There is a solution that most of us are not seriously considering but should be. We are all increasingly aware of the problem: a world that lacks peace, democracy, an equitable distribution of resources, and practices that can be...
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19 December 2005
AUSTIN, Texas -- Uh-oh. Excuse me. I'm so sorry, but we are having a constitutional crisis. I know the timing couldn't be worse. Right in the middle of the wrapping paper, the gingerbread and the whole shebang, a tiny honest-to-goodness...
17 December 2005
The U.S. government is waging an air war in Iraq. “In recent months,
the tempo of American bombing seems to have increased,” Seymour Hersh
reported in the Dec. 5 edition of The New Yorker. “Most of the
targets appear to be in the hostile,...
17 December 2005
At the end of November, newspapers across the United States and
beyond told readers about sensational new statements by a former top
assistant to Colin Powell when he was secretary of state. After
interviewing Lawrence Wilkerson, the...
15 December 2005
AUSTIN, Texas -- As one on the liberal side of the chorus of moaners about the decline of civility in politics, I feel a certain responsibility when earnest, spaniel-eyed conservatives like David Brooks peer at us hopefully and say, "Well...
13 December 2005
AUSTIN, Texas -- Pre-procrastination Christmas booklist! Look at this, fellow procrastinators -- almost two weeks before the actual day, and here I am to solve all your shopping problems with the annual one-stop, hit-the-bookstore with...