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In Florida, Democrats Jump On Bush Gaffe. Democrats “pounced on” Gov. Jeb Bush (R), “taunting the governor with his own tape-recorded words saying he has ‘devious plans’ to ignore voters if they approve a popular state amendment requiring smaller public…

War Protests Happening in Historic Fashion. This past weekend protests were staged in major and minor cities all around the United States by the group Not in Our Name, with tremendous turn out. But it is hard to get a…

Peace hopes dim as missile fired into crowd Hmm yes, firing missles at people does tend to put a damper on peace… In a blow to new peace efforts, Israel launched its deadliest military strike in three months yesterday, killing…

L.A. protest coverage The L.A Times today ran a long, balanced story on the Not In Our Name demonstration, with a big photo, on the front page of the California section.  Excellent!

Northern Ireland peace plan near collapse If there were a political equivalent of lobbing a hand grenade into the middle of Northern Ireland’s devolved assembly, then the events surrounding the weekend’s drama at Stormont would certainly come close. The images…