The School of the Americas is now a sad and dismal part of American history. The institution was formally closed on November 15, 2000. Col. Mark Morgan told Congressional aides at a Defense Department briefing this was necessary because, “...
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16 May 2001
U.S. policy in Iraq, as reported in the mainstream news, amounts to “we liberated Kuwait” and Saddam “kills his own people.” Saddam Hussein has been so vilified that when we think of Iraq, we fail to think about the millions of Iraqis who...
16 May 2001
A while back some angry kids went on a killing spree at their school, and the nation went on an hysterical binge. How could children - “good,” wealthy, white children for-God’s-sake - go on a violent rampage? It was un-American,...
16 May 2001
Another shooting in blue-collar Santee, California, and another in a parochial school in the Williamsport, Pennsylvania, bring school violence back into the news. Though media coverage exaggerates school violence, both safety and...
16 May 2001
Trade ministers from 34 Western Hemisphere countries will meet in Quebec City April 18-22 for essential negotiations on a new international trade agreement, the Free Trade Area of the Americas, or FTAA. This particular meeting marks the...
11 April 2001
Commander-in-Chief Bush doesn't want to eat crow, but the truly big question is whether
those captive boys and girls from the U.S. surveillance plane are being forced to eat dog
without their knowledge. The Canadians, eager to discredit...
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