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Global Warming: What, Me Worry?

“On the premise that spring is too beautiful for a depressing topic like Iraq, I thought I’d take up a fun subject—global warming.”

Posted on Apr 3, 2006 READ MORE  | 211 READS


Immigration 101 for Beginners and Non-Texans

Ivins weighs in on immigration reform, “The Fence” and corporate America’s demand for cheap labor.

Posted on Mar 30, 2006 READ MORE  | 251 READS


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Legalize the ‘Illegals’

“This is a moment of truth for America. It is time to acknowledge that we need the immigrant workers as much as they need us, and to begin to treat them with the respect they deserve.”

Posted on Mar 28, 2006 READ MORE  | 953 READS


The White House That Cried Wolf

The more that administration leaders play games with definitions of democracy and weasel wording about torture, the less they can be believed about anything. So if they someday tell the truth, no one will believe them.

Posted on Mar 27, 2006 READ MORE  | 190 READS


Panic in the Newspaper Biz

“I don’t so much mind that newspapers are dying—it’s watching them commit suicide that pisses me off.”

Posted on Mar 23, 2006 READ MORE  | 128 READS


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AP/Mark Duncan

Bush Bombs in Cleveland

On the third anniversary of the beginning of his Iraq catastrophe, President Bush yet again dealt in denial, but this time the carefully screened audience at the Cleveland City Club wasn’t buying it.

Posted on Mar 21, 2006 READ MORE  | 197 READS


Digging In for the ‘Long War’

“The Pentagon has decided to fight what it is now calling the ‘Long War.’ Has anyone asked you about this? Me neither.”

Posted on Mar 15, 2006 READ MORE  | 100 READS


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Khalid Mohammed / AP

Bush’s Fantasy of ‘Progress’ in Iraq

“If such constant mayhem is taken as a sign of progress, three years after the U.S. invasion, then Bush will surely be thrilled by what the future holds.”

Posted on Mar 14, 2006 READ MORE  | 1517 READS


Bush the Internationalist

“It’s hard to keep up with George W. Bush’s shuttles between internationalism and isolationism. You may recall ... he couldn’t even be bothered to learn the names of the Grecians and Kosovians.”

Posted on Mar 14, 2006 READ MORE  | 71 READS


It’s Enough to Give Evildoers a Bad Name

Andy takes a satirical look into the Axis of Evil and finds that its leaders occasionally enjoy a good round of trash-talking.

Posted on Mar 10, 2006 READ MORE  | 73 READS


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‘They tried to attach themselves to his virtue; then they wiped their feet with him.’—Mary Tillman

With the Pentagon’s inspector general suggesting criminal negligence in the killing of former NFL star and Army Ranger Pat Tillman, it is time to demand congressional hearings into the way the Bush administration cynically spun the story to serve its political purposes at the expense of the truth.

Posted on Mar 7, 2006 READ MORE  | 835 READS


Otis Chandler, former publisher of the Los Angeles Times and chairman of Times Mirror
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Lifting Weights With Otis Chandler

The former publisher of the Los Angeles Times and chairman of Times Mirror, who died on Feb. 27, approached weightlifting with the same kind of passion that animated the other endeavors of his life.

Posted on Mar 6, 2006 READ MORE  | 217 READS


The Ultimate Mistake

I’m against Saddam Hussein. I’m sorry it didn’t work out the way they wanted it to. Now let’s go. Because anybody who tells you it couldn’t possibly get worse is a fool.

Posted on Mar 1, 2006 READ MORE  | 89 READS


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Ken Catalino

Dubai: Great Theater

It’s the season’s big hit, a zany farce with pompous officials in the Bush administration and their hysterical courtiers in the mass media asserting positions that are patently absurd but hilarious to watch.

Posted on Feb 28, 2006 READ MORE  | 235 READS


Division on the War at Arianna’s

At Huffington’s recent Democratic Party fundraiser, Howard Dean talked a   lot, in strong language, about retaking the House but was stunningly silent on Iraq.

Posted on Feb 28, 2006 READ MORE  | 108 READS


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