Day April 23, 2004

Culture wars

Culture wars California State Assembly panel OKs bill allowing gay marriageMichigan preparing to let doctors refuse to treat gaysThe country is splitting down the middle. “The center can not hold”

Their beliefs are bonkers, but…

Their beliefs are bonkers, but they are at the heart of power So sayeth The Guardian. Why does no major media in the US run stories like this? US Christian fundamentalists are driving Bush’s Middle East policy In the United…

Iraq

Iraq America’s Arab allies feel the strain The real concern for leaders such as King Abdullah of Jordan, and the Egyptian President, Hosni Mubarak, is that the US will succeed in igniting the Arab street. Muslim nations condemn US policy…