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| 12/31/2005 (2) 2005 Wasn't All Bad Katha Pollitt Things orf note that happened in 2005: --The Bush Administration is on the defensive --The Republican Party is mired in corruption and cronyism --The media are waking up --The Christian Taliban is going too far --Civil liberties are making a comeback --Third World women are on the move --Arnold Schwarzenegger's ballot initiatives went down in flames --The Women's Review of Books is starting up again --Hardly anyone believes that global warming isn't happening 12/31/2005 (2) The Top Break-ups of 2005 (That Didn't Involve Hollywood Stars) Michelle Cottle Many of the most sensational and surprising splits of the past year involved public officials, journalists, and buttoned-down executive types who don't merit the cover of In Style or Us Weekly, in large part because no one wants to see them in tight jeans and swimwear. 12/31/2005 (2) 2005: Bad Year for Goliath. How About David? Rebecca Solnit To say this was a bad year for Goliath doesn't mean it was a good one for "the little people." U.S. public opinion has almost caught up with the rest of the world in opposing the war, but Iraqis are still being bombed and American soldiers are still dying. 12/30/2005 (2) The Tax-Cut Zombies (The GOP) Paul Krugman The GOP tax-cut theory was memorably described by David Stockman, Ronald Reagan's budget director, as "starving the beast." Proponents of this theory argue that conservatives should seek tax cuts not because they won't create budget deficits, but because they will. Starve-the-beasters believe that budget deficits will lead to spending cuts that will eventually achieve their true aim: shrinking the government's role back to what it was under Calvin Coolidge. 12/29/2005 (2) New Attitude Found in New OrIeans After Katrina James Rainey Advocacy reporting is making an auspicious return in New Orleans, some observers say. To New Orleans Times-Picayune columnist Chris Rose, front porch gatherings felt like an extension of his work — another way to talk with his neighbors about everything that had happened since Hurricane Katrina. 12/28/2005 (2) There's been No Shortage of Greed and Graft in 2005 Steve Lopez A review of some of the corporate and political excesses of 2005. 12/28/2005 (2) Kurt Vonnegut's son defends him against charges of supporting terrorists Mark Vonnegut FOR THE past month or so it's been said and repeated that Kurt Vonnegut supports terrorism. The desire to have it be true is almost palpable. If novelist Kurt Vonnegut supports terrorism, then maybe all critics of the war are on some level proterrorist. Kurt Vonnegut cares not a fig about the Middle East. He's never been there, doesn't think about their art or writing, may or may not be able to pick out some of their capitals and important rivers on a map. His true heroes are Abraham Lincoln and Mark Twain. 12/24/2005 (2) Paranoia on the left and the righ about governmemt spying on U.S. citizens Tim Rutten Domestic spying by the Bush administration on U.S. citizens as part of the War on Terror upsets both civil libertarians and those angry at the media for revealing the practice. 12/24/2005 (2) Sacco and Vanzetti were guilty said novelist Upton Sinclair in a rediscovered note Jean O. Pasco Anarachists Sacco and Vanzetti were guilty novelist and radical Upton Sinclair wrote saying he was told that by their lawyer. 12/20/2005 (2) The Administration has Contorted the Constitution Senator Robert Byrd Americans have been stunned at the recent news of the abuses of power by an overzealous President. It has become apparent that this Administration has engaged in a consistent and unrelenting pattern of abuse against our Country's law-abiding citizens, and against our Constitution. 12/20/2005 (2) Think Tankers on the Take Paul Krugman It has been clear for a long time that so-called analysts at many think tanks are, in effect, paid to support selected policies and politicians. 12/19/2005 (2) The Secrets of Successful Aging Tara Parker-Pope Today, the average person in the U.S. lives for nearly 78 years. But what about those people who beat the average? Why do some men and women defy the chronological odds to live longer and in good health? 12/18/2005 (2) Scrooges in the House of Representatives Derrick Z. Jackson Billions of dololars in cuts for student loans, Medicaid, and food stamps made by the House of Representatives. They passed the final part of what amounts to $95 billion in tax cuts. The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities estimates that $70 billion of the $95 billion in tax cuts will go to households making over $100,000. That category accounts for 14 percent of households. That 14 percent will get 74 percent of the money. 12/18/2005 (2) Literacy Falls for U.S. College Graduates Sam Dillon The average American college graduate's literacy in English declined significantly in the past decade. The test found steep declines in the English literacy of Hispanics and significant increases among blacks and Asians. 12/17/2005 (2) The Difference between a War Hero and a War Wimp or, John McCain stands his high ground Tim Rutten The tough guy wing of the American media's commenting class always has been prone to what C. Wright Mills once called "crackpot realism."' The tough guys suffered a stinging defeat when an overwhelming House vote forced President Bush to reverse his position 180 degrees and accept Sen. John McCain's proposed ban on torture. 12/16/2005 (2) Bush in the Bubble Evan Thomas and Richard Wolffe George W. Bush has a tight circle of trust, and he likes it that way. But members of both parties are urging Bush to reach beyond the White House walls. How he governs—and how his M.O. stacks up historically. 12/16/2005 (2) Chinks in the Republican Armor Fred Hiatt GOP links in a power chain the Democrats could never break: The GOP could press lobbyists to hire only Republicans and give money only to Republicans. The money would guarantee dominance in state legislatures. The legislatures would redraw congressional districts so Democrats could never win. Republican-appointed judges could be counted on to slap down any complainers. But the chain holds only as long as people vote next year the way they voted last year. 12/16/2005 (2) 'Twas two weeks before Christmas, and all through the House . . . 'v Derrick Z. Jackson House of Representratives takes from the pooor and gives to the rich. It cut $50 billion from programs serving low-income Americans. It passed the final part of what amounts to $95 billion in tax cuts. Out went billions for student loans, Medicaid, and food stamps. The top 20 percent of American households would get 88.9 percent of the House's tax-cut benefits. the bottom 20 percent would get only 11.1 percent. Twenty-four percent of the benefits would go to Americans who make more than $1 million a year, 0.2 percent of the population. 12/12/2005 (2) No One Should Go To Iraq Until George Bush Sends His Daughters Sam Hamod 12/11/2005 (2) Share the Sacrifice or End It BOB HERBERT If the Iraq war is worth fighting, the U.S. should mobilize the entire nation. Taxes would have to be raised, the military expanded, the forces in Iraq bolstered and a counterinsurgency strategy developed. There should be a draft. 12/11/2005 (2) The Amnesiac Torture Debate Naomi Klein The current waw with Iraq is not the first the U.S. has used torture. It has taught a number of Latin American countries how to use it. 12/11/2005 (2) Unemployment Plays Small Role in Mexican Migration to U.S. Pew Hispanic Center The vast majority of undocumented migrants from Mexico were gainfully employed before they left for the U.S., according to a Pew Hispanic Center report. The report suggests failure to find work at home does not seem to be the primary reason the estimated 6.3 million undocumented migrants from Mexico have come to the U.S. 12/11/2005 (2) Even Supply-Siders Say Taxes Must Rise EDUARDO PORTER Bush administration and Republican supporters in Congress contend they can deal with fiscal imbalances by clamping down on unnecessary spending. Some close allies say budgetary circle cannot be squared with spending cuts alone. 12/11/2005 (2) This Information From the Los Angeles Times and France Makes Clear Bush Must Be Impeached Sam Hamod, Tom Hamburger, Peter Wallsten and Bob Drogin 12/10/2005 (2) How Many Countries Would Jesus Bomb? Professor Sam Hamod, Ph.D. 12/07/2005 (2) Unemployment Plays Small Role in Spurring Mexican Migration to U.S. Pew Hispanic Center Most Mexicans who are in the USA illegally came because of family connections and better job opportunities, not because they were unemployed or destitute. 12/05/2005 (2) Bush Bigger Spender Than LBJ Stephen Slivinski, Director of Budget Studies, Cato Institute Libertarian Cato Institute report, quoted by NewsMax, says George W. Bush has spent more than any president in the last 40 years and entitlement programs--not war costs--are the primary cause. 12/05/2005 (2) The Bush warriors are so deluded, they're even faking their fakery MAUREEN DOWD 12/05/2005 (2) Report Finds Cover-Up in an F.B.I. Terror Case ERIC LICHTBLAU 12/04/2005 (2) A Free Press Justice Hugo Black 12/04/2005 (2) Father and Son Return From War to Home Front in Conflict P.J. Huffstutter 12/02/2005 (2) Thousands of Firms Could Stop Reporting Emissions Marla Cone 12/02/2005 (2) 2005's foot-in-mouth pandemic Martha Rosenberg 12/01/2005 (2) I hate to here people say "Support our troops!" . . . Horace Coleman 12/01/2005 (2) California must boost education or lose status 11/28/2005 (2) Remembering Rosa Parks and Her Times Horace Coleman tribute to Rosa Parks 11/26/2005 (2) WHERE I STAND Dr. Sam Hamod, Ph.D., editor, www.todaysalternativenews.com 11/24/2005 (2) Blessed Thanksgiving Dr. Sam Hamod 11/21/2005 (2) Rep. Murtha a Hero, Bush and Cheney Are Lying Cowards Dr. Sam Hamod, editor, www.todaysalternativenews.com 11/16/2005 (2) Bob Woodward Collaborated With the Bush Team to Lie to America Sam hamod and Maria Newman 11/16/2005 (2) This Isn't the Real America President Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the U.S.A. 11/13/2005 (2) Former Cleveland Mayor Says Flights 93 and 175 Landed on 9.11 near Cleveland and then was Hushed Up Greg Szymanski, Investigative Reporter and Rense.com 11/11/2005 (2) The Dark Heart of Dick Cheney Georgie Anne Geyer 11/11/2005 (2) Our Mothers (and Thomas Paine) Warned Us about People like the Disciples of Strauss Jason Miller 11/10/2005 (2) Republican Memo Touts New Terror Attack as Way to Reverse Party's Decline Doug Thompson, Editor, Capitol Hill Blue 11/08/2005 (2) More American Insanity in Senator and Congress: Want to Probe Those Who Told the Truth About Foreign Prisons! Sam Hamod and Mary Curtius 10/30/2005 (2) Bush's Crimes and Wounds, Deeper Than He or Neo-Cons Want to Admit Sam Hamod 10/19/2005 (2) ALICE IN WONDERLAND :THE WORLD AS IT IS TODAY Sam Hamod 10/15/2005 (2) Farrakhan Blasts Bush and FEMA Response to Katrina Erin Texeira 10/13/2005 (2) Get Ready For GW Bush's Next Big Rape of the American People Dr. Sam Hamod, Ph.D. 10/10/2005 (2) Reservists and National Guard Being Killed At Highest Rate in Iraq Robert Burns 10/03/2005 (2) Destroying What Is Left of the U.S. Supreme Court Professor Sam Hamod, Ph.D. 09/29/2005 (2) Don't Go Unless Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, Kerry and Biden Send Their Kids to Iraq Dr. Sam Hamod 09/25/2005 (2) The Double Standard in Our "Democracy" From a Bystander Who Saw It Happen 09/22/2005 (2) Famous Correspondent, Robert Fisk, Banned From U.S. from The New Mexican; Santa Fe, NM 09/12/2005 (2) New Orleans Unmasks "Apartheid, American Style" Jason Miller 09/12/2005 (2) A Safe Way to Detoxify New Orleans: Used in Tsunami Waters Successfully Dick Fojut 09/11/2005 (2) George W. Bush is a Problem-Maker, Not a Problem-Solver Dr. Sam Hamod 09/09/2005 (2) Bush and the Democrats Failed the Citizens of New Orleans Sam Hamod 09/08/2005 (2) A Must Read: Eyewitness Report From New Orleans Charmaine Neville 09/06/2005 (2) A MUST READ TheSiege of New Orleans: We Have Been Abandoned and Attacked by Our Own People Mike Whitney 09/05/2005 (2) Dangerous Incompetence Cindy Sheehan 09/05/2005 (2) Resurrecting Karl Marx : The Downward Cycle of the American Economy: We May Not Recover Paul Craig Roberts 09/04/2005 (2) Enough Is Too Much --- Popeye The Sailor Charlaine Coleman 09/03/2005 (2) I Am Troubled By Some Strange Things Sam Hamod, Ph.D. 09/02/2005 (2) Don't Blame Bush For the New Orleans Flood ?? Why Not Dick Fojut 09/02/2005 (2) Wake of the Flood: Put Bush Down in New Orleans William Rivers Pitt 09/02/2005 (2) Pat Robertson's Deal With the Devil: Modern Screwtape Letters Tony Norman 09/01/2005 (2) NOTICE: UNTIL BUSH SENDS HIS KIDS TO FI GHT IN IRAQ, NO ONE ELSE SHOULD GO Sam Hamod, Ph.D. 09/01/2005 (2) Worshipping the Dollar: Let the People of New Orleans Drown, Save the Business' Dr. Sam Hamod 08/22/2005 (2) Cindy Sheehan: My Son Died for the Neo-Cons and Israel and the Media Won't Print This Dick Fojut 08/21/2005 (2) The LIstening Tent and the Raw Talk Revival at Camp Casey Two Greg Moses 08/18/2005 (2) Moveon.org's Weakness on the Iraq War Norman Solomon 08/18/2005 (2) Courage, Truth and Integrity Win Out With Cindy Sheehan's Vigils Across America Sam Hamod and Moveon.org 08/18/2005 (2) Cindy, the Peace Train, and the Little Ditch That Could Greg Moses 08/15/2005 (2) Pilgrims of Protest in Crawford, Texas Part III, A People's History of Aug. 11, 2005 Greg Moses 08/15/2005 (2) Join a Protest with Cindy Sheehan on Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2005 Sam Hamod and Moveon.org 08/12/2005 (2) A Crawford Peace House Morning Greg Moses 08/12/2005 (2) An Open Letter from Ralph Nader to Cindy Sheehan Ralph Nader 08/07/2005 (2) A Spy's Notes About Iraqi Nuclear Abandonment Ignored James Risen 08/07/2005 (2) The "Flea" Vs the Humvee: How U.S. Soldiers Died Needlessly Dick Fojut 08/06/2005 (2) Judy Miller and GW Bush, Neither Can Be Trusted to Tell the Truth Arianna Huffington 08/06/2005 (2) Federal Whistle Blower Claims Chicago Grand Jury Indicted Bush Greg Szymanski 08/06/2005 (2) A Day in the Bar Ditch Outside Bush's Ranch in Crawford, Texas Greg Moses 06/20/2005 (2) Mad Cow Disease Cover-Up Now Unraveling John Stauber 06/20/2005 (2) Bush Responsible for Over 6200 American Deaths in Iraq Brian Harring 06/20/2005 (2) Dangerous Quotes From Bush and His Neo-Cons Collected By Our Editors and Friends From Various Sources 06/20/2005 (2) Reclaiming Our Democracy From Bush and the Neo-Cons: Downing Street Memo Must Be Kept Alive and Known Anthony Wade 06/20/2005 (2) No Killing in Our Name: Protest Statement of Conscience Against War and Repression: Not in Our Name 06/13/2005 (2) I Warned Bush and Cheney and The American Media That Iraqis Would Never Accept The American Invasion or Occupation Sam Hamod, Ph.D. 04/28/2005 (2) A Bit of Humor about Who Reads What Anonymous 04/22/2005 (2) A House Divided Against Itself: Lessons From Congressional Passage Of The Debt-Slavery Bankruptcy Bill Evan Augustine Peterson III, J.D. 04/20/2005 (2) Saving Social Security--The Real Story Laura Vega 04/10/2005 (2) US "Smuggles" Wounded Troops Home Under Cover of Darkness Andrew Buncombe in Washington, DC 04/09/2005 (2) A Strange Story: Death of a Conspiracy Tim Schmitt 04/08/2005 (2) The Big Fix Chris Floyd 03/21/2005 (2) Off Math:120,000 Iraqi Deaths Vs 1 American Schiavo Death Sam Hamod 03/20/2005 (2) Democrats, Paper "Trails" Aren't Enough: Count The Ballots Lynn Landes 03/12/2005 (2) More Illegal Behavior by Tom DeLay: DeLay, the Chief Immoralist James V. Grimaldi & Jeffrey Smith & Sam Hamod 03/10/2005 (2) John Bolton, A Looming Disaster For America At the United Nations Sam Hamod and Sidney Blumenthal 03/08/2005 (2) Warren Buffett Worries About Sliding Dollar Dan Roberts 03/03/2005 (2) WORDS OF WISDOM FOR PRESIDENT G.W. BUSH Sam Hamod, Ph.D. 03/03/2005 (2) Warning: The Coming Crackdown on Blogging Declan McCullagh 03/03/2005 (2) America, "The Best At Everything"--Think Again Michael Ventura 03/03/2005 (2) Alan Greenspan: Too Late With Too Little Sam Hamod, Ph.D. 03/02/2005 (2) Why the U.S. Must Get Out of Iraq, Pronto Maj. General Harry Upman (retired) 02/26/2005 (2) It's Absurd to Say Israel Is Not A Racist State: Has America In Its Grip Charley Reese 02/26/2005 (2) IF YOU READ NOTHING ELSE, YOU MUST READ THIS FROM A CNN REPORTER ABOUT PENTAGON "757" STORY (LIVE ON TAPE FROM CNN) CNN-TV and Sam Hamod 02/13/2005 (2) You Won't Believe This New Republican Madness Against the Poor and Disabled Sam Hamod and Sandy Bergo 02/13/2005 (2) Richard Clarke Memo to Conde Rice of January 2001: Did Conde Rice Lie to Congress? Richard Clark e 02/13/2005 (2) Nothing To Fear But Bush Himself: Things Fall Apart, Lie and Lie Again Paul Craig Roberts 02/08/2005 (2) U.S. Growth Without Wage: American Wages Going Down Jared Bernstein 02/08/2005 (2) Oklahoma No. 1 in War Crime Weapons Bob Nichols 02/08/2005 (2) MSG (Monsodium Glutamate), A Danger To Your Health: It is in Too Many American Foods Preventive Psychiatry Newsletter, #174 02/08/2005 (2) Freedoms Lost Under George W. Bush Chuck Baldwin 02/08/2005 (2) Overthrow of the American Republic--Part 70: The Clinton Syndrome Sherman Skolnick 02/08/2005 (2) Take the Rich Off Welfare ( Book Review) Tracy Mc Lellan 02/08/2005 (2) Behind the Spin, The Truth About Social Security Institute For Public Accuracy 02/08/2005 (2) Bush's Mistaken Budget: Don't Pass It Editorial from Washington Post 02/08/2005 (2) Democracy Is Not Freedom Rep. Ron Paul (TX, Republican) 02/08/2005 (2) U.S. Scientists say, Tsunami Time Bomb May Explode Off U.S. West Coast James Roddey, Brian Barker and Cal Steinberger 02/08/2005 (2) Early Islam in America: Long Before Columbus Abdus Sattar Ghazali with Barry Fell and Ivan Van Sertima and Columbus' Logs 02/08/2005 (2) Breaking Ranks, Sargent Says, "No" to Returning to Iraq David Zucchino 02/08/2005 (2) AIPAC and Neo-Cons Are One in America FBI Finds Haaretz Opinion 02/07/2005 (2) Rumsfeld and Friends Abuse Reservists and National Guards Troops Sam Hamod and Dave Moniz 02/06/2005 (2) Paranoia Grips U.S. Capital Eric Margolis 02/06/2005 (2) Ward Churchill's Rant Has Some Truth Reggie Rivers 02/06/2005 (2) The Scalping of Professor Ward Churchill Ernesto Cienfuegos of La Voz de Aztlan 02/06/2005 (2) Bush's State of the Union Addresss: My Response Fernando Suarez del Solar 02/06/2005 (2) Some Barred From Bush's North Dakota Speech! Howard Kurtz 02/06/2005 (2) Prof. Ward Churchill and Academic Freedom and Freedom of Speech in America www.portside.org 02/06/2005 (2) Shame on these Republocrats Sam Hamod 02/06/2005 (2) Who Was the "Iraqi Woman" Paraded Out for GW Bush's Inaugural Speech Kos 02/04/2005 (2) Great Actor, Writer and Director, Ossie Davis Died Today Elaine Woo 02/04/2005 (2) Unjustly Smeared: A Campaign of Fabrications and Gross Distortions Professor Ward Churchill 02/03/2005 (2) There He Goes Again (On Bush's "State of the Union" Speech Sam Hamod 02/02/2005 (2) O'Reilly's Fatwah on "Un-American" Professors: Fox News Puts Me In Its Crosshairs Professor M. Shahid Alam 02/01/2005 (2) Mr. Tom Frank's Fatwah: New Republic Writer Calls for Death and Torture of Arundhati Roy and Stan Goff Dave Zirin 02/01/2005 (2) Together Again, Judith Miller and Ahmad Chalabi Jack Shafer 02/01/2005 (2) There Is No Tomorrow: Bill Moyers Takes on the Religous Right Bill Moyers and Allen Roland, Ph.D. 02/01/2005 (2) Capitalism, Cancer and Intellectual Corruption: Curing the One Cures the Others Dr. Gerry Lower 02/01/2005 (2) Action Alert: Call Your Senator to Oppose Alberto Gonzales as US Attorney General Evan Augustine Peterson III, J.D. 01/29/2005 (2) Peaceful Means Best Way to Spread Freedom Helen Thomas 01/28/2005 (2) The Homeland Security State (Part I ) Nick Turse 01/27/2005 (2) Why Did the National U.S. Media Black Out Sen. Kennedy's Call to Pull Our Troops Out of Iraq? Sam Hamod 01/27/2005 (2) U.S. Christian Scholar Foresaw the Lies and the Neo-Con Crusade F. Furman Kearley and Strait Gate Ministries 01/25/2005 (2) Bush Is Bankrupting America Sam Hamod 01/25/2005 (2) Who Is to Succeed Greenspan? Paul Krugman 01/24/2005 (2) Sibel Edmonds' Case For Government Transparency Sibel Edmonds and www.justacitizen@justacitizen.com 01/23/2005 (2) F. Suarez del Solar: On the Inauguration of Mr. Bush F. Suarez del Solar 01/23/2005 (2) On U.S. TV, Torture Takes A Holiday Frank Rich 01/23/2005 (2) American Terror Squads Chris Floyd 01/20/2005 (2) Harvard President Issues Apology to Women for Remarks Elizabeth Mehren 01/20/2005 (2) Rep. Conyers Letter to Exit Polling Firms: Possible Election Fraud? Representative John Conyers 01/20/2005 (2) A Nuremberg Lesson: Torture Scandal Began Far Above "Rotten Apples" Scott Horton 01/20/2005 (2) Most of Dr. King's People Never Did "Get There" Black Commentator 01/20/2005 (2) More Money For Iraq? Not Without Conditions Arianna Huffington 01/20/2005 (2) President Bush is Protecting the Drug Companies, Again mercola.com 01/20/2005 (2) Let us Hope President Bush Helps the World This Term Sam Hamod 01/20/2005 (2) Factory Orders Slowing in U.S., Says Philadelphia Fed Andrea Ricci 01/20/2005 (2) Summers of Harvard, Conde Rice and Mathematics Maureen Dowd 01/18/2005 (2) Senator Boxer Shows Conde Rice To Be A Liar Sam Hamod 01/17/2005 (2) Dear Mr. Gonzales: Why You Are Not Fit to Be Attorney General Marjorie Cohn 01/17/2005 (2) Bush's Continuing Deceptions on Social Security and Iraq Paul Krugman 01/17/2005 (2) We Salute Martin Luther King, Jr; One of the World's Great Leaders Sam Hamod, editor, www.todaysalternativenews.com 01/16/2005 (2) Shame on CBS, Not Rather, Howard and Mapes: CBS< the Truth and the Shame Sam Hamod 01/16/2005 (2) The Truth About Social Security: Bush Caught Lying Again Sam Hamod 01/13/2005 (2) The Truth About the CBS Firings Greg Palast 01/12/2005 (2) Nervous Breakdowns: Untold Casualties of Bush's War in Iraq Jack Random 01/09/2005 (2) Democrats Who Stood UP For DEMOCRACY Tanja Winter and Nelisse 01/08/2005 (2) The Truth About the Draft: Why the Peace Churches Are Meeting in March Greg Moses 01/08/2005 (2) More Foreign Intrigue by the CIA? 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