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Bush Stands By His Dictator

By Robert Scheer, Truthdig. November 14, 2007.
ForeignPolicy: Bush continues to bail out Gen. Musharraf under the pretense that he's an ally in the war on terror.

What A Fearless Journalist Looks Like

By Amy Goodman, King Features Syndicate. November 14, 2007.
Media and Technology: At 95 years old, Stud Terkel has been blacklisted, wiretapped and censored, but he hasn't lost his fighting spirit.

Memo to Obama: No Rush to "Fix" Social Security

By Mark Weisbrot, AlterNet. November 14, 2007.
Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: The right has created powerful and lasting myths about the state of the program's finances.

Who to Vote For When the Top Candidate Stinks

By Annalee Newitz, AlterNet. November 13, 2007.
Sometimes when there are no good candidates at the moment, you have to vote for the one who'll be best in the future.

The Escalation of Girl Fights

By Earl Ofari Hutchinson, AlterNet. November 13, 2007.
Violence is no longer just a male thing; women are joining in on brawls in increasing numbers.

With Norman Mailer's Passing, Heaven Just Got a Lot More Interesting

By Arianna Huffington, Huffington Post. November 12, 2007.
Media and Technology: In an age when torture has become a "harsh interrogation technique" and "freedom" and "democracy" are used to curtail freedom and democracy, we'll surely miss his critical eye and his passionate love affair with language.

Gay? U.S. House Says That's Okay

By Deb Price, Creators Syndicate. November 12, 2007.
Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: It has taken more than 30 years for the House to pass the bill now known as the Employment Nondiscrimination Act, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.

How to Improve No Child Left Behind

By Sean Gonsalves, AlterNet. November 9, 2007.
When reforming the No Child Left Behind Act, it would be good to consider the different ways people learn and the different kinds of intelligence.

"American Gangster" Reinforces American Stereotype

By Earl Ofari Hutchinson, New America Media. November 8, 2007.
Media and Technology: The new movie American Gangster reinforces the enduring stereotype that the drug problem comes with a black face.

Who's Afraid of a Falling Dollar?

By Mark Weisbrot, AlterNet. November 8, 2007.
Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: An overvalued currency has been the source of many of our economic problems.

Gen. Musharraf: Our Man in Pakistan

By Robert Scheer, Truthdig. November 7, 2007.
ForeignPolicy: So General Musharraf has turned out to be just another crummy dictator, but at least he was George Bush's dictator.

A Vote for Mukasey Is a Vote for Torture

By Amy Goodman, King Features Syndicate. November 7, 2007.
Rights and Liberties: If a U.S. citizen, soldier or official were waterboarded somewhere overseas, would Americans hesitate for a moment to call it torture?

Will Bush Suck the GOP Down the Drain With Him?

By Arianna Huffington, Huffington Post. November 6, 2007.
George Bush continues to swirl around the drain; the only question now is: will he suck the Republican Party down with him?

What's Going on with High School Dropouts?

By Sean Gonsalves, AlterNet. November 6, 2007.
Rights and Liberties: No Child Left Behind imposes serious consequences on schools for low test scores, but regarding dropout rates -- where students are literally left behind -- it barely does anything.

Carbon Offsets: The New Cure for Enviroguilt

By Annalee Newitz, AlterNet. November 5, 2007.
Environment: Carbon offset fees may be new, but the underlying notion goes back to the Middle Ages, when the Catholic Church sold wealthy people indulgences to offset the spiritual cost of their sins.

The Hysterical Defense of "Dog the Bounty Hunter" Tells Much about America's Racial Backslide

By Earl Ofari Hutchinson, New America Media. November 5, 2007.
Media and Technology: Duane Chapman, a.k.a. the Bounty Hunter, got the temporary ax from his A&E show after a hate-filled rant against black women. But he deserves to be shown the door for good.

Obama Spurns Black LGBT Community for an "Ex-Gay" Musician

By Deb Price, Creators Syndicate. November 5, 2007.
Rights and Liberties: Barack Obama has alienated a large number of black gays and lesbians for giving musician Donnie McClurkin, an "ex-gay," a platform for his campaign in South Carolina.

Consumer Biotech

By Annalee Newitz, AlterNet. November 1, 2007.
Consumer biotech can measure and alter biological states for the mass market -- which goes much further than the consumer electronics craze over iPhones and Wiis.

Cashing In on Terror

By Robert Scheer, Truthdig. October 31, 2007.
World: What a boondoggle 9/11 has been for the merchants of war, who this week announced yet another quarter of whopping profits made possible by George Bush.

Being a Reporter with Bell's Palsy

By Amy Goodman, King Features Syndicate. October 31, 2007.
Health and Wellness: Amy Goodman talks about carrying on with Bell's palsy -- and the other public figures who've kept working during the illness, too.

How Racism Affects IQ

By Sean Gonsalves, AlterNet. October 29, 2007.
Rights and Liberties: Closing the education gap between races requires a critical look at early education and health care disparities -- not unfounded statements that black people are less intelligent.

Reconciling Catholic Faith with LGBT Children

By Deb Price, Creators Syndicate. October 29, 2007.
Rights and Liberties: Catholic parents with LGBT children are working to make the Church more inclusive of their families.

Ending the War: Time for the Dems to Play Hardball

By Arianna Huffington, Huffington Post. October 26, 2007.
World: It is time the Democrats reframe the debate over funding for the Iraq war.

Bush Wildfires Response Can't Atone For Katrina Blunder

By Earl Ofari Hutchinson, AlterNet. October 25, 2007.
Environment: Too bad Bush didn't race aid to the Gulf Coast as quickly as he did to Southern California.

War Costs Spiral Out of Control

By Robert Scheer, Truthdig. October 24, 2007.
World: In the name of our troops, Bush demanded another $46 billion from Congress to finance the war in Iraq -- and the Democrats will probably give it to him.

Hold Politicians' Feet to the Fire

By Amy Goodman, King Features Syndicate. October 24, 2007.
Environment: While the press does an admirable job bringing us live images of extreme weather, it doesn't explain why these events are happening.

Which Presidential Candidates Are Stepping It Up to Halt Climate Change?

By Bill McKibben, Grist.org. October 23, 2007.
Environment: Three presidential candidates just got on board with the Step It Up campaign.

Obama Plays to Anti-Gay Sentiment

By Earl Ofari Hutchinson, AlterNet. October 23, 2007.
Barack Obama takes a page straight from the Bush campaign playbook, touring with a notorious gay basher whose last political performance came at the 2004 Republican National Convention.

When Science Attacks!

By Annalee Newitz, AlterNet. October 23, 2007.
Two scandals in the sci-tech world serve as reminders that science can be done in bad faith.

Is a Presidential Coup Under Way?

By Jim Hightower, Hightower Lowdown. October 23, 2007.
Rights and Liberties: The Constitution is being trampled and nothing less than American democracy itself is endangered -- a presidential coup is taking place. Where is Congress?

Why Have the Children Been Left Behind?

By Sean Gonsalves, AlterNet. October 22, 2007.
Bush's ironically-named No Child Left Behind program cheatsschools out of money and time.

Gay Republicans Go After Mitt Romney's Flip-Flops

By Deb Price, Creators Syndicate. October 22, 2007.
The Log Cabin Republicans run a daring ad in Iowa, pointing out Mitt Romney's backtracking on abortion rights and gun control.

Yoko Ono's Iceland Peace Tower

By Amy Goodman, King Features Syndicate. October 17, 2007.
World: The peace tower in Iceland that Yoko Ono dreamed up 40 years ago has as much resonance now as it would have during the Vietnam War.

Bush's "No Child Left Standing"

By Will Durst, AlterNet. October 17, 2007.
Health and Wellness: Bush's veto of the State Children's Health Insurance Program wasn't "No child left behind" as much as it was "No child left standing."

Brilliant Soldiers' Dissent

By Robert Scheer, Truthdig. October 17, 2007.
World: The Iraq war has produced brilliant messages of dissent from the ranks that should cause us to stop in our tracks and reconsider what we have wrought.

The Pro-War Undertow of the Blackwater Scandal

By Norman Solomon, AlterNet. October 16, 2007.
World: A real hazard of preoccupations with Blackwater is that it will become a scapegoat for what is profoundly and fundamentally wrong with the U.S. effort and mission.

Moaning Lisa: A Blow-Up Doll, Upgraded

By Annalee Newitz, AlterNet. October 16, 2007.
Sex and Relationships: Moaning Lisa demonstrates the videogame-like properties of the female body -- to give it an orgasm you have to follow different patterns every time.

Bill Cosby's New Book Full of Racial Stereotypes

By Earl Ofari Hutchinson, AlterNet. October 15, 2007.
Media and Technology: Cosby's new book continues to tar black communities and the black poor as dysfunctional, chronic whiners, and eternally searching for a government hand-out.

On Transgender Rights, Congress Needs Better Teachers

By Deb Price, Creators Syndicate. October 15, 2007.
Rights and Liberties: Members of the House could learn a lot about transgender identity from someone like Alice Miller, a scholar and former CIA analyst who waited until her 60s to transition.

Hanging Nooses: Hate or Hoax Upsurge?

By Earl Ofari Hutchinson, AlterNet. October 11, 2007.
What are we to learn about race for the recent hanging noose at Columbia University?

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