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09 May 2002
A Flying Fig
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Molly Ivins
AUSTIN, Texas -- We seem to be having a hail of news that fails to amaze.

Israel has been attacked by another suicide bomber. Ariel Sharon, so memorably described by President Bush as "a man of peace," had to rush...
09 May 2002
No Media Interest in a Basic Matter of Democracy
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Norman Solomon
A basic principle of democracy is that every person's vote should have equal weight. So we might expect some public discourse about the fact that the U.S. Senate is fundamentally undemocratic. But it's a complete non-issue among...
02 May 2002
Terrorism and Israel
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Molly Ivins
AUSTIN, Texas -- Great, now everyone who thinks Ariel Sharon is a screaming disaster for Israel has been read out of the pro-Israeli camp. This excommunication comes not from Israel -- where quite a few people think exactly that -- but...
02 May 2002
Still Not Good Enough -- From Barbie to Botox
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Norman Solomon
In a twist of fate, obituaries appeared for the inventor of the Barbie doll just as a $50 million advertising campaign got underway for an anti-wrinkle drug with a name that memorably combines the words "botulism" and "toxin." Expensive...
30 April 2002
The Bushies
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Molly Ivins
AUSTIN, Texas -- Sometimes I forget how truly simpleminded the Bushies can be. The front-page of The New York Times reports, "The Bush administration seems to accept and even relish (Attorney General) Ashcroft's role as lightning rod on...
25 April 2002
Media and the Hazards of Political Faith
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Norman Solomon
Weeks before the 20th century ended, the pundit Michael Kinsley was uncommonly direct in a Time essay that defended the virtues of the World Trade Organization with these closing words: "But really, the WTO is OK. Do the math. Or take it...

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