AUSTIN, Texas -- We are having one of those brief but glorious moments when
our attention is focused on foreign affairs, so let's hare right after the
sucker.
Much in the news is the charmingly misleading headline that says, "Bush...
26 May 2000
Here we are, on the edge of yet another one, but I don't particularly care
for summer myself. At least as compared with spring and fall. My clock
started ticking when the Germans were trying to figure out a cross-channel
invasion schedule...
25 May 2000
One phrase -- "security zone" -- sums up an entire era of media spin about
Israel's 22-year occupation of southern Lebanon.
When Israel completed its pullout in late May, most U.S. news outlets remained in sync with the kind of...
23 May 2000
AUSTIN, Texas -- Remember the saying, "Don't shoot 'til you see the whites
of their eyes"? In the matter of privatizing Social Security, this
translates to, "Don't sign on until you've seen the details in ink."
Of course, if we had...
21 May 2000
AUSTIN, Texas -- This is a story about the Federal Medical Center Carswell,
a women's prison hospital on the outskirts of Fort Worth. It should not be
read with breakfast.
Kathleen Rumpf of Syracuse, N.Y., is part of the Catholic...
18 May 2000
AUSTIN, Texas -- The corporations might as well write the names of state
governments up on the bathroom walls: "For a good time, call Bush and the
Texas Lege. They're easy! They're cheap!"
The Washington Post broke a...
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