I won’t tease you about New Year’s resolutions. I know they are greater than loss of 20 pounds or being nicer to your pets. Mine is to use … [Keep reading >>]

Molly Ivins: “Either the president of the United States is going to have to understand and admit he has done something very wrong, or he will have to be impeached.”

Molly … [Keep reading >>]

“PALU, Indonesia (AP) — A bomb ripped through a crowded meat market in an Indonesian province that has been plagued by sectarian violence, killing at least eight people Saturday and … [Keep reading >>]

Writing in the San Antonio Express News (Reg. Required), Mansour El-Kikhia critiques Bush’s ‘wishful thinking’ on democratic change in Iraq: “Tthe Bush administration is finding itself having to quietly revert … [Keep reading >>]

Like many papers in mid-America, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch is wrestling with the ‘half-full, half-empty’ ramifications of our Iraq policy: “Iraq in 2005 is at once far better off for … [Keep reading >>]

Writing in Al Jazeera, Mohamed El-Moctar El-Shinqiti exposes some of the dangerous and fundamental flaws in US policy maker’s analysis of Islam: “The key to a better future and better … [Keep reading >>]

Shorter WaPo story: Russian money laundered by Abramoff group to help DeLay attack Democrats.

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An emerging form of unconventional labor organizing is taking root in immigrant communities, providing services, networks and hope where mainstream unions and state protections have fallen short.

‘Worker Centers’ … [Keep reading >>]

“Recent reports in the German media suggest that the United States may be preparing its allies for an imminent military strike against facilities that are part of Iran’s suspected clandestine … [Keep reading >>]

“To what extent is it possible that today’s Republican Party scandals are not just about traditional corruption, but instead are the result of manipulation by foreign interests, masquerading as corruption … [Keep reading >>]

Newsday’s Ellis Henican has been writing about war and scandal and natural catastrophe all year long. Here is his list of the 10 stories he (and the rest of … [Keep reading >>]

Colorado Rep. Mark Larson, R-Cortez was considered the republicans best hope of regaining control of the State Senate next November. Larson spoke at Fort Lewis College and made some … [Keep reading >>]