AUSTIN, Texas -- Well, things do seem to be going to hell, don't
they? The beauty of having fled to Mexico for a week to escape the endless
blat of television news is that it leaves you with enough energy to tackle
the subject of the...
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05 April 2002
In times of crisis, many policymakers and journalists pay special
attention to the editorializing from America's most influential papers.
The spin of news coverage and the mix of individual opinion pieces
usually indicate the outlooks...
04 April 2002
AUSTIN, Texas -- The evidence just keeps stacking up that this
administration intends to turn the entire country into a giant Texas. The
hallmarks of Bush's governorship are everywhere, being reenacted on a
grander scale in Washington,...
28 March 2002
The Committee to Protect Journalists released a bleak report the
other day. "Attacks on the Press in 2001" is a thick document with
details about media suppression in much of the world. While American
readers may feel very fortunate,...
26 March 2002
AUSTIN, Texas -- Have you noticed that the health-care system is
not working? In fact, it's falling apart. And the most curious thing about
that is how few of the people for whom the system still works -- and they're
the ones who make...
21 March 2002
AUSTIN, Texas -- Boy, we are marching backwards on the
environment at a truly impressive pace. Between the Senate and the Bush
administration, we are advancing to the rear, double time. The Clean Air
Act, the Clean Water Act, fuel...