Norton: Lobbyist carried no sway
The interior secretary says the scrutinized dealings of Jack Abramoff had no effect on her agency’s tribal gambling decisions. Well, I certainly believe her, don’t you?
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Month December 2005
ANSWER Coalition Files FOIA Request
ANSWER Coalition Files FOIA Request on Pentagon spying of the antiwar movement. The Partnership for Civil Justice, a civil rights litigation firm, today filed a Freedom of Information Request, on behalf of the antiwar group the ANSWER Coalition, and also…
PATRIOT Act and Free Speechless Zones
Holding anti-war signs at a Bush press conference or party convention would be punishable by a year in prison, if the new odious PATRIOT act revisions pass. From a Green listserv forwarded by Ben Manski, former chair of the national…
That dangerous Quaker menace
A year ago, at a Quaker Meeting House in Lake Worth, Fla., a small group of activists met to plan a protest of military recruiting at local high schools. What they didn’t know was that their meeting had come to…
No apology at all
Bush admits mistakes but defends war He accepts responsibility for acting on flawed intelligence but says the invasion was justified. The intelligence wasn’t flawed. The neocons made up lies as justification for invasion, now Bush wants to pretend that the…