Tragically, No War This Week. In a move devastating to Mr. Bush’s chance to get some crude oil for his friends in the petroleum industry, Saddam Hussein said yes to the U.N. resolution demanding unconditional weapons inspections in Iraq [No…

Mystical Creatures Can Now Live Happily Ever After.  Parties to the UN Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) meeting in Santiago voted with an overwhelming majority today to provide legal protection to seahorses.

They’re Heeere. Bin Laden tape ‘probably’ genuine: US If it is bin Laden’s voice, it would show that the world’s most-hunted man was alive just a few weeks ago, because the tape makes references to recent events such as last…

California energy probe focuses on rigging A federal grand jury investigating California’s energy crisis appears to be focusing on whether major electricity suppliers worked together to rig the energy market. <Gee, ya think?> Grand juries operate in secret and its…

Low voter turnout called civil rights problem The dwindling number of people, especially minorities, who are willing to vote is as much a civil rights problem as a political concern, speakers at a San Francisco conference warned Tuesday Why is…

Bye bye Valley secession, hello California secession Spotted by alert reader, Becky. East of California, the U.S. is moving in the wrong direction–towards preemptive war, attacks on reproductive freedom, massive deficits, restrictions of civil liberties, environmental rollbacks and free reign…

Ho ho ho merry Christmas! US warns war on Iraq may start before Christmas.