Cuba Policy:Critical Voices From Mid-AmericaThe Pittsburgh Post-Gazette finds a rationale for the proposed “toughening” of our Cuba policy in the search for Florida votes in 2004: “Mr. Bush’s policy during … [Keep reading >>]

Iraq ReconstructionTrudy Rubin of the Philadelphia Inquirer has done some interesting on-the-ground reporting on the human dimensions of efforts to stabilize greater Baghdad: “Even Iraqis who welcomed U.S. forces are … [Keep reading >>]

Candidate WatchJosh Marshall on the Clark Campaign - faltering…Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah Marshall: October 26, 2003 - November 01, 2003 Archives … [Keep reading >>]

Plutocracy in America”Companies awarded $8 billion in contracts to rebuild Iraq and Afghanistan have been major campaign donors to President Bush, and their executives have had important political and military … [Keep reading >>]

RussiaThe media has almost uniformly framed the recent arrest of Michael Khodorkovksy in Russia as a troubling act by Vladimir Putin, putting the Russian compromise in jeopardy. The Russian … [Keep reading >>]

Religion and PoliticsWednesday’s All Things Considered on NPR had a chilling news report from Texas. [You can hear it by going to NPR.org] Thirty years ago conservative Democrats … [Keep reading >>]

Candidate WatchWriting earlier this week in the St. Paul (MN) Pioneer Press, Glenda Holste points to a long list of issues that the Bush team needs to address forthrightly as … [Keep reading >>]

Critical Voices From Mid-AmericaWriting in the San Antonio Express-News, Jan Jarboe Russell examines the failures of the government to successfully indict key members of the Enron fiasco: “From the beginning, … [Keep reading >>]

The 9/11 CommissionThe Milwaukee Journal Sentinel weighs in on Bush Administration efforts to stall the release of key documents: “The commission’s charter includes subpoena power, and Kean has suggested he … [Keep reading >>]

The Media | FramingGood article about the Daily Show. (By the way, the show airs at 11:00 pm on Comedy Central, and again the next day at 7:00 pm.)My comedy … [Keep reading >>]

Hope Dies Last”Hope Dies Last … is a phrase used by Jessie de la Cruz, who worked very closely with Cesar Chavez organizing the farm workers. She said that whenever … [Keep reading >>]

Serious Charges”A former Pentagon officer turned whistleblower says a group of hawks in the Bush Administration, including the Vice-President, Dick Cheney, is running a shadow foreign policy, contravening Washington’s official … [Keep reading >>]

Iraq”Total war dead (Iraq):Between 10,800 and 15,100, with a midpoint of 12,950 Combatants killed (Iraq) Between 7,600 and 10,800, with a midpoint of 9,200 Noncombatants killed (Iraq) Between 3,200 and … [Keep reading >>]

ClintonOn class warfare, and arguing and smiling.”Nobody makes me live in this country. America has been good to me. And I think for somebody to give me a tax cut … [Keep reading >>]

IsraelImportant article.”Israel’s top-ranking soldier said that current hard-line policies against the Palestinians were working against Israel’s ’strategic interest’ and had contributed to the downfall of the previous Palestinian prime minister, … [Keep reading >>]

Turkey|Iraq”Turkey’s President Ahmad Necdet Sezer considers the controversial issue of deploying Turkish troops in neighbouring Iraq as ‘closed.’”Aljazeera.Net - Turkey gives up on Iraq deployment … [Keep reading >>]

The MediaDirect testimony about management control at Fox. A must read.”… at Fox, if my boss wasn’t warning me to ‘be careful’ how I handled the writing of a … [Keep reading >>]

EnronRemember the President’s friend Ken Lay? Once a scofflaw always a scofflaw.LATImes: SEC Demands Records from LAY … [Keep reading >>]

Kazakhstan|OilNo one will be surprised to read this. A reminder of the other parts of the story….”Inevitably, the need for oil is at the heart of the story. Two … [Keep reading >>]

Corporate GiverNice picture of the President here:TOMPAINE.com - Op AdsAnd more on corporate tax breaks. Get ready to get angry.TomPaine.com: Tax Breaks … [Keep reading >>]