Day March 6, 2005

Giuliana Sgrena, the Italian reporter wounded on March 4 by U.S.-led forces after she was freed from her captors in Iraq, said the military may have targeted her deliberately. Sgrena, 57, who had been held for one month in captivity,…

Journalist calls shots unjustified Wounded Italian’s account differs from that of U.S. “We weren’t going very fast, given the circumstances. It was not a checkpoint, but a patrol that started firing right after lighting up a spotlight. The firing was…

From the International Herald Tribune What’s missing from News in the United States is the news. On ABC, Peter Jennings devotes two hours of prime time to playing peek-a-boo with UFO fanatics, a whorish stunt crafted to deliver ratings, not…

Schwarzenegger’s solar power promise is back Governor-backed Bill, SB 1, aims for a million solar roofs in 10 years, making California world’s solar leader. That would be a serious amount of solar power. Arnold sometimes does some quite progressive things,…

Santos Reyes got 26 years to life “for filling out a driver’s license under a cousin’s name in 1997”, that’s why. He’s appealing on the quite sensible grounds that this is cruel and unusual punishment, especially considering it was a…