November 4, 2003
The Nature Of Freedom
Something has been bugging me for quite a while.
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September 17, 2003
A Matter Of Trust
Despite Summer’s steady stiffening into Fall, things are heating up. The economy remains steadfastly going nowhere and the federal deficit -which, according to the experts, isn’t necessarily a bad thing- is looking to be $500 Billion next year. Former General and television pundit for military affairs, Wesley Clark just announced his intention to vie for the chance to become President.
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September 3, 2003
The Truth Of The Matter
So Thomas L. Friedman thinks America and American interests are destined to prevail in the Arab world because 4.5 million people voted for a winner in “Superstar,” the Arab version of “American Idol.”
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August 27, 2003
A Left & A Right
I have felt just the tiniest bit of pride in heretofore producing this series of essays wholly out of the cloth of my own thoughts, informed, I hope, by the various threads of texture, color, and substance I manage to glean by having an open mind, an inquisitive spirit, and a desire to distinguish between fact and fiction in this wacky world.
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August 24, 2003
California Recall 2003
In a Democracy, the People get the government they deserve.
-Adlai Stevenson
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August 1, 2003
Kucinich in 2004
Hope springs eternal.
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July 16, 2003
Remember the Bastille
As we enter the dog days of Summer, who is not nearly glazed-over by the who-shot-John of all the discredited, manipulated, politicized, fabricated, misinterpreted, misattributed, so-called intelligence upon which the Bush Administration relied to entice Congress, the media, and the public to accept the fiction that it was absolutely, frighteningly imperative we commit hundreds of thousands of American armed services personnel to “indefinite” duty in the Persian Gulf?
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July 1, 2003
Give A Little Bit
George W. Bush needs our help.
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June 20, 2003
Science? What Science?
The Administration of Smoke and Mirrors released this week the newest hit song in its long-running dance of deception, “We Have God On Our Side,” a lullaby produced by the Environmental Protection Agency, with a half share of songwriting credit to the White House Dept. of Information Management.
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June 8, 2003
Don’t Believe Everything You Read
I must confess, mine are not the swiftest feet on the track. Not until today, more than a month since the story broke, was I able to connect enough dots to see where Jayson Blair fits into the narrative of our National Debate.
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