Month January 2003

Vials of plague ‘missing in Texas’ “Samples of deadly bubonic plague are thought to be missing from a university laboratory in the United States. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) was called in after the discovery that between 30 and 35…

Israel Labor Party — No to a Sharon Government “TEL AVIV, Jan 14, 2003 — The Labor Party is today expected to announce what is being called its “doomsday decision” – it will not join any coalition led by Prime…

Palestinians & the Peace Movement I was talking today with someone from Workmen’s Circle, a progressive Jewish organization. They support “A stable two-state solution: a universally recognized State of Israel and a similarly recognized Palestinian State. Towards this end, there should be…

Pete Townshend Pete Townshend, leader of The Who, has been arrested and “was questioned at a police station in southwest London on suspicion of possessing and making indecent images of children and of incitement to distribute such images, a Scotland…

Bush: even his allies don’t like him GOP senators on the warpathBy Robert Novak “Republican senators gathering last Wednesday for their session-opening ‘retreat’ should have been happy, blessed with a regained majority and a popular president. They were not. Instead,…