A dozen of us have begun a sit-in at the House Judiciary Committee office. Come join us at Rayburn 2138. Leslie Angeline and Ellen Taylor of Code Pink are the leaders here. Laurel Jensen is here, and Michael Heaney, Thalia Doukas, Darryl...
03 April 2008
The great moral issue of our era is the illegal war in Iraq. Like the issues of slavery, the civil rights
movement and the Vietnam War in past epochs, silence on this issue equals complicity.
On March 17, the Citizens...
On March 17, the Citizens...
03 April 2008
What could be more brittle than “Americanism”? What could be more tedious than the mass defense of its teary-eyed, ahistorical ignorance?
We are still in the toddler stage of national awareness, apparently, too young to be...
We are still in the toddler stage of national awareness, apparently, too young to be...
27 March 2008
The ground feels a little soft, but we’re going to stand it.
Premise one: Having a fair election — all votes counted, all who are eligible and want to vote allowed to vote — is far, far more important, even in 2008, than who...
Premise one: Having a fair election — all votes counted, all who are eligible and want to vote allowed to vote — is far, far more important, even in 2008, than who...
24 March 2008
"I trained my weapon on him," Kristopher Goldsmith said. It was a little boy, 6 years old maybe, standing on a roof, menacing the soldiers with a stick. "I was thinking, I hate these Iraqis who throw rocks. I could kill this kid."
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24 March 2008
No matter how well Clinton does in the remaining primaries, her future is going to be in the hands of the superdelegates. It's time for them to exercise their power to rein in scorched-earth campaigning.
Oregon Congressman...
Oregon Congressman...
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