The only reason George W. Bush is president today – unleashing the dogs of war and pushing the U.S. into becoming a hard right, authoritarian and militaristic state – is the unconscionable “War on Drugs.”. Like Benito Mussolini in the...
15 April 2003
With U.S. troops occupying Iraq and the Bush administration making
bellicose noises about Syria, let's consider some rarely mentioned words
from the most revered writer in American history.
Mark Twain was painfully...
Mark Twain was painfully...
11 April 2003
In times of war, journalists can serve as vital witnesses for the
people of the world. So it's especially sinister when governments take
aim at reporters and photographers.
A few weeks ago, when I was talking with...
A few weeks ago, when I was talking with...
08 April 2003
AUSTIN, Texas -- Oh good. It looks as though we're going to have
as big a fight over postwar plans for Iraq as we did over the war itself.
Just what we need, more of everybody being at everybody else's throat.
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03 April 2003
Former Texas Gov. Ann Richards observed the other day that the
price of gasoline has gone so high in Texas that women who want to run over
their husbands have to carpool.
Thought we needed a laugh before plunging...
Thought we needed a laugh before plunging...
03 April 2003
Minutes after the dawn spread daylight across the Iraqi desert,
"embedded" CNN correspondent Walter Rodgers was on the air with a live
report. Another employee at the network, former U.S. Gen. Wesley
Clark -- on the job in a TV studio...
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