Ocean acidification tops the annual list of important stories ignored by the mainstream media.
Iraq
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Toward what end? Obama’s ISIS policy
I don’t like where this is headed. I don’t like it at all. It’s been 13 years since 9/11, and in spite of the blood spilled and the money spent in Iraq and Afghanistan, by this country and others, we have by no means wiped out the threat of terrorism. We weakened – but didn’t […]
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National security: the US, Obama, and Iraq
Here we go again. Another country far away is blowing itself up. And once more, here in The Homeland we’re debating whether we should get involved. That the blow-up is taking place in Iraq adds to the complexity (and the heat) of the debate. In the Washington Post, Fareed Zakaria warns that aiding the Iraqi […]
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Urban journal – 12.07.05
Time for us to go It’s taken me a while to reach this point, but I’ve stopped wrestling with myself: I’m with Congressman John Murtha. It’s time to start leaving Iraq. We shouldn’t have attacked Iraq. Many of us knew that, and argued against the war plan. Once in, though, there didn’t seem a logical […]
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Hot news, cold news
Do you ever wonder how some stories in the news get covered extensively; others, seemingly more important, get little coverage, and still others get no coverage at all? Here are a few examples of what I mean by COLD NEWS. These are stories that are “out there” but there is little or no follow-up. • […]
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More lies, more deceit
Well, it’s going to be a long three and a half years. Some Bush critics take comfort in the president’s falling poll numbers. I don’t. I figure they’ll strengthen his resolve, not temper it. He and Rumsfeld and Cheney will ramp up the push for their radical agenda, to get it in place before Bush […]
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Reader feedback 10.27.04
Vietnam reminders, Bush and science, downtown shopping
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Reader feedback 10.20.04
Vietnam
reminders, Bush and science, downtown shopping
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Behind the mask
Last Thursday’s Bush-Kerry show wasn’t a debate, of course. And from the outset, I was cross that the media bought into the restrictions about format, camera angle, and the like. Since when do credible journalists agree to that kind of censorship? Still, it was an enlightening night. And I’m more worried than ever about […]
