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02 January 2004
George Will’s Ethics: None of Our Business?
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Norman Solomon
We can argue about George Will’s political views. But there’s no need to debate his professional ethics.

     Late December brought to light a pair of self-inflicted wounds to the famous columnist’s ethical pretensions. He...
31 December 2003
Count our blessings
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Alexander Cockburn
Count our blessings, an act the eternally pessimistic American left usually shuns on the grounds that it might indicate we've made some headway in progress toward the good, the true and the beautiful.

            First, let's...
28 December 2003
Factory Farming Cattle for Profit Speeds the Evolution of Disease
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Sarah Clark
Recently, the U.S. government officially acknowledged the presence of a lame cow slaughtered in Washington State that had the degenerative disease, Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE). This disease is caused by the prion, a recently...
26 December 2003
The unpardonable Lenny Bruce
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Norman Solomon
No doubt Lenny Bruce would have laughed with at least a tinge of bitterness if -- like millions of Americans -- he picked up a newspaper the day before Christmas 2003 and read that he’d been “pardoned” by the governor of New York for an...
23 December 2003
It's time to overrule the Supreme Court
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Jeff Milchen
I'm two states removed from California, and I don't know who I'd have supported in San Francisco's recent runoff election for mayor. But I know this: democracy lost.

Gavin Newsom won by a 53% to 47% margin, while his $3.8...
23 December 2003
Announcing the P.U.-litzer prizes for 2003
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Norman Solomon
The P.U.-litzer Prizes were established more than a decade ago to give recognition to the stinkiest media performances of the year.

     As usual, I have conferred with Jeff Cohen, founder of the media watch group FAIR, to...

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