Archive for January, 2008

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Filed under: Presidential 2008 — by Will Kirkland 01/31/2008 @ 9:44:27 PM

“After 30 years in government, serving under five Presidents of both parties and chairing two non-partisan commissions on the Public Service, I have been reluctant to engage in political campaigns. … [Keep reading >>]

Barak is a Lefty

Filed under: Presidential 2008 — by Will Kirkland 01/31/2008 @ 9:39:36 PM

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State of the Nation: Indigenous Rights

Filed under: Civil Liberties | Critical Voices — by Bob Zuber 01/31/2008 @ 7:09:28 PM

Indian Country Today applaud the UN’s effort to codify the rights of indigenous peoples: “Throughout the world, indigenous peoples struggle in analogous ways to uphold their own communities, cultures and … [Keep reading >>]

State of the Nation: Hicksville

Filed under: Critical Voices | Presidential 2008 | Republicans — by Bob Zuber 01/31/2008 @ 6:56:32 PM

The Des Moines Register’s Carol Hunter (with her many readers) gets in the middle of the feud between Iowa and New York newspapers over the failures of Rudy Giuliani : … [Keep reading >>]

Lost Boyz of Cambodia – Berkeley

Filed under: Events — by Will Kirkland 01/31/2008 @ 9:08:37 AM

The Center for Southeast Asia Studies, UC Berkeley
Presents a Special Event

“Cambodia, Cambodians and the Diaspora”

Featuring

“LOST BOYZ: Deporting the Cambodian Diaspora”
A talk and slide show by Stuart Isett

&
Reflections of a Khmer … [Keep reading >>]

Bob Herbert – Berkeley

Filed under: Events | Reporters — by Will Kirkland 01/31/2008 @ 8:49:27 AM

Presented by: The Graduate School of Journalism

Election 2008: Looking Beyond The Bush Years

A talk by New York Times columnist Bob Herbert

When: February 6, 2008, 6:00 pm — 8:00 pm

Where: North … [Keep reading >>]

The Race for 2008: McCain’s Message to Democrats

Filed under: Democrats | Presidential 2008 — by Bob Zuber 01/31/2008 @ 8:10:51 AM

Writing in the Guardian, Jonathan Freedland believes that a February 5 surge for McCain makes the democrats’ decision more urgent, and more clear: “But if McCain does indeed wrap things … [Keep reading >>]

The Race for 2008: Campaign Firestorm

Filed under: Presidential 2008 | Republicans — by Bob Zuber 01/31/2008 @ 8:01:46 AM

Writing in New York’s Daily News, Mike Lupica dissects the failed Giuliani strategy that was undermined, in part, by an incredulous firefighter: “Maybe (Giuliani) can still run that business off … [Keep reading >>]

The Race for 2008: Back Handed Endorsement

Filed under: Democrats | Presidential 2008 — by Bob Zuber 01/31/2008 @ 7:54:17 AM

The conservative, Murdoch-inspired New York Post endorses Obama, sort of: ” And don’t forget the Clintons’ trademark political cynicism. How else to explain Sen. Clinton’s oft-contradictory policy stands: She voted … [Keep reading >>]

Soldier Suicides

Filed under: Veterans | War — by Will Kirkland 01/30/2008 @ 10:50:44 PM
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” Suicides among active-duty soldiers in 2007 reached their highest level since the Army began keeping such records in 1980, according to a draft internal study obtained by The Washington … [Keep reading >>]

The Other Side

Filed under: Presidential 2008 — by Will Kirkland 01/30/2008 @ 10:43:44 PM

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Feinstein: Now You Don’t Feel So Proud…

Filed under: Democrats | Torture — by Will Kirkland 01/30/2008 @ 10:28:58 PM

“I do believe he will be a truly nonpolitical, nonpartisan attorney general; that he will make his views very clear; and that, once he has the opportunity to do the … [Keep reading >>]

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