Month July 2003

Kraftwerk is back!And they will have a new album out real soon now. “Like the Beatles, it is impossible to overstate their influence on modern music. It’s the five albums they made between 1974 and 1981 that really matter: Autobahn,…

Pam Reed, superwoman She did it again, the second year in a row. Pam Reed won the 135 mile Badwater Ultramarathon, blowing away the competition, finishing in 26 1/2 hours. Did I mention this Ultra starts in Death Valley, the…

The killing of Hussein’s sons: the Nuremberg precedent and the criminalization of the US ruling elite “Both the means by which Hussein’s sons were liquidated and the manner in which the killings were greeted by the American government and media…

9/11 report: No Iraq link to al-Qaida “The report of the joint congressional inquiry into the suicide hijackings on Sept. 11, 2001, to be published Thursday, reveals U.S. intelligence had no evidence that the Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein was…

Drought brings slow death to Joshua trees “Joshua Tree National Park is a magical place, and the bizarre looking Joshua Tree is one reason why. Now, due to the prolonged drought, they are dying by the thousands. Oh, they will…