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01 July 2005
Mourn on the Fourth of July
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Norman Solomon
Am I the only U.S. citizen who finds the annual Fourth rituals to be cloying and deceptive? Yeah -- just me and probably tens of millions of other people.

Ever since the Vietnam War, the Fourth of July has seemed to be a...
01 July 2005
They Died for Their Country
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Paul Loeb
"They died for their country," read the white granite memorial in the Concord, Massachusetts town square, honoring local men who died in the Civil War. Newer headstones mourned Concord men who gave their lives in other wars -- practically...
28 June 2005
The liberal straw man
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Molly Ivins
AUSTIN, Texas -- The first thing I ever learned about politics was never to let anyone else define what you believe, or what you are for or against. I think for myself.

I am not "you liberals" or "you people on the...
28 June 2005
This July 4, let's enshrine the Ten Amendments, not the Ten Commandments, as America's true Patriot Act
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Harvey Wasserman
The Supreme Court's mixed rulings on displaying the Ten Commandments on public buildings and property offer us the perfect patriotic step forward for this coming July 4: let's post the first Ten Amendments, i.e. the Bill of Rights,...
25 June 2005
What matters about Guttermeister Rove is that he's evil ... and soon over
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Harvey Wasserman
The harder they come, the harder they fall.

The legendary reggae song says it all about the evil, soon over Karl Rove.

For years we've heard only of the GOP Guttermeister's "genius". But for all his alleged...
23 June 2005
Follow the money
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Molly Ivins
SAN DIEGO -- As that great American, Deep Throat, never said, "Follow the money." (The line is by William Goldman, who wrote the movie, "All the President's Men"). Keeping your eye on the shell with the pea under it is not easy when the...

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