Month December 2003

Boy punished for talking about gay mom A 7-year-old boy was scolded and forced to write “I will never use the word ‘gay’ in school again” after he told a classmate about his lesbian mother. “I was concerned when the…

Hey, it’s good for the economy Things I don’t want to know about my country Not only are we outsourcing torture, we’re selling the torturers the tools of their trade.According to a new Amnesty International report, the Bush administration approved…

In this crazy world, we can always count on Dubya to do the wrong thing! White House wavering on steel tariffs? The issue is apparently not dead. The backlash to Monday’s announcement that Bush would rescind protective tariffs for the…

Diebold blinks, retreats Diebold is facing threats on two fronts as free-speech advocates pursue monetary damages against it and a presidential candidate urges a congressional inquiry into the company.A major supplier of touch-screen voting machines has agreed not to sue…

Liberal talk radio A Democratic investment group planning to start a liberal radio network to counterbalance conservative radio hosts like Rush Limbaugh says it is close to buying radio stations in five major cities. Executives with the newly formed company,…