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William Fisher: Axes of Evil
Friday, 19 January 2007, 10:11 am | William Fisher
Now here's a trio that makes Alberto Gonzales look like Clarence Darrow! This trio consists of a senior Bush administration official, a member of the editorial board of the Wall Street Journal, and a conservative syndicated talk show host. More >>
William Fisher: In Praise of Professor Dreyfuss
Wednesday, 17 January 2007, 9:54 am | William Fisher
A ton of important news stories got spiked amidst the cacophonous white noise created by the Baker-Hamilton Report and the Bush "surge" plan and reaction thereto. More >>
Fisher: Mohamed al-Hatfield vs. Ahmed al-McCoy
Monday, 15 January 2007, 3:47 pm | William Fisher
It's been a few days since President Bush spoke to the American people about his new "strategy" for "victory" in Iraq. Reading the newspapers, listening to radio and watching television, one would think all the words that could possibly be written ... More >>
William Fisher: Goodbye to a Year of Ironies
Wednesday, 10 January 2007, 5:09 pm | William Fisher
One needs a well-honed sense of irony to truly appreciate 2006. Some of these ironies were funny. Some were embarrassing. A lot were downright tragic. Before we finally consign the old year to the historians, let us recount some of them. More >>
William Fisher: This Strategy Is New?
Wednesday, 10 January 2007, 3:22 pm | William Fisher
It's encouraging to know that President Bush is taking a hard look at economic initiatives as he prepares to let the nation in on his new strategy for Iraq. More >>
William Fisher: Here Are the Christians!
Wednesday, 10 January 2007, 3:00 pm | William Fisher
My recent column "Where Are the Christians?" drew a bundle of answers in emails from Truthout readers. That piece was about the bigoted remarks of Rep. Virgil Goode (R-Va.) attacking newly-elected Congressman Keith Ellis, a Muslim, for taking his ... More >>
Religious Leaders Push Back Against Rep. Goode
Wednesday, 10 January 2007, 10:38 am | William Fisher
More than 20 prominent religious leaders have launched an online petition demanding that Rep. Vigil Goode (R-Va) reexamine his opposition to newly-elected Rep. Keith Ellison, a Muslim from Minnesota, taking his unofficial oath of office using the ... More >>
William Fisher: Guantanamo - A Dark Anniversary
Wednesday, 10 January 2007, 10:01 am | William Fisher
This week, as the world marks the fifth anniversary of the arrival of the first detainees at the U.S. naval facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a growing number of people and organizations - from military officers to religious leaders to legal scholars to ... More >>
William Fisher: Where Are the Christians?
Thursday, 28 December 2006, 8:08 pm | William Fisher
It's not rocket science to understand why Republicans have gone into hibernation on the issue of Rep. Virgil Goode's outrageous rant against his fellow Congressman, Keith Ellison - the first Muslim ever elected to either legislative house - who wants ... More >>
William Fisher: The Cost Of Islamophobia
Wednesday, 20 December 2006, 4:17 pm | William Fisher
Five years after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, "Islamophobia" -- intensified by the war in Iraq and U.S. government actions at home - has left millions of American Muslims fearful of harassment, discrimination, and questionable prosecutions, and ... More >>
William Fisher: Winning by Losing?
Wednesday, 20 December 2006, 4:16 pm | William Fisher
Daniel Sutherland, head of the civil-rights division of the Department of Homeland Security, says the government needs the help of American Muslims and Arab-Americans to fight terrorism at home. "Homeland security isn't going to be won by people sitting ... More >>
William Fisher: Death To Infidels Via Video Game
Friday, 15 December 2006, 10:49 am | William Fisher
"This is the first time any Christian religious instructional video has recommended killing all non-Christians who refuse to convert to Christianity. It is unprecedented and dangerous." More >>
William Fisher: In Defense of (Some) Contractors
Friday, 15 December 2006, 10:39 am | William Fisher
The past few years have seen the excoriation of contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Bush administration has been accused of "outsourcing" vital missions for reconstruction and delivery of vital services. Contractors have been accused of finagling no-bid ... More >>
William Fisher: Three Years Too Late
Tuesday, 12 December 2006, 2:40 pm | William Fisher
While the Washington press corps chased the nine wise men (and one wise woman) of the Iraq Study Group as they scampered from the White House to Capitol Hill to press conferences to a multitude of talk show appearances in their efforts to pull Dubya's ... More >>
William Fisher: Unbending Bush
Wednesday, 6 December 2006, 4:21 pm | William Fisher
As the new Democratic Party majority in Congress considers whether to re-visit the Military Commissions Act of 2006 (MCA), the administration of President George W. Bush is proposing still more restrictions on detainees in American custody. More >>
William Fisher: Four Hopeful Signs
Wednesday, 6 December 2006, 4:11 pm | William Fisher
Amidst the anger, dismay and depression felt by millions of Americans who see their country's civil liberties being unnecessarily surrendered in the name of "The Global War on Terror," there are occasional signs that our justice system is still alive ... More >>
William Fisher: Bush's Second-Biggest Mistake
Tuesday, 5 December 2006, 6:02 pm | William Fisher
The Washington Post Sunday ran a series of articles by prominent historians who endeavored to answer the question, "Is Bush our worst president?" In the interest of balance, there was a "yes" piece, a "no" piece, and a "we don't know yet" piece. More >>
William Fisher: Not Flying While Muslim
Friday, 1 December 2006, 5:44 pm | William Fisher
The paranoid wing of the blogosphere continues to go ballistic with joy about the six Muslim imams who were removed in handcuffs from a US Airways flight because one passenger thought it was "suspicious" that they knelt on their prayer rugs and prayed ... More >>
William Fisher: Scientific Sleight Of Hand
Wednesday, 22 November 2006, 12:21 am | William Fisher
Most abstinence-until-marriage education programs -- which receive about $158 million annually from the Department of Health and Human Services -- are not reviewed for scientific accuracy before they are granted funding, according to a report by the ... More >>
William Fisher: How Long Is Long Enough?
Tuesday, 21 November 2006, 4:24 pm | William Fisher
With everyone's attention riveted on Iraq, Iran, and North Korea these days, it's difficult to find anyone interested in thinking about the bankruptcy of US policies right here in our own hemisphere. More >>
