In Order To Teach, We Must Impeach!
I finished John Nichols' book entitled, 'The Genius of Impeachment.' The Founders Cure for Royalism.' So who hasn't heard the term, King George? Who hasn't cringed at Dick Cheney's know-it-all, my-way-or-the-highway attitude throughout this White House 'occupation?'
December 2006: Happy Holidays
Crooks 'r' Us: How the GOP Played Medicare Seniors
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Mine and Seek, the Hidden Killers, by Nooshin Shabani
Privatized Schools Don't Make the Grade, by Lawrence Albright
Current Letters (updated 11-27-06)
Current Poetry (updated 11-27-06)
Privatized Schools Don't Make the Grade
A new paradigm has emerged in the field of education that coincides with the ascendancy of the political ultra-right. Elementary and secondary schools can and should be run for profit, right-wing ideologues insist, and, moreover, this profit motivation can provide the cure for all that ails the system of public education.
Uruguay: Keeping the Military in Check
On Friday October 17, former Uruguayan president Juan María Bordaberry and his foreign minister, Juan Carlos Blanco, were placed under arrest. They have been implicated in murders of two politicians, Zelmar Michelini and Héctor Gutiérrez Ruíz, as well as suspected members of the Tupamaros, Rosario Barredo and William Whitelaw, in Buenos Aires on May 1976.
U.S. v. Bush
Now, we almost all agree that Bush and Cheney have done bad things. But have they actually committed crimes? If you know anyone who has any doubts on this topic, may I recommend a brilliant little book for you to stick in their stocking next month?
Georgia Fights Donzella James E-Voting Lawsuit
Georgia Secretary of State Cathy Cox’s Office has challenged Donzella James’s lawsuit regarding electronic voting in Georgia, Atlanta Progressive News (APN) has learned. James filed the lawsuit after her the so-called election “results” showed US Rep. David Scott (D-GA) beat her in the Democratic Primary.
Some Social Implications of the Web
Aristotle, one of the great minds of antiquity, thought that the population of states would have to be limited to the few thousand who could be directly seen and addressed at one place. Otherwise, he asked, who would be the herald of such a vast multitude, “Unless he have the voice of a Stentor? Clearly then, the best limit of the population of a state is the largest number which can be taken in at a single view.”
Voters clean house: Rejecting Bush agenda, Americans look for new direction
Fired by anger and disgust with George W. Bush, the Iraq war, corporate greed, corruption and human needs cutbacks, voters went to the polls Nov. 7 and terminated 12 years of Republican control of the U.S. House of Representatives.
A Liberal's Pledge to Disheartened Conservatives
I know you are dismayed and disheartened at the results of last week's election. You're worried that the country is heading toward a very bad place you don't want it to go. Your 12-year Republican Revolution has ended with so much yet to do, so many promises left unfulfilled. You are in a funk, and I understand.
A Victory for Much More Than the Democrats
It really was a remarkable election. Although only 40% of eligible voters cast their ballots, the Democrats really did win a sweeping victory, gaining over 30 seats in the House and recapturing the Senate, when few professional analysts gave them any chance to do so as late as Labor Day.
