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10 April 2002
In defense of the Open Shelter
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A Concerned Citizen
Dear Editor:

The Community Shelter Board is finally getting its way in its mission to finally close down the Open Shelter. The Executive Director, Barbara Poppe, representing only the interests of the downtown...
10 April 2002
Justice or Revenge?
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Lara Koneksy
To the editor-

I am merely wondering why it is that we have confused the ideal of justice, with this immoral and detrimental notion of revenge. With the recent execution of John Byrd, the lines have become blurred, as...
09 April 2002
American Journal: From the West Bank to Barbecue
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Alexander Cockburn
For those eagerly awaiting the uproar from this writer on the unspeakable assaults on Palestinians on the West Bank, the carnage in the camps and the siege of the Holy Church of the Nativity by Sharon's troops, a word of warning: This...
04 April 2002
Sharon's Wars: How the News Gets Through
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Alexander Cockburn
Here we are, 20 years on, and many of the reports of what's been happening as the Israeli army smashes its way through Ramallah, Bethlehem and the other Palestinian towns reminds me of what came out of Lebanon in 1982 as...
27 March 2002
The Year of the Yellow Notepad
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Alexander Cockburn
Call it the year of the yellow notepad. Doris Kearns Goodwin, ejected from Parnassus, from Pulitzer jury service and kindred honorable obligations, sinks under charges of plagiarism consequent, she claims, upon sloppy note-taking on her...
27 March 2002
The Sins of the Church
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Alexander Cockburn
The ripe tones of Cardinal Mahoney of Los Angeles filled my house Tuesday morning, courtesy of NPR. Mahoney spoke of his horror, his shame at the stories of priest abuse. He apologized to the victims. The mellifluous sanctimony of his...

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