The time has come when silence is betrayal of the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. Rev. King was assassinated on April 4, 1968 – exactly one year after, to the day, he delivered his most profound indictment of U.S. militarism. His “...
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27 March 2003
AUSTIN, Texas -- See if this doesn't make you wince. The
Washington Post reported last Saturday on how the Bush administration's
attempts to bully Turkey had backfired. Courtesy of John Marshall's website,
TalkingPointsMemo.com, I found...
27 March 2003
Two months ago, when I wandered through a large market near the
center of Baghdad, the day seemed like any other and no other. A vibrant
pulse of humanity throbbed in the shops and on the streets. Meanwhile, a
fuse was burning; lit in...
25 March 2003
AUSTIN, Texas -- There was Donald Rumsfeld on Sunday morning
repeatedly warning the Iraqis that prisoners of war are protected by the
Geneva Convention and showing pictures of POWs is wrong. That would be the
same Donald...
20 March 2003
AUSTIN, Texas -- Don't you hate when war starts in springtime? We are now united in desperately hoping that the war will be both easy and short.
The most depressing thing about this war is that we are going into it with the...
The most depressing thing about this war is that we are going into it with the...
20 March 2003
The national media echo chamber is not receptive to conscience. On
television, the voices are usually loud and facile. People often seem to
be shouting. In contrast, the human conscience is close to a whisper.
Easily unheard.
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