In the glow of the Iraq war's initial military success, most American peace
activists felt profoundly demoralized. Between the war's portrayal as a
glamorous spectacle and Bush's seemingly overwhelming support, many who'd
recently marched...
29 July 2003
AUSTIN, Texas -- The congressional report by the committees on
intelligence about 9-11 partially made public last week reminds me of the
recent investigation into the crash of the Columbia shuttle -- months of
effort to reconfirm the...
28 July 2003
It's well past time to say it. Despite the weaseling and finger-pointing--in fact, because of it--the Forged Niger letter is indeed the smoking gun, and the chips have yet to stop falling. Who wrote the damn thing, and on whose orders? Who...
23 July 2003
ANCHORAGE -- Many and varied are the wonders, the splendors and
the peculiarities of the Other Great State. The funniest thing said by
Alaskans is, "Gonna be another scorcher" (means "could get into the 70s").
In...
In...
21 July 2003
I attended the United for Peace and Justice conference in Chicago, on
June 6-8, as a delegate of a local group Columbus Campaign for Arms
Control ("over 500 participants attended, from 38 states and
approximately 350 organizations,"...
21 July 2003
AUSTIN -- Probably because I'm supposed to have a sense of humor, I once wound up on a distinguished panel on the subject of legal ethics, which some people consider a joke to begin with. Dan Rather and I were there as agents...