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Another Eighteen-Year-Old Dead in Bush’s War
Posted on January 29th, 2006 on
An article in today’s New York Times is titled “U.S. Military Releases Half of Iraqi Women in Its Prisons.” According to the article, th...

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If Only Bush Were Reagan
Posted on January 25th, 2006 on
The Cold War era was marked by vicious circles. Americans distrusted Russians as much as Russians distrusted Americans; instead of negotiat...

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Is it Possible to Take Rove Seriously?
Posted on January 22nd, 2006 on
Who knew? Karl Rove is vowing to make the war on terrorism a central issue in the midterm elections later this year. The surprising part is that...

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The Attack On Damadula
Posted on January 18th, 2006 on
There is much ferment in Pakistan over the recent missile attack, alleged to have been carried out by a CIA drone, on the village of Damadul...

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Walter Cronkite Speaks Out
Posted on January 17th, 2006 on
Walter Cronkite has told a group of reporters that he believes the U.S. should take its military out of Iraq immediately. This is not the fi...

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Pakistan Must Try Harder
Posted on January 14th, 2006 on
The horror stories of recent U.S. missile strikes against Pakistani villages in the border area with Afghanistan should be carefully examined, wi...

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The Definition of Responsible
Posted on January 11th, 2006 on
When I commented yesterday on the obnoxiousness of Bush’s speech to the Veteran’s of Foreign Wars, I had not yet seen the transcript of...

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Bush: “Hey, It’s Not Me Who’s Getting Killed”
Posted on January 11th, 2006 on
Bush just can’t stop with his pro-war nonsense. He can’t afford to end the war. His entire administration has been built on this w...

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Have We Planned Sufficiently For Attacks With Radioactive Materials?
Posted on January 5th, 2006 on
Did you hear that Republicans in Congress called an exceptional recess for the entire month of January because they wanted to give Tom DeLay a ...

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Is Bush Turning the U.S. Into A Sitting Duck?
Posted on January 3rd, 2006 on
The entire framework of argument currently being pressed for how to best protect the United States against the Islamic extremist threat is gr...

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Here Is A Mediocrity Bush Can Truly Love
Posted on January 2nd, 2006 on
Katherine Jordan is a 19-year-old from Lyndon, Kansas who has enlisted in the Army. Her coming deployment to Iraq is the subject of an art...

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