Month November 2003

Saddam caved, Bush invaded anyway Our soldiers are dying in vain – Saddam capitulated and was rebuffed by Bush. It’s stories like this one, coupled with an announcement of another major call-up of reserves for next year, that spell the…

Oligarchs investigated, indicted In corporate America, this was Hairshirt Tuesday. Federal prosecutors simultaneously indicted one of the most high-profile figures in recent corporate scandals, targeted the world’s largest retailer for its alleged violation of immigration law and decided to retry…

Knee pain from arthritis? try oligarchs, er, leechesA new study shows the ancient medical practice of using leeches may provide a new arthritis pain reliever.

A stand-up guy Martin McGuinness vowed he would “rather die” than reveal the names of IRA colleagues after he was threatened with legal action for refusing to co-operate with the Bloody Sunday inquiry yesterday. McGuiness has been called the “IRA…

Alice in Wonderland logic in DC The Environmental Protection Agency is likely to stop taking action against coal-burning power plants that the agency itself had accused of violating air-pollution laws. We look forward to the FBI announcing they know the…