Day November 22, 2005

Dubya. champion of freedom

 Bush plotted to bomb Al-Jazeera President Bush planned to bomb Arab TV station al-Jazeera in friendly Qatar, a "Top Secret" No 10 memo reveals. But he was talked out of it at a White House summit by Tony Blair, who…

Link Wray, rockabilly legend, passes at 76

Rebel guitarist’s power chord in ‘Rumble’ started rock music on its journey to punk and heavy metal The legendary three-chord riff that Wray used in "Rumble," his signature tune and biggest seller, has reverberated down through the decades. "Without the…

Iraqis want withdrawal timetable

For the first time, Iraq’s political factions on Monday collectively called for a timetable for withdrawal of foreign forces, in a moment of consensus that comes as the Bush administration battles pressure at home to commit to a pullout schedule.

South Korea protests

ANSWER Coalition organizer John Beacham just returned from South Korea, where he participated in the protests against Bush and APEC and spoke at the International People’s Forum, an event which got major media attention and was covered on their TV…

Don’t discard youthful offenders

WaPo Op-ed on the hideous, medieval, racist US prison system which sentences child offenders to life in prison, no parole, something virtually unheard of in any other country. A recent report by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch reveals that…