Saudis Crack Down on Imminent Threat
With militant Wahabi Islam totally out of control in Saudi Arabia, producing terrorists at an alarming rate and leading to multiple homicidal attacks against...
Activists March on Ciudad Juárez
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FDA Seeks to Increase Unwanted Pregnancies
The Food and Drug Administration today announced that they will be extending their review of the prescription "morning after pill" marketed as...
Gay Marriage Opponents Gear Up Discrimination Machine in SF
Associate Press reports that gay marriage opponents have filed a lawsuit in California seeking an injunction against the city of San Francisco for illegally...
Russian Candidate Abducted or Just Seeking Attention?
In the increasingly bizarre story of Russian presidential candidate Ivan Rybkin's mysterious disappearance, the BBC reports that he has now changed...
Clark Guns for Kerry
In a suprising move just scant days after his decision to leave the presidential race, former General Wesley Clark endorsed Senator John Kerry's bid...
Haiti: The Future of Iraq?
The situation worsened in Haiti today as supporters of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide violently blocked opposition political demonstrations, according...
Bush and Clinton - Star Witnesses
Former New Jersey Governor Tom Kean, now head of the 9/11 investigation committee, will be seeking the testimony of President Bush, Vice President Cheney,...
Have Faith - Whether or Not You Want It
Faith: Belief that does not rest on logical proof or material evidence. In an alternet.org editorial, Bill Berkowitz describes how despite varied support...
Government to Monitor Abortions?
A New York times report (requires login) today describes how Attorney General John Ashcroft has asked the Justice Department to order subpoenas on hospital...
Who Believes What About the US Budget?
As questions about who believed what about Iraqi WMDs prior to the war continue to fly around, questions are also flying around about who believes what...
Focus on Liberia for International Aid
The BBC reports that member states of the UN, led by the US and UK, have pledged $500 million in support to help aid in the stability of Liberia. Liberia...
US Government Investigates War Protesters
In a chilling development that privacy advocates and civil libertarians have been fearing since the passage of the USA Patriot Act following the 9/11 attacks,...
Jobs or the Environment: A Zero Sum Game?
Conservative columnist Henry Payne, writing in the National Review attempts to discredit the Democratic presidential candidates by comparing their environmental...
Who Really Won the Civil War?
In a NY Times editorial, Todd Purdum asks the question "Can John Kerry win the presidency without the South?" (requires login) Kerry, now the...
Israelis vs. Palestinians: The Pot Calling the Kettle Black?
Reuters today reports that an Israeli military helicopter has attacked and killed Aziz al-Shami, a top command of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, a known...
Get Sick, Go to Jail?
Columnist and author Barbara Ehrenreich, writing in the Progressive, describes how hospitals have dropped any friendly demeanor and are now prosecuting...
Moscow Subway Bombing Kills 39, Injures over 100
An explosion ripped through the Moscow metro today during the rush hour commute, killing at least 39 people and injuring over 100, according to Reuters.
Intelligence Failure On Iraq, or Political Failure?
The apportioning of blame for the absent WMDs in Iraq continues with Sidney Blumenthal (former Clinton adviser, and author of The Clinton Wars) arguing...
McCain Gets a Chance to Show Intelligence
John McCain, Arizona senator and former Republican presidential candidate, was named by the White House today as chair of a bipartisan committee to investigate...
Gunfight in Gaza
A shootout in the Israeli-occupied Gaza strip left 11 people wounded and one Palestinian policeman killed, according to a story on the BBC. Two conflicting...
The Demise of Dean?
Democratic hopeful Howard Dean may be facing the end of the road, according to the Washington Post, as he heads to Wisconsin to campaign for the February...
Cuban Refugees Drive US Coast Guard Crazy
11 cuban refugees were picked up by the US coast as they tried to land on the Florida coast in a converted 1959 Buick, according to Reuters. They are expected...
French PM Weighs in on Headscarf Issue
As France's national assembly gears up to vote on what is rapidly becoming one of the most divisive issues of the year, former Prime Minister Alain...
Gay Marrage Constitutional, Finds Mass. Supreme Court
The Supreme Judicial Court in Massachusetts have found that homosexual couples have a constitutional right to marriage, as opposed to civil unions. Four...
Democratic Candidates and their Cartoon Equivalents
Growing shockingly less relevant with each day, much like the candidates themselves: The Democratic Candidates and their Cartoon Equivalents
Bush to Hand off Iraq to UN?
In a dramatic turnaround of policy, the New York Times describes how the Bush administration intends to use the UN to assist in setting up a provisional...
Sharpton Not Reaching Key Demographic
In what has turned out to be a prophetic article in yesterday's Washington Post, voters in South Carolina supported both John Edwards and John Kerry...
Bush's Budget - Wishful Thinking or Downright Deceit?
In a New York Times editorial, Nicholas Kristof (requires login) blasts President Bush's 2004 budget, calling it "high risk intellectual dishonesty"...
Surprising No One, Joe Lieberman Gives up Presidential Bid
After finally realizing what everyone else has known since before the Iowa caucases, Connecticut Senator and former Vice-Presidential candidate Joe Lieberman...



