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Joel Wendland, 09/28/2006
Everyone agrees that the people who planned the attacks on September 11th 2001 ought to be brought to justice. But how should this be done, and who are these people really, asked Hussein Ibish, Executive Director of the Foundation for Arab-American Leadership.
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Sherwood Ross, 09/28/2006
In a wide-ranging article appearing in the October issue of “Harper’s” magazine, former Democratic presidential nominee George McGovern spelled out a comprehensive “blueprint” for the withdrawal of Coalition troops.
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Nicola Nasser, 09/28/2006
The wide gap between U.S. President George W. Bush’s words and deeds vis-à-vis Islam and Muslims doomed to failure his speech at the United nations on September 19, which could neither appease Muslims nor pacify the ever growing Islamophobia.
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Thomas Riggins, 09/27/2006
The free enterprise system, aka the free market, aka capitalism, is an economic system, as we all know, that is dedicated to maximizing profits at any cost.
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Joel Wendland, 09/27/2006
From the Catholic Church's recent strong reiteration of its opposition to the death penalty to the refusal of doctors in San Quentin Prison's death row to use lethal injection on cruelty grounds earlier this year, opposition to the death penalty has gained momentum.
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Sherwood Ross, 09/27/2006
Indeed, USDA says TFA’s are found in 40 percent of the food on grocery store shelves today! The good news, though, is that since last January 1st, the FDA ordered TFAs to be listed on food package labels, so at least you’ve got a sporting chance to avoid them.
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People's Democracy, 09/27/2006
THE 14th Summit of the Non Aligned Movement (NAM) reaffirmed in its final document the strong commitment to, “its founding principles, ideals and purposes, particularly in establishing a peaceful and prosperous world as well as a just and equitable world order.”
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David Culp, 09/26/2006
When he spoke about issues that I cover, the nuclear weapons issues, what struck me is that the Iranian president was offering a reasonable basis for real negotiations.
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Ryann Bresnahan and Andres Mantilla, 09/26/2006
General Alfredo Stroessner, Paraguay’s long-time dictator, died on August 16 at the age of 93 after almost two decades of exile in Brazil.
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Granma International, 09/26/2006
Associates of former lobbyist Jack Abramoff, now in prison after being convicted of corruption, met many times with advisors to U.S. President George W. Bush, according to a September 21 article in The Washington Post.
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Sherwood Ross, 09/26/2006
According to the gospel of Matthew, it came to pass that Pontius Pilate said to Jesus, “Do you not hear all this evidence that is brought against you?” for even in those days of rudimentary justice a man had the right to hear the charges of his accusers.
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Joel Wendland, 09/25/2006
Last week, Democratic members of Congress and leaders of a group called Campaign for America's Future (CAF) held a press conference urging an end to the "donut hole" in prescription drug coverage for millions of seniors who receive Medicare.
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Scott Crutcher, 09/25/2006
"The media has been part and parcel of the propaganda machine that was cranked up five years ago on 9/11 and is still churning and well-oiled today," David Goodman told an audience of 400 at an WRFG fundraiser at the First Iconium Baptist Church, on Monday, September 18, 2006.
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Joel Wendland, 09/25/2006
Two-thirds of Americans between ages 18 and 30 want immediate withdrawal from Iraq or a certain timetable for withdrawal, according to a survey conducted by polling groups at George Washington University released September 20.
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Joel Wendland, 09/25/2006
Aside from fighting the minimum wage increase, funding campaigns to gut Michigan’s public schools, lobbying Congress for job-killing "free" trade policies, supporting a group that is boycotting Ford, pushing for tax policies that favor the wealthy, DeVos now says he wants public schools to teach his religious beliefs as if they were science.
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Jarvis Tyner, 09/25/2006
George Bush’s recent bellicose speeches on terrorism are a warning to all who care about peace and justice. Those speeches are aimed at discrediting the peace movement and silencing all dissent.
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David Howard, 09/25/2006
US Army First Lieutenant Ehren Watada is facing an eight-year term in military prison for just doing his duty: serving our country and protecting the Constitution.
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