Reflections On
Op-Ed: Hidden Influence-Peddling in Washington
May 20, 2013 6:00 pm-
Op Ed: Is Basic Literacy and the Joy of Reading Gone Forever?by Randi Dennis When I was younger, the places I most enjoyed hanging out in were bookstores and magazine shops....by admin on May 17, 2013 8:00 pm -
Tom Joyner’s Homophobic Message to the Black CommunityRev. Irene Monroe On May 1st, Jason Collins, the 7′ 0″ center for the Washington Wizards, and...by Rev. Irene Monroe on May 15, 2013 6:00 pm -
Working Mother’s Dayby Robert Reich My mother went into paid work soon after my father’s clothing store was flooded out in a hurricane,...by Robert Reich on May 14, 2013 6:00 pm
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Op-Ed: Guantanamo Hunger Strike Spotlights Obama’s Cruelty
By Sherwood Ross May 17th will mark the 100th day more than 100 of Guantanamo’s 166 remaining prisoners will have refused food. Their determined hunger strike may be generating global headlines but it has not moved President Obama to release this mainly Yemeni group of prisoners whose innocence is attested to by the fact that [...]
Reversal of Fortune: A Prosecutor on Trial
by Raymond Bonner Special to ProPublica For 30 years, Ken Anderson was the face of law enforcement in Williamson County, Texas, first as a bearded district attorney asking the court for tough sentences, and for the last 10 years handing those kinds of sentences out as a judge. Earlier this month, his beard gone, his [...]
Op-Ed: Drone Strikes Fueling Anti-US Hatred as Fear Spreads in Middle East
by Sherwood Ross U.S. drone strikes are creating cadres of anti-American fighters, furious over the killing and wounding of thousands of civilians. Far from the drone attacks being “on a very tight leash,” as President Obama claimed, they have generated widespread terror across Muslim populations in the attack regions as they disrupt civilian lives and [...]
$ I Found the Missing Billions $ – For God’s Sake
by The Reverend Dr. Britt Minshall HEADLINE: Pastor Britt locates the stolen Afghan U.S. Aid. Actually it’s true. February 4, 2013: CSIS Program: “Afghanistan’s Reconstruction.” John F. Sopko, nine month Inspector General in Afghanistan overseeing the reconstruction funding for the country, found himself “appalled” at the corruption and waste. He reported to us that 38 [...]
Op-Ed: Obama’s Ties to CIA May Explain His Totalitarian Views
by Sherwood Ross In a recent interview, Noam Chomsky said he never expected much of President Obama, adding, ”The one thing that did surprise me is his attack on civil liberties. They go well beyond anything I would have anticipated, and they don’t seem easy to explain.” Maybe the reasons for Obama’s transformation from a [...]
Sandra Day O’Connor Regrets
by David A. Love Twelve years after the controversial Supreme Court decision in Bush v. Gore, former Justice Sandra Day O’Connor is having some second thoughts about the case. O’Connor told the Chicago Tribune about her buyer’s remorse over the 5-4 decision, which put the brakes on the Florida vote recount in the epic 2000 presidential election, in the contest between [...]
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