue reading
What Will the Candidates Do to End the Unwinnable War on Drugs?
‘The prohibition of drugs is perhaps the most disastrous policy currently pursued by the US government’By Johann Hari / August 10, 2008 On January 20th 2009, either the president of the United States will be a man who used to … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Civil Liberties, Drug War, Drugs, Organized Crime, Prohibition, War on Drugs
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William Greider : Economic Free Fall
Avenging Angels. Illustration courtesy of The Nation.‘In their haste to do anything the financial guys seem to want, Congress and the lame-duck President are, I fear, sowing far more profound troubles for the country’By William Grieder This article appears in … Continue reading
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Tagged Banking, Bush Administration, Congress, Economy, Federal Reserve, Investments, Wall Street
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San Francisco Peaks : Court Allows Further Development on Sacred Native American Land
Native American dancers in Arizona.‘Ruling in the case to protect the environmental and cultural integrity of Arizona’s San Francisco Peaks’By Brenda Norrell / August 9, 2008 FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Bending under pressure from the Bush Administration, the Ninth Circuit Court … Continue reading
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Tagged Environment, Federal Courts, Indigenous People, Native Americans, Public Lands, Religious Freedom, Spirituality
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Independence in South Ossetia or World War III?
‘We the people have maybe 24 hours to make up our own minds.’By Greg Moses / August 9, 2008 Considering the grave implications of the battle that has broken out over South Ossetia, it was puzzling to see the sparse … Continue reading
MEDIA : The Press and the Atomic Bomb
Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 60,000 feet into the air on the morning of Aug. 9, 2008.63 Years Ago: Media Distortions Set Tone for Nuclear Age By Greg Mitchell / August 6, 2008 At this time … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Atomic Bomb, History, Media, Media Distortion, Military History, Nagasaki, Nuclear Weapons, The Press, World War II
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Elizabeth Edwards : Today
Elizabeth Edwards. Photo by Gerry Broome / AP.‘We have stood with one another through (it) all…’By Elizabeth Edwards / August 8, 2008 Our family has been through a lot. Some caused by nature, some caused by human weakness, and some … Continue reading
Needed : Peace Movement Strategy on Afghanistan
Barack Obama with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, center foreground, and other officials at the Presidential Palace in Kabul, Sunday, July 20, 2008. Photo by AP.‘Obama’s proposal is so ill advised that one might expect it to die on its own … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Foreign Policy, Imperialism, Iraq Occupation, Obama, Peace Movement
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