Commentary
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Wish you were here (a small sampling) (Mickey Z.)
Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Jan. 15, 2007 -- Estimates vary, but roughly 50,000 animal and plant species become extinct each year. That's more than 130 a day, about 6 per hour.
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Our CIA Puts 'Protecting American Economic Interests' Well Above Human Rights, Democracy (Chirolas)
William Chirolas -- World News Trust Jan. 9, 2007 -- I just completed viewing the movie The Revolution Will Not Be Televised by Kin Bartley and Donnacha OBrian sponsored by the BBC among others, ...
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Remembering Ford As Personally Decent But Incompetent (William Chirolas)
Remembering Ford as personally decent but incompetent, with a foreign policy that killed innocents -- a lot like Reagan William Chirolas -- World News Trust Dec. 30, 2006 -- A conservative agenda is ...
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Remember What We Voted For (Mary Lyon)
By Mary Lyon, From The Left -- World News Trust Jan. 4, 2006 -- The new year, the new Congress, the new Senate, and the new Democratic majorities have but one watch-phrase as they take over power: ...
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The 'Bush Effect' (Better Hope Santa Doesn't See This List...) (Mary Lyon)
By Mary Lyon, from the left -- World News Trust Dec. 18, 2006 -- Since we’re one week away from Christmas, 2006, as of this writing, I decided a look back was in order. Most people at this time have ...
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The Goldwater Moment (Mary Lyon)
Mary Lyon, From The Left -- World News Trust Dec. 11, 2006 -- Might the “G” in Oregon Republican Senator Smith’s monogram stand for “Goldwater”? After Gordon Smith’s cry-uncle confessional in the ...
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Felonious Monk: What's The Deal With The Dalai Lama? (Mickey Z.)
Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Dec. 10, 2006 -- Heres the scene: Im in my local health food store when my eyes are drawn to the cover of the latest issue of New York Yoga magazine. Smiling at me is ...
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No Wonder Daddy's Crying (Mary Lyon)
Mary Lyon, From The Left -- World News Trust Dec. 7, 2006 -- No wonder Daddy’s crying, and no wonder I’m still shaking my head. I’ve looked at this Iraq Study Group, listened to the coverage, read ...
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Don't expect U.S. to create democracy in Iraq (lessons from Greece) (Mickey Z.)
Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Dec. 7, 2006 -- It would be nice to believe that the U.S./British invasion of Iraq may have been horribly mishandled, but the motivation behind it was sincere. After ...
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Somewhere A Banker Smiles -- Muffled Noises From The Ranks Of The Babbling Paranoid (Joe Bageant)
Joe Bageant -- World News Trust Dec. 5, 2006 -- It’s hard as hell to keep conspiracy theories out of one’s mind these days. And I’m not talking about “Who really brought down the Twin Towers?" or ...
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Don't let Dick Cheney read your palm (Mickey Z.)
Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Dec. 5, 2006 -- As predictions go, it wasnt exactly Broadway Joe Namath guaranteeing victory before Super Bowl III. Vice President Dick Cheney, on the March 16, 2003, ...
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