Beating up on neocons used to be a specialized sport without
wide appeal. With all due false modesty, I offer myself as an earlier
practitioner. Back in the mid-to-late '70s, when I had a weekly column in
the Village Voice, I used to have...
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10 September 2003
COLUMBUS, OHIO---The volcano that is Neil Young doing "Down By the River" was
erupting to the roar of a sold-out Farm Aid crowd. Accompanied by Crazy
Horse and Willie Nelson, the patron saint of American farming, the stage sagged
with...
07 September 2003
"Dear Colleague" letters-- when one member of Congress asks other members of Congress to sign a letter on a specific issue-- help keep the profile of an issue high even if there's no legislation on that topic being debated in Congress. On...
05 September 2003
A coalition of power companies has launched a multi-million dollar campaign to convince members of Congress to support the
Bush administration's misnamed "Clear Skies" air pollution bill. Through the Edison Electric Institute, hundreds of...
04 September 2003
Remember "Groundhog Day," with Bill Murray? He played a TV
weatherman, doomed to live the same day, Groundhog Day, over and over again.
As this odd summer slowly winds down, I feel a bit like Murray. I've been
here before.
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02 September 2003
George W. Bush has officially told the people of New York City that as far as
he's concerned, they can drop dead. And thanks to his lies, many of them
will.
With his latest attack on the Clean Air Act he's said the same to...
With his latest attack on the Clean Air Act he's said the same to...