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Opinion: The Guaranteed Failure Of The Road Map

Friday, 16 May 2003, 10:52 pm | Guest Opinion

Every few months, a "peace plan" is pulled out of the drawers of the white house and keeps the public discourse busy for a few weeks. Although this ritual has a fixed pattern and predetermined end, it is curious that many in Israel are still tempted ... More >>

Douglas Mattern: Save The United Nations

Wednesday, 14 May 2003, 10:24 am | Guest Opinion

Confronted with a major escalation of high-tech weapons, including new nuclear bombs and the planned militarization of space, humanity stands at a pivotal juncture in history. It is imperative that we rapidly achieve very dramatic changes in national ... More >>

Guest Opinion: The Devil In The Details

Wednesday, 14 May 2003, 10:15 am | Guest Opinion

George W. Bush spoke here last Friday... while he praised the Army's Bradley tank, which is made at the plant, he neglected to disclose one "detail" - namely, that his immediate family stands to make a fortune from the profits being made by United ... More >>

Guest Opinion: Agreeing With Bin Laden

Wednesday, 14 May 2003, 10:11 am | Guest Opinion

Though I am utterly opposed to his methodology, I am in total support of Bin Laden’s three demands on the U$A. More >>

Weapons of Mass Distraction: Where? Find? Plant?

Monday, 5 May 2003, 12:34 am | Guest Opinion

The Bush administration's refusal to allow UN inspectors to join the hunt for weapons of mass destruction in U.S.-occupied Iraq has elicited high interest in foreign news media. More >>

A Chill Wind is Blowing in This Nation...

Monday, 21 April 2003, 11:38 am | Guest Opinion

Transcript of the speech given by actor Tim Robbins to the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., on April 15, 2003. More >>

Guest Opinion: The War Business

Thursday, 17 April 2003, 12:23 am | Guest Opinion

We are now in the third year of the new century and we stand bewildered by what happened to the wonderful expressions of hope and joy that were expressed in the millennium celebrations. More >>

Guest Opinion: "Feelings" By Edgar J. Steele

Saturday, 12 April 2003, 10:30 pm | Guest Opinion

Here's a first: I'm at a loss for words. I just don't know what to say about the senseless murdering rampage that America, my America, has inflicted upon yet another all-but-defenseless third-world country. So many already have said it so well. More >>

Wartime Mind Control Tactics – A Survivor Speaks

Monday, 31 March 2003, 12:00 am | Guest Opinion

Something’s been bothering me lately. My fear stems from the awareness that a successful campaign is being waged through much of the media to shut down logic and critical thinking in the minds of most Americans. More >>

Painful Blessings - This Is A Perfect Moment

Friday, 21 March 2003, 10:54 am | Guest Opinion

This is a perfect moment. It's a perfect moment for many reasons, but especially because you and I are waking up from our sleepwalking thumbsucking dumbclucking collusion with the masters of illusion and destruction. More >>

Guest Opinion: Who Are The Real, Useful Idiots?

Friday, 21 March 2003, 12:40 am | Guest Opinion

I would say that people who hold up the First Amendment as an example of America’s greatness but then disparage those who exercise that right to peaceably assemble are the real, useful idiots. More >>

Guest Opinion: The American Tragedy

Tuesday, 11 March 2003, 3:36 pm | Guest Opinion

Bush, Iraq, Powell, Rumsfeld, Saddaam ...... how did these names come to invade all our conscious and semi-conscious - thoughts. How did we allow one issue to dominate the globe? With a global media outreach, and almost hegemonistic influence over many ... More >>

Get Up, Stand Up, Stand Up For Your Rights

Friday, 28 February 2003, 12:04 am | Guest Opinion

I am one of the plaintiffs in a lawsuit that seeks to prevent President Bush from launching a military invasion of Iraq without Congressional declaration of war because to do so would be in direct violation of Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution, ... More >>

US Arms Control Hypocrisy is the Real Threat

Wednesday, 26 February 2003, 10:43 am | Guest Opinion

John Bolton was in Israel last week doing his job, fighting the spread of weapons of mass destruction (WMD). Bolton is the U.S. Undersecretary of State for Arms Control. But the way he was doing his job is enough to make you laugh -- and cry. More >>

The Real But Unspoken Reasons For The Iraq War

Wednesday, 29 January 2003, 12:01 am | Guest Opinion

Although completely suppressed in the U.S. media, the answer to the Iraq enigma is simple yet shocking - it an an oil CURRENCY war. The Real Reason for this upcoming war is this administration’s goal of preventing further OPEC momentum towards the ... More >>

Guest Opinion: The Awakening.. Jan 18

Monday, 20 January 2003, 1:22 pm | Guest Opinion

It was reported that some 500,000 gathered in D.C. today. I don't know about numbers, but I do know that pictures taken from a helicopter showed a sea of people forever and ever and ever! More >>

One American Speaks to the Rest of the World

Wednesday, 18 December 2002, 12:10 am | Guest Opinion

As a United States citizen, I wish to apologize for the disrespect my country¹s leadership has shown you. I want to assure you that George W. Bush does not represent everyone in America, possibly not even a majority. He has disregarded our needs just as he ... More >>

Eco-Economy: US Dollar Hegemony Has Got To Go

Friday, 13 December 2002, 10:42 am | Guest Opinion

There is an economics-textbook myth that foreign-exchange rates are determined by supply and demand based on market fundamentals. Economics tends to dismiss socio-political factors that shape market fundamentals that affect supply and demand. More >>

The Fathers Berrigan & Man's Inhumanity to Man

Friday, 6 December 2002, 9:50 am | Guest Opinion

The Fathers Berrigan: Man's Inhumanity To Man, Dastardly Beyond Conscience Or Reasoning. By Judith Moriarty More >>

Guest Opinion: Suffering Suffrage!

Monday, 2 December 2002, 11:13 am | Guest Opinion

Take a deep breath-or better yet, a stiff drink. Don't watch any news if it makes you too sick, and try to get plenty of fluids (hopefully of the aforementioned variety). But before succumbing to the war fever that is supposedly gripping the nation, take ... More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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