Month March 2003

Reporters Without Borders publishes the first worldwide press freedom index And the United States is …17th… “The poor ranking of the United States (17th) is mainly because of the number of journalists arrested or imprisoned there. Arrests are often because…

This just in “Thousands of ‘human shields’ left Iraq last weekend as news spread that popular jam band Phish was back on tour. In fact, according to reports coming from Baghdad, many human shields thought they were going on Phish…

A soggy, successful Los Angeles peace march 50,000 people turned out today in L.A. in steady, sometimes heavy rain, for the downtown antiwar march. You must understand. We here in L.A. seldom do anything in the rain except stay indoors. Yet 50,000 marched…

Thanks for explaining that Here’s why the coming war, according to some Christian fundamentalists,  is prophesied in the Bible – and even though millions will die, that’s good, because it’s the End Times. “Then comes the clincher. In Chapter 9, Verse…

In a world going mad, let’s pause to honor deeply inspired silliness The Great (Big Hair) Escape. Let’s hear it for the Sweet Potato Queens!!!