03 December 2003
Democracy in this country has been dying a slow death, since the 1960's.  I am not sure people are putting their heads in the sand.  Our political culture is one built on trust in our system.  If wrongdoers are put into government, we...
02 December 2003
At this time of year, people are obliged to shop and spend lots of money to buy each other gifts. Occasionally, some of them even get something they actually want. If rampant consumerism is not your style, I commend you! On the other...
02 December 2003
When kids sit down to watch Sesame Street, they will now get a ”corporate sponsorship message” from McDonald’s, promoting yet more brand recognition for the largest fast food chain in the world.

Sesame Street thus becomes...
02 December 2003
While free from Force the Press remains,
Virtue and Freedom chear our Plains,
And Learning Largesses bestows,
And keeps unlicens’d open House.
We to the Nation’s publick Mart
Our Works of Wit, and Schemes...
02 December 2003
The embedded corporate media is still crowing over the details of George W. Bush's Thanksgiving flight to Baghdad. The Shrub spinmeisters have branded it a "home run."

But the global image of the smirking Texan carrying...
02 December 2003
Freep Heroes - Students at Swarthmore College

They are our heroes for staging an “electronic civil disobedience” campaign against Ohio-based voting machine maker Diebold Election Systems. Diebold has been sending out “...

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