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Update: Yahoo!‘s Kevin Sites interviews Watada.
We tip our hat this week to Army Lt. Ehren Watada and the dozens of uniformed military men and women like him who have publicly refused deployment to Iraq.
Posted on Jan 5, 2007
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By Andy Borowitz — Just days after the Rev. Pat Robertson claimed on his “700 Club” program that God had warned him of “mass killings” that would occur in the United States late in 2007, God held a rare press conference today to deny having spoken to the controversial televangelist.
Posted on Jan 5, 2007
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By E.J. Dionne, Jr. — If the president orders a “surge” of U.S. troops into Iraq, he will force a confrontation with a Congress no longer enamored with his once-vaunted political instincts.
Posted on Jan 4, 2007
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By Ellen Goodman — Nancy Pelosi’s ascendancy to the House speakership proves that modern women can successfully “opt back in” after “opting out” to raise their children.
Posted on Jan 3, 2007
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By Molly Ivins — Since President Bush is unconscionably ignoring the demands of the American populace to wind down our Iraq misadventure, it’s up to you and me to find a way to halt this White House junta.
Posted on Jan 3, 2007
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By Joe Conason — The execution of Saddam Hussein made a mockery of all those who died in the name of democracy in Iraq over the past three years.
Posted on Jan 3, 2007
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By Marie Cocco — Expect a battle royal as the newly empowered Democrats seek to make the economy work for those Americans who don’t make more than $1 million per year.
Posted on Jan 3, 2007
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By Paul Cummins — An enrichment program for incarcerated L.A. youths is proving that non-punitive rehabilitation can and does work.
Posted on Jan 3, 2007
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AP Photo / Marco Di Lauro, Pool
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By Robert Scheer — Someone has to say it: The hanging of Saddam Hussein was an act of barbarism that makes a mockery of President Bush’s claim it was “an important milestone on Iraq’s course to becoming a democracy.”
Posted on Jan 2, 2007
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By Marie Cocco — Despite the drubbing Republicans took at the polls last year, Bush has given no indication that he intends to change course in Iraq this year.
Posted on Jan 2, 2007
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By E.J. Dionne, Jr. — If the Democrats don’t make good on their election-year promises to reform the lobbying system, they won’t deserve to hold power.
Posted on Jan 1, 2007
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From Salon.com
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By Chris Hedges — The former New York Times Mideast Bureau chief warns that the radical Christian right is coming dangerously close to its goal of co-opting the country’s military and law enforcement.
Posted on Dec 31, 2006
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Froma Harrop —
When they said a candle that burns twice as bright burns half as long, they couldn’t have been talking about James Brown, whose surprising longevity made fools of the health-conscious.
Posted on Dec 31, 2006
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By Robert Scheer — The grisly holiday hanging of Saddam Hussein has been greeted mostly with cheers from the media, but Truthdig editor Robert Scheer takes a different view, noting that even top Nazis, in the Nuremberg trials, received a far superior grade of justice.
Posted on Dec 29, 2006
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By E.J. Dionne, Jr. — At year’s end, I pay tribute to the readers who took the time to offer their, ahem, colorful responses to my columns.
Posted on Dec 28, 2006
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