AUSTIN, Texas -- This is a gross scandal. The Center for Public
Integrity has a stunning study out on the concentration of ownership in
telecommunications. The even more stunning news is that the Federal
Communications Commission, which...
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28 May 2003
NEW YORK CITY -- Much as I hate to interrupt what is apparently
a deeply felt triumphalism on the American right, now that it's over, does
anyone see any reason for our having invaded Iraq?
I realize that's...
I realize that's...
27 May 2003
AUSTIN, Texas -- It was horrible and sickening, but I could not
stop watching the final days of the Texas Legislature. Fellow Texans, the
ripple effects of this disaster will come to haunt us all.
Just for starters...
Just for starters...
22 May 2003
By now, it's a media ritual. Whenever the U.S. government raises
the alert level for terrorism -- as when officials announced the orange
code for "high risk" on May 20 -- local, regional and national news
stories assess the dangers and...
15 May 2003
BOISE, Idaho -- When last we left the saga of Texas' few living
elected Democrats, they had fled the state pursued by minions of the law --
legislators on the lam. These courageous citizens, fleeing vile Republican
oppression in their...
14 May 2003
AUSTIN, Texas -- They just went too far, that's all. This
session of the legislature has been as brutal, callous and indifferent to
the welfare of the weakest, the most frail, youngest and oldest Texans as it
is possible to get...