05 February 2005
Bush to Social Security: Drop Dead
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Harvey Wasserman
Let's cut the actuarial doublespeak: Bush comes not to save Social Security, but to bury it.

Ever since Franklin Roosevelt installed the most successful social program in US history, far right fanatics of the Bush ilk have...
03 February 2005
State of the Union speech falls short, says Rev. Jesse Jackson
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Jesse Jackson
CHICAGO -  When will our troops return home from Iraq? What is the President’s plan to prevent factory jobs from going abroad? What is his plan for providing healthcare for the estimated 45 million Americans who have no insurance coverage...
03 February 2005
Divide between Bush's rhetoric and reality
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Molly Ivins
AUSTIN, Texas -- I don't get it. The divide between the rhetoric and the reality in this administration is larger than I can span. The dissonance between the noble ideals expressed and the nasty actions is too raw for me.
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03 February 2005
Iraq Media Coverage: Too Much Stenography, Not Enough Curiosity
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Norman Solomon
Curiosity may occasionally kill a cat. But lack of curiosity is apt to terminate journalism with extreme prejudice.

“We will not set an artificial timetable for leaving Iraq, because that would embolden the terrorists and...
01 February 2005
International election black clouds
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Molly Ivins
AUSTIN, Texas -- Here's hoping.

The trouble with being a congenital optimist is that gloom-mongering feels so uncomfortable. The election in Iraq Sunday, like the one in Afghanistan last year, was moving, inspiring and hopeful. When...

28 January 2005
Ohio Electoral Justice Movement from the Inside
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Amy Kaplan
After the November presidential election, as informal accounts of massive voting irregularities began to surface, Columbus citizens organized public hearings to document and investigate the reports. Some national organizations had huge...

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