Op-Ed Department Articles from 2000
" The year 200 and American democracy "
Dec 28 2000
Molly Ivins
" Last minute Christmas gifts for us "
Dec 24 2000
Molly Ivins
" And now, the P.U.-litzer Prizes for 2000 "
Dec 23 2000
Norman Solomon
" Christmas book list "
Dec 21 2000
Molly Ivins
" A village without its idiot "
Dec 19 2000
Molly Ivins
" Forgive but don't forget "
Dec 17 2000
Molly Ivins
" Media crucial as Bush faces 'Legitimacy Gap' "
Dec 17 2000
Norman Solomon
" Some interesting stuff about the stock market "
Dec 15 2000
Molly Ivins
" How to improve on the feats of network news "
Dec 08 2000
Norman Solomon
" A dire shortage of pre-inaugural schlock "
Nov 30 2000
Norman Solomon
" The Bad Behavior Fiesta Bowl continues "
Nov 28 2000
Molly Ivins
" Beware the clumped chad "
Nov 23 2000
Molly Ivins
" Finally: A Huge Media Spectacle That Really Matters? "
Nov 23 2000
Norman Solomon
" Honest to Pete, this is historic "
Nov 22 2000
Molly Ivins
" Eat my chad "
Nov 21 2000
Molly Ivins
" Fearless champion of the underdog "
Nov 20 2000
Molly Ivins
" See it from the other side "
Nov 19 2000
Molly Ivins
" It’s not a recount -- it was actually a re-tally "
Nov 12 2000
Molly Ivins
" But daddy, you said I could be president! "
Nov 05 2000
Molly Ivins
" The poor kids are screwed again "
Nov 02 2000
Molly Ivins
" New Democrats: Maybe the jig is up "
Nov 02 2000
Norman Solomon
" I (don't) feel your pain "
Oct 31 2000
Molly Ivins
" In dreams begins responsibility "
Oct 29 2000
Molly Ivins
" Why I'm voting for Ralph "
Oct 26 2000
Molly Ivins
" Resistance to a tightening grip of censorship "
Oct 26 2000
Norman Solomon
" How dare they call him stupid "
Oct 24 2000
Molly Ivins
" Will the real Al Gore please stand up "
Oct 22 2000
Molly Ivins
" Liar, liar "
Oct 19 2000
Molly Ivins
" The debates: Truth is stranger than science fiction "
Oct 19 2000
Norman Solomon
" Military spending makes Molly MAD "
Oct 17 2000
Molly Ivins
" Media spin remains in sync with Israeli occupation "
Oct 13 2000
Norman Solomon
" No one can stand either one of them "
Oct 12 2000
Molly Ivins
" Our debts to new media technology "
Oct 06 2000
Norman Solomon
" The sport of naming judges "
Oct 05 2000
Molly Ivins
" The criminalization of politics "
Oct 03 2000
Molly Ivins
" Stretching the truth "
Oct 01 2000
Molly Ivins
" Freep Heroes - Fall 2000 "
Oct 01 2000
Free Press Staff
" Level the playing field: What a media concept! "
Sep 29 2000
Norman Solomon
" The textbook campaign "
Sep 17 2000
Molly Ivins
" Just don't get sick "
Sep 14 2000
Molly Ivins
" FBI - Fibbers Bureau of Investigation "
Sep 12 2000
Molly Ivins
" Are the upright primates too dumb to survive? "
Sep 10 2000
Molly Ivins
" End social promotion -- defeat Bush? "
Sep 07 2000
Molly Ivins
" Dr. Laura gets a TV show-but at what cost? "
Sep 07 2000
Norman Solomon
" A mostly forgotten labor tale of 19th century "
Sep 01 2000
Molly Ivins
" Before Texas spends more on prisons, let's think "
Aug 31 2000
Molly Ivins
" When watchdogs have a blind spot - for themselves "
Aug 31 2000
Norman Solomon
" Oral arguments "
Aug 29 2000
Molly Ivins
" Story of a survivor "
Aug 24 2000
Molly Ivins
" Paying homage to the Two-Party Media System "
Aug 24 2000
Norman Solomon
" Humanizing Al Gore "
Aug 22 2000
Molly Ivins
" Democratic steak and Republican pink clouds "
Aug 20 2000
Molly Ivins
" Is that a missile or a mylar balloon? "
Aug 15 2000
Molly Ivins
" Taking a surreality check in the great state "
Aug 13 2000
Molly Ivins
" Freep Heroes - Summer 2000 "
Aug 11 2000
Free Press Staff
" Holy smoke and mirrors: the rise of centrist theocrats "
Aug 10 2000
Norman Solomon
" The man they call “Bush’s brain” "
Aug 07 2000
Molly Ivins
" A few suggestions for the Republican operatives "
Aug 06 2000
Molly Ivins
" White People Can't Clap On Beat "
Aug 03 2000
Molly Ivins
" The Pleasantville party floats on a media cloud "
Aug 02 2000
Norman Solomon
" Aren't we all tired of attack politics? "
Jul 30 2000
Molly Ivins
" Who deserves credit for Texas? "
Jul 27 2000
Molly Ivins
" Is "Republican tax break for the rich" simply redundant? "
Jul 23 2000
Molly Ivins
" Proud of Texas Committee "
Jul 20 2000
Molly Ivins
" The easy media politics of optimism "
Jul 19 2000
Norman Solomon
" Would that be thin and crispy or thick and chewy? "
Jul 18 2000
Molly Ivins
" And how are things down there in Texas? "
Jul 16 2000
Molly Ivins
" Nader, Nader, he's our man "
Jul 13 2000
Molly Ivins
" And now, an all-new episode of 'Media Jeopardy!' "
Jul 13 2000
Norman Solomon
" Nader raises hackles of media establishment "
Jul 06 2000
Norman Solomon
" George Orwell's unhappy birthday "
Jun 29 2000
Norman Solomon
" God gave you a brain and meant you to use it "
Jun 27 2000
Molly Ivins
" The answer is blowin' in the wind "
Jun 24 2000
Molly Ivins
" The Los Alamos story: spinning like crazy "
Jun 22 2000
Norman Solomon
" A mock-ery of a death penalty trial "
Jun 21 2000
Molly Ivins
" Virtues and values "
Jun 20 2000
Molly Ivins
" Estate tax relief for the (poor little old) rich folks "
Jun 15 2000
Molly Ivins
" The case for corporate-given names "
Jun 15 2000
Norman Solomon
" We the corporation of the United States. . . "
Jun 13 2000
Molly Ivins
" The magic numbers are 5-2-7 "
Jun 11 2000
Molly Ivins
" Too much information "
Jun 08 2000
Molly Ivins
" Can 'E-government' bring us point-and-click democracy? "
Jun 08 2000
Norman Solomon
" Texas, warts and all "
Jun 06 2000
Molly Ivins
" Texans do not have full access to the courts "
Jun 02 2000
Molly Ivins
" Campaign forecast: A long hot summer of punditry "
Jun 01 2000
Norman Solomon
" Denial is not just a river "
May 31 2000
Molly Ivins
" Wolfe's yap "
May 30 2000
Alexander Cockburn
" Why is Bush so starry-eyed? "
May 28 2000
Molly Ivins
" Against summer "
May 26 2000
Alexander Cockburn
" U.S. news media: A security zone for Israel "
May 25 2000
Norman Solomon
" Social (In)Security "
May 23 2000
Molly Ivins
" Abuse at Carswell Prison is for real "
May 21 2000
Molly Ivins
" For a good time (and political favors), call . . . "
May 18 2000
Molly Ivins
" Virtual Commandments of the dot.com faith "
May 18 2000
Norman Solomon
" Off-leash! Dog politics "
May 17 2000
Alexander Cockburn
" Easy access to guns causes children's deaths "
May 16 2000
Molly Ivins
" Ethanol and NPR - enough to gag a maggot "
May 11 2000
Molly Ivins
" Overcoming the hazards of media monoculture "
May 11 2000
Norman Solomon
" Aggressive entrepreneurs” or white collar criminals? "
May 09 2000
Molly Ivins
" Trade with China debate "
May 04 2000
Molly Ivins
" Ad industry: Giving women special treatment "
May 03 2000
Norman Solomon
" Tacky T-shirts and Texas politics "
May 02 2000
Molly Ivins
" Prison riots wait for no presidential candidate "
Apr 30 2000
Molly Ivins
" Elian - This is how we do things here "
Apr 26 2000
Alexander Cockburn
" Yes, Virginia, there was a warrant "
Apr 25 2000
Molly Ivins
" The Easter season "
Apr 23 2000
Molly Ivins
" Raising Cain "
Apr 20 2000
Molly Ivins
" When Corporate Media Cover 'Independent Media' "
Apr 20 2000
Norman Solomon
" Sorry about the Buddhist temple thing "
Apr 13 2000
Molly Ivins
" Protests in Washington clash with media spin "
Apr 13 2000
Norman Solomon
" To make mistakes is glorious "
Apr 12 2000
Alexander Cockburn
" Capitalism is O.K. - as long as you're not poor "
Apr 11 2000
Molly Ivins
" The Elian crisis - it's the coffee "
Apr 09 2000
Molly Ivins
" Politics and money "
Apr 07 2000
Molly Ivins
" From the news media to Elian, with love "
Apr 06 2000
Norman Solomon
" Paradise lost to Prop. 13 "
Apr 04 2000
Molly Ivins
" Mickey Mouse network participates in abuse "
Mar 30 2000
Norman Solomon
" Hold that nun-killer! "
Mar 29 2000
Alexander Cockburn
" The FARC farce "
Mar 28 2000
Molly Ivins
" A season of news coverage: No cure for political blues "
Mar 25 2000
Norman Solomon
" The power and limits of photojournalism "
Mar 23 2000
Norman Solomon
" Big cheese endorses George Dubya "
Mar 21 2000
Molly Ivins
" Save gas, ride with a friend "
Mar 16 2000
Molly Ivins
" The media’s lethal injection of numbing "
Mar 16 2000
Norman Solomon
" Tribute to a country banker with a heart "
Mar 14 2000
Molly Ivins
" ...And if the government is failing, don "
Mar 12 2000
Molly Ivins
" The party's over "
Mar 09 2000
Molly Ivins
" Eugenics: The impulse never dies "
Mar 08 2000
Alexander Cockburn
" <I>Republicans</I> for clean air? "
Mar 05 2000
Molly Ivins
" Self-censorship is shadowing the new media era "
Mar 03 2000
Norman Solomon
" Granny D and campaign finance reform "
Mar 02 2000
Molly Ivins
" Reporting on bloodshed, TV journalists play dumb "
Mar 02 2000
Norman Solomon
" The war on youth "
Mar 01 2000
Alexander Cockburn
" George W. needs an HMO to fix his growing nose "
Feb 29 2000
Molly Ivins
" Dr. Laura: Radio’s leading anti-gay zealot "
Feb 24 2000
Norman Solomon
" NPR floats an ombudsman, but problems run deep "
Feb 17 2000
Norman Solomon
" E-Vandalism intrudes on the power to be heard "
Feb 10 2000
Norman Solomon
" Bush "Pioneers" creative campaign fund-raising "
Feb 08 2000
Molly Ivins
" Alan Greenspan of Sunnybrook Farm "
Feb 06 2000
Molly Ivins
" Fine journalism deserves a lot more attention "
Feb 03 2000
Norman Solomon
" George Bush and the smell of death "
Feb 02 2000
Alexander Cockburn
" A primary on today's politics "
Feb 01 2000
Molly Ivins
" Iowa was lots of fun, but there’s more to come "
Jan 27 2000
Molly Ivins
" Sticking to Bush’s message of the day "
Jan 25 2000
Molly Ivins
" Aol Time Warner: calling the faithful to their knees "
Jan 14 2000
Norman Solomon
" System of justice shutdown "
Jan 13 2000
Molly Ivins
" Y2K Bug and other paranoia "
Jan 11 2000
Molly Ivins
" What happened to the 'Information Superhighway'? "
Jan 07 2000
Norman Solomon
" The Democratic presidential contest "
Jan 06 2000
Molly Ivins
" The Future Past "
Jan 05 2000
Alexander Cockburn
" Happpy new millennium "
Jan 04 2000
Molly Ivins
" The oratory sweepstakes "
Jan 02 2000
Molly Ivins
" Eternal vigilance is the price of ... "
Jan 02 2000
Molly Ivins