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2005

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"The two greatest obstacles to democracy in the United States are, first, the widespread delusion among the poor that we have a democracy, and second, the chronic terror among the rich, lest we get it." - Edward Dowling, Editor and Priest, Chicago Daily News, 28jul41

Die Bush Krieger: Amerikas feldzug gegen das böse The Bush Warrior: America's Mission Against Evil. The Neurobiology of Mass Delusion -  Energy Bulletin 11jan05 The End of the World: How Rome Fell—and Why Possible subtitle: Present Day USA History in the Making The Coming Anarchy - Atlantic Monthly 1feb94 The Carlyle Group - 54 minute Real Player video [500 kbs | 100 kbs]  25jan04 The Destruction of the World Trade Center: Why the Official Account Cannot Be True David Ray Griffin What is the definition of a Bad Person? - Paul Goettlich 16dec2005 Are Prisons Obsolete? - Angela Davis, at the First Congregational Church, Oakland 26jul03 Why Kids Flunk History  - MUMIA ABU-JAMAL / Free Speech Radio News 15may02 A Brief History of Terrorism by the USA - from Terrorism and War by Howard Zinn 2002 US Interventions in Latin America Since 1823 A New Holy Grail - a poem by Kirk Lumpkin 16aug04 A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court - Mark Twain 1889 Cowboy - poem by Michael McClure 2001 [mindfully.org note: For all those who think war is the answer] Women's Reflections on War  - Rosalie Maggio / Street Spirit 1mar044 Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors (CCCO) - supports individual & collective resistance to war.

2005

• General Vo Nguyen Giap Biography (1912-  ) - John Simkin / Spartacus Educational 2005

• Robert Gates: Preemptive Reform - Chapter 11 from Directors of Central Intelligence as Leaders of the U.S. Intelligence Community 1946–2005 - CIA 2005

• Planet Earth As Weapon and Target - Leuren Moret / World Affairs, The Journal of International Issues Winter 2005

• Harper's Yearly Review - Harper's Magazine (with special message from Mindfully.org) 31dec2005

• 84 Guantanamo Detainees in Hunger Strike: Some Now Force-Fed -  Boston Globe 30dec2005

• Bush Spy Program?: NSA Caught Serving Cookies Illegally on White House Website - Red Herring 29dec2005

• Bush Spy Program: Bush Spy Program Has Renewed Impeachment Calls - Editorial / The Rock River Times 28dec2005

• Bush Spy Program: Defense Lawyers in Terror Cases Plan Challenges Over Spy Efforts - New York Times 28dec2005

  • Terrorism Cases in US May be Reopened After Wiretap Scandal -  The Independent (UK) 29dec2005

• Hometown Snubs Schwarzenegger Over Death Penalty -  New York Times 27dec2005

• Bush's Cold-War Toolbox - Editorial / Boston Globe 27dec2005

• Payday Loans Strap G.I.s: Thousands in Heavy Debt as Firms Rake It In  - New York Daily News 25dec2005

• Rep. Harold "Hal" Rogers (R-Ky) Benefits From Homeland Security Spending -  Washington Post 25dec2005

• Bush Spy Program:  Officials Want to Expand Review of Domestic Spying -  New York Times 25dec2005

• Bush Spy Program:  Spy Agency Mined Vast Data Trove - New York Times 24dec2005

• Guantanamo: Chinese Muslims' Detention Ruled Illegal But Federal Judge Blocks Release -  Boston Globe 23dec2005

• Cheney Breaks Tie on Budget Measure: Cuts $40 Billion for Foster Care, Child Support, and Student Loans -  Washington Post 22dec2005

• Bush Spy Program: Nuclear Monitoring of Muslims Done Without Search Warrants - US News and World Report 22dec2005

  • FBI Monitors Muslim Sites in US for Nuclear Radiation - Pakistan Dawn (plus others) 25dec2005

• Scientific Fraud: Under a Microscope: High-Profile Cases Bring New Scrutiny to Science's Superstars New York Times (and others) 24dec2005
• Waterboarding Definition - Wikipedia 24dec2005
• From 2006 Britain to Monitor Every Journey by Every Car  - The Independent (UK) 22dec2005
• Wal-Mart Slapped with $172M Ruling: A California jury orders the retail giant to pay $172 million to workers denied lunch breaks  - CNN (plus others) 22dec2005
• Bush Spy Program: U.S. District Judge James Robertson, Upset Over Bush's Spying on Americans, Quits FISA Court - Capitol Hill Blue 21dec2005
• The ‘Most Corrupt’ Congress Ever Including Elements of the Black Caucus -  The Black Commentator 21dec2005
• Bush Spy Program: Bush Lied. . .Impeach the Bastard - Digital Divide 20dec2005
• F.B.I. Watched Activist Groups - New York Times 20dec2005
• Clinton Claimed Authority to Order No-Warrant Searches. Does anyone remember that? -  National Review 20dec2005
• UK Spy Revelation Puts Pressure on Blair - Taipei Times (Taiwan) 19dec2005
• Hunger & Homelessness Survey by the U.S. Conference of Mayors Dec2005 - Press Release (with link to PDF) 19dec2005
• Doug Bandow Op-Eds: Tankers on the Take - New York Times 19dec2005
  • Op-Eds for Sale - Business Week Online 16dec2005
  • Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Drops Payola Pundit Doug Bandow - Editor & Publisher (NYC) 20dec2005
• Senator Reid Calls US Congress 'Most Corrupt in History' - Reuters 18dec2005
• President Bush Radio Address to the USA - White House 17dec2005
  • Bush: Eavesdropping Helps Save U.S. Lives - AP 17dec2005
• US "Rendition" of Khaled el-Masri: CIA Received German File on German Captive - Reuters 17dec2005
• Bush Spy Program: Bush Lets U.S. Spy on Callers Without Courts: NSA - New York Times 16dec2005
• Senate Deals Setback to Bush on Patriot Act  - Washington Post 16dec2005
• Army Short of Recruits, Redoes its Math - Christian Science Monitor 15dec2005
• Bush Insists Iraq Intelligence Wrong - The Guardian (UK) 15dec2005
• Pentagon to Review Possible Database Misuse - AP 15dec2005
• Bush On The Run: Defending Decision to Go to War in Iraq - AP 14dec2005
• U.S. Trade Deficit Grows 4.4% to All-Time High of $68.9 Billion: New Monthly Record With China - U.S. Census Bureau / U.S. Department of Commerce (plus others) 14dec2005
• Mumia Abu-Jamal: A Stunning Win -  San Francisco Bay View 14dec2005
• Torture - Le Monde diplimatique (Paris) 13dec2005
• Gerhard Schroeder's Sellout to Gazprom - Editorial / Washington Post 13dec2005
• Torture and the Constitution - Editorial / Washington Post 11dec2005
  • Waterboarding Definition - Wikipedia 
• IRS is Cracking Down on Excessive Pay and Perks at Nonprofits - Time 11dec2005
• Poland Orders Probe Into Alleged CIA Jails: Polish Premier Announces Investigation Into Alleged CIA Jails - AP 10dec2005
• GOP Faction Wants to Change 'Birthright Citizenship' Policy -  Los Angeles Times 10dec2005
  • Included in article above: What Immigration Brings California - San Francisco Chronicle 11dec2005
• Cellphone Tracking: Live Tracking of Mobile Phones Prompts Court Fights on Privacy -  New York Times 10dec2005
  • In Re Application for Pen Register and Trap/Trace Device with Cell Site Location Authority - United States District Court, Southern District of Texas 14oct2005
• Detainee Flights Have Saved European Lives, says Rice - The Guardian Weekly (UK) 9dec2005
• Tunisia Entwined in Ben Ali's Web - Le Monde diplomatique (Paris) 9dec2005
• Passengers: Rigoberto Alpizar Didn't Say 'Bomb' - Forbes / AP (and others) 9dec2005
• Consumer Credit Falls $7.2 Billion As Car Loans Slip - Wall Street Journal 8dec2005
• Secretary Rice's Rendition - Editorial / New York Times 7dec2005
• New 39-Cent Stamp on Sale Thursday: Lady Liberty and U.S. Flag (Non-denominated valued at 39-cents) 7dec2005
• Extraordinary Rendition - Khaled el-Masri / Statement / ACLU 6dec2005
• The University of California and the Wal-Mart Effect -  Berkeley Daily Planet 6dec2005
• Your Brain at the Mall: Why Shopping Makes You Feel So Good - Wall Street Journal 6dec2005
• Tom DeLay One Step Closer to Felony: Charge Is Upheld - Washington Post (plus  others) 6dec2005
• Iraq: Setbacks in Iraq Outweigh Progress -  Knight Ridder 4dec2005
• Rosa Parks' Life: A Call to Carry it On - Melvin Dickson / The Commemorator 1dec2005
• Jesus Without The Miracles: Thomas Jefferson's Bible and the Gospel of Thomas -  Harper's Magazine 1dec2005
• European Bank Raises Rates for First Time in 5 Years -  New York Times (plus others) 1dec2005
• Two U.S. Allies Leaving Iraq, More May Go - AP 1dec2005
• Bush Called for Jury Duty in Texas - AP 1dec2005
• Bush Defies Hopes for Iraq Exit -  Newsday 1dec2005
• Former Bush Adviser Criticizes Drug Plan - Wall Street Journal 30nov2005
• Trip Into Moon Orbit May Cost Tourists $100 Million - RIA Novosti (Russia) 30nov2005
• Bush: Not Going Anywhere - Washington Post 30nov2005
  • Bush Releases His Plan for Victory in Iraq - The Times (UK) 30nov2005
  • Bush's Speech: War on Terrorism - Annapolis, MD 30nov2005
• Torture: Rice Defends Prisoner Tactics -  USA Today 29nov2005
• Torture: Secret CIA Jails Deepens US/EU Divide - Financial Times (UK) 29nov2005
• Omen on the High Court? Right Side of Supreme Court is Crumbling: Marble Falls From Building's Facade - Washington Post 29nov2005
• Democrat/Republican Pork: The New Capital of Commerce - Fortune 28nov2005
• Gimme an Rx! Cheerleaders Pep Up Drug Sales -  New York Times 28nov2005
• Merck to Cut 11% of Staff, Close or Sell Five Plants: 7,000 Jobs to be Cut - Wall Street Journal (and others) 28nov2005
• As Profits Surge, Workers Still Wait For Raises - Los Angeles Times 27nov2005
• Katrina Aid Falls Short of Promises: Antipoverty Funding Loses Momentum -  Boston Globe 27nov2005
• George W Bush: Even Supporters Doubt President as Issues Pile Up -  New York Times 26nov2005
• Will the R&D Tax Credit Grow? Business Lobbies for Expansion, but Bill May Get Too Pricey - Wall Street Journal 26nov2005
• CITGO: Venezuela's Chávez Sends Heating Oil to Poor in MA, RI and NY - Christian Science Monitor 25nov2005
• America’s Secret Prisons: Alvaro Gil-Robles Interviewed -  Open Democracy 24nov2005
• Bush's Space Plan In Danger As Budget Crisis Grows At NASA - UPI 24nov2005
• Torture: Trained for Torture - Voices from Iraq 23nov2005
• Wild Turkeys Attack Humans in Suburbia: Toms, Seeing People as Low In Pecking Order, Commit Fowl Play With Spurs - Wall Street Journal 23nov2005
• Al-Jazeera Plot: UK Gags Daily Mirror Over Aljazeera Memo - Al-Jazeera (Qatar) 23nov2005
• Al-Jazeera Plot: Bush Plot to Bomb His Arab Ally: Madness of War Memo - Daily Mirror (UK) 22nov2005
• Exit Strategy in Search of a Party -  Washington Post 23nov2005
• GM to Cut 30,000 Jobs by 2008, Expects $7 Billion in Savings - GM Press Release & Wall Street Journal 21nov2005
• Falwell Fighting for Holy Holiday: He'll sue, boycott groups he sees as muzzling Christmas - San Francisco Chronicle 20nov2005
• Bill Authorizes Private Purchase of Federal Land -  New York Times 20nov2005
  • For Sale Cheap: 270 Million Acres of National Forest and Public Land - Los Angeles Times 18nov2005
  • Bill Would Sell Land Promised to D.C. - Washington Post 10nov2005

• CITGO to Start Distribution of Discounted Heating Oil To USA's Poor - Venezuelanalysis 18nov2005

• CIA's Harsh Interrogation Techniques Described: Sources Say Agency's Tactics Lead to Questionable Confessions, Sometimes to Death - ABC News 18nov2005
• Persistent Deficiencies Limit Accuracy and Usefulness of DOD's Funding Allocation Data Reported to Congress - GAO-06-88, a report to congressional committees 18nov2005
• UN Official Calls for Inquiry into Iraq Torture - The Guardian (UK) 18nov2005
• Time to Bring Troops Home - The Australian 18nov05
• Richard  Nixon, Presidential Liar: Ordered Cambodia Cover-Up of Cambodia - BBC News 17nov2005
• I’m a Modern Man - GEORGE CARLIN / The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on 15nov2005
• UN Summit Nears Deal On Internet Oversight - Dow Jones Newswires 15nov2005

• This Isn't the Real America - Jimmy Carter / Op-ed / Los Angeles Times 14nov2005

• Identity Theft: A Crime of Hype - AP 14nov2005

• Justice Dept.: Civil Rights Focus Shift Roils Staff At Justice: Veterans Exit Division as Traditional Cases Decline - Washington Post 13nov2005

• Opt Out: Massachusetts High School Students Rebuffing Military Recruiters: More high schoolers in state opt out of lists -  Boston Globe 13nov2005

• Guantánamo : Senate Approves Limiting Rights of U.S. Detainees - New York Times 11nov2005

• The Woman Behind Arnold’s [ the governator] Defeat - Pacific News Service / Berkeley Daily Planet 11nov2005

• U.S. Trade Deficit Soars to Record Levels in September -  Los Angeles Times 10nov2005

• 9/11 WTC: Brigham Young Professor Thinks Bombs, Not Planes, Toppled WTC - Deseret Morning News (Salt Lake City, UT) 10nov2005

• The SFPD Execution of Gus Rugley - San Francisco Bay View 9nov2005

• Bush's Hell Week -  New Yorker 7nov2005

• Bush Declares: 'We Do Not Torture' - AP 7nov2005

• Paris: 10 Officers Shot as Riots Worsen in French Cities -  New York Times 7nov2005

• Wen Ho Lee Wants Reporters to Reveal Sources Who Alleged He Was a Spy - San Francisco Chronicle 6nov2005

• Iraq: Official Count at 2,035 American service members who have died since the start of the Iraq war - New York Times 6nov2005

• Pirates Fire at Luxury Liner Seabourn Spirit: Terrified British passengers cower as rocket-propelled grenades and bullets hit £20,000-a-trip ship - The Independent (UK) 6nov2005

• Far From Home, Bush Can't Escape Political Headaches - USA Today 4nov2005

• CIA Holds Terror Suspects in Secret Prisons: Debate Is Growing Within Agency About Legality and Morality of Overseas System Set Up After 9/11 -  Washington Post 2nov2005

• Supreme Court: Who Gets Appointed to it and How - US: The Court of First Resort -  Le Monde diplomatique (Paris) 1nov2005

• Massive Police Sweep of Homeless Encampments in Contra Costa County -  Street Spirit (Oakland, CA) 1nov2005

• Iraq WMDs, Scooter, Wilson Leak: Democrats Force Senate Into Iraq Meeting -  AP 1nov2005

• George W. Bush and the Price of Torture -  Harper's Magazine 1nov2005

• 9/11 WTC: The Destruction of the World Trade Center: Why the Official Account Cannot Be True DAVID RAY GRIFFIN (after Oct 2005)

• Voices From the Grave: The World's New Halloween Reality - John Kaminski 30oct2005

• I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby: Cheney Aide Libby Is Indicted On Perjury, Other Charges - Wall Street Journal 28oct2005

• The Battle for New Orleans: Only a Real Movement Can Win This War -  The Black Commentator 27oct2005

• Gina Hinton, Survivor of Police Shooting, Forgotten in SF Jail - San Francisco Bay View 26oct2005

• Robots May Allow Surgery in Space: But Will Bush Allow People on Earth to Eat ? -  AP 26oct2005

• Republicans Cut Several Programs in Budget: Student Loan Subsidies and Child Support Enforcement - AP 26oct2005

• Death Toll Exceeds 2,000: Bush Tries to Revive Support for Iraq War -  AP 25oct2005

• Rosa Parks, Civil Rights Pioneer, Dies at 92 - AP 24oct2005

• FBI Papers Indicate Intelligence Violations: Secret Surveillance Lacked Oversight -  Washington Post 24oct2005

• The Cost of Gold -- 30 Tons an Ounce: Behind Gold's Glitter: Torn Lands and Pointed Questions -  New York Times 24oct2005

• Making a Killing: American Government Hires Private Security to Stabilise Iraq - The Sunday Times Magazine (UK) 23oct2005

• Oscar S. Wyatt Jr., flamboyant Texan: Oilman Indicted Over Kickbacks to Saddam Hussein's Regime -  New York Times 22oct2005

• World Trade Center: Mission Improbable: Author Challenges the Official Story of 9/11 -  Vermont Guardian 21oct2005

• Congress Passes New Legal Shield for Gun Industry  -  New York Times 21oct2005

• Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK): Still Following the Leader: In the mountains of Iraq Sophie Shihab meets Turkish Kurds who remain faithful to their jailed founder - Guardian Weekly (UK) 20oct2005

• US: Here Isn’t The News: The Family Firm Behind a Television Empire -  Le Monde diplomatique (Paris) 21oct2005

• George Bush: "God Ordered Me to End Tyranny in Afghanistan and Iraq" - The Guardian Weekly (UK) 20oct2005

• DeLay Booked in Houston on Conspiracy, Money Laundering Charges (including DeLay booking photo) -  AP 20oct2005

• GM and Ford in Need of a Big Overhaul - The Economist (UK) 20oct2005

  • A Hole In GM's Safety Net Health Benefit Cut Seen as Bellwether -  Washington Post 20oct2005
  • UAW Initiates Legal Action Seeking Court Approval of Settlement with GM - UAW Press Release 18oct2005
  • GM Cuts Employee Health Benefits, May Sell GMAC - Consumeraffairs.com 18oct2005
  • GM, UAW Reach Deal to Cut Health Costs -  AP 17oct2005
  • Ron Gettelfinger, UAW International President Expects to Reach Health Care Agreement This Weekend - Bloomberg 15oct2005
  • UAW Tells GM Plant Leaders That Health Deal Possible -  Bloomberg 14oct2005
• Bush Administration's National Security Decision-Making Process: Boon or Danger to American Democracy COL. LAWRENCE WILKERSON, USA (RET.) 19oct2005
• Unlimited Militarisation: Delusions of World Hegemony - Admiral Vishnu Bhagwat, Former Chief of the Naval Staff India 17oct2005
• Kalahari Bushmen in Botswana Forcibly Evicted From Village - Washington Post 16oct2005
• US Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan Gives His Blessing for Reforms (Plus Complete Speech Text) - The Australian 14oct2005
• Personal Bankruptcy Filings Break Record for 4th Week Straight - Knight Ridder Newspapers (plus others and data) 12oct2005
• Only 27 Bushmen Remain in Kalahari Reserve: Bushmen Villages Nearly Emptied Botswana Accused Of Forced Removal - Washington Post 11oct2005
• Imprisoned Black Nationalists in the United States: Caged Panthers -  Le Monde diplomatique (Paris) 11oct2005
• Iraq: The Coup That Wasn't - The Guardian Weekly (UK)  7oct2005
• Bush Criticised For Claiming God Made him Go To War - Ekklesia 7oct2005
• Rich, Successful -- and Miserable: New Research Probes Mid-Life Angst -  Wall Street Journal 5oct2005
• Poverty in the USA: 37 Million People in Poverty in the U.S. - Street Spirit (plus data and graphics from US Census Bureau report) 1oct2005
• Catastrophic Economics: The Predators of New Orleans -  Le Monde diplomatique (Paris) 1oct2005
• DeLay Scandal Fuels Uncertainty - CBS News 29sep2005
• Democrats Help Roberts Win Senate Committee Approval by 13-5 -  Wall Street Journal 23sep2005
• Shi Tao: Yahoo Aided China In Jailing Reporter -  Wall Street Journal 7sep2005

• Gonorrhea Lectim Warning - Centers for Disease Control (CDC) 7sep2005

• Add it all up: News from New Orleans: What do you get? Genocide! - San Francisco Bay View v.30, n.35, 7sep2005

• Five Shot Dead by New Orleans Police Were Army Workers - The Australian 5sep2005

• New Orleans to Bush: We’ll be angry long after our beloved city and surrounding parishes have been pumped dry -  EDITORIAL / Times-Picayune 5sep2005

• Bush Team Tries to Pin Blame on Local Officials in Aftermath of Katrina -  The Guardian (UK) 5sep2005

• The Two Americas - Marjorie Cohn / truthout 3sep2005

• A Can't-Do Government - Paul Krugman / New York Times 2sep2005

• Guess Who Castrated FEMA? -  Washington Monthly 1sep2005

• Still Separate, Still Unequal: America's Educational Apartheid -  Harper's Magazine 1sep2005

• Joseph E. Schmitz: Pentagon Inspector General Quits to Join Iraq Contractor -  AP 31aug2005

• Thousands Feared Drowned in New Orleans -  AP 31aug2005

• Racist News Captions: In the USA, Whites Find and Blacks Loot - AFP & AP News Photos 30aug2005

• Bush Economics of Disaster: Email Attributed to New Orleans LA (NOLA) Rescue Worker - 30aug2005

• Privacy: The Water Cooler, a Font of Good Medicine - New York Times 30aug2005

• Getting Agnostic About 9/11: A Society of Nonbelievers Questions the Official Version -  Los Angeles Times 28aug2005

• Experts Warn Debt May Threaten Economy - AP 27aug2005

• U.S. TV-Evangelist Pat Robertson Calls for Assassination of Chavez -  Reuters 23aug2005

  • Response from Venezuela: Robertson's Remarks are Terrorist in Nature -  AP 23aug2005

• Scientists Speak Up on Mix of God and Science - (3 parts) New York Times 23aug2005

• Gaza Evacuation Should Be Americans' Last Straw -  King Features Syndicate 20aug2005

• Taser has made a stunning impact but How Safe Is It? -  Guardian Weekly (UK) 19aug2

• Video Games Linked to Aggression in Boys - Reuters 19aug2005

• 9/11 In Context: Plans and Counterplans -  Serendipity 18aug2005

• Operation Able Danger: Sept. 11 Ringleader Identified More Than a Year Before 2001 Attacks - New York Times 18aug2005

• Jean Charles de Menezes: Assassinated by London Cops on Tube - Family Press Statement 17aug2005

• New Director of NSA Says Eavesdropping Isn't Easy -  New York Times 17aug2005

• London Inquiry Refutes Police in Their Killing of a Suspect -  New York Times (and other articles) 17aug2005

• Schwarzenegger and Sex: The Naked Governor of CA to get Tough on Sex Offenders  -  AP / Jerusalem Post 17aug2005

• 'Black August' In Iraq -  UPI 16aug2005

• U.S. Lowers Sights On What Can Be Achieved in Iraq: Administration Is Shedding 'Unreality' That Dominated Invasion - Washington Post 14aug2005

• Homeland Security Dept. Loses Labor Rules Fight -  New York Times 14aug2005

• Cellphone Lines Draw Scrutiny: Authorities Weigh Network Shutdowns To Prevent Terror Attacks -  Wall Street Journal 12aug2005

• WorldCom: Scott Sullivan Gets Slap on the Wrist: WorldCom Rat Race  - Forbes 12aug2005

• Bolivia on the Day of the Death of Che Guevara: Rough Draft of History - Le Monde diplomatique (France) 11aug2005

• Big Brother and the Bureaucrats - New York Times 10aug2005
• SAFETEA-LU: Bush Signs $286.4 Billion Highway Bill -  AP 10aug2005
• Bush Bypasses Senate: Installs Eric S. Edelman as Undersecretary of Defense for Policy - AP 9aug2005
• Bush Sings Energy Bill: Fueling Corporations/Depleting Native Lands - Democracy Now 9aug2005
• Northcom: War Plans Drafted To Counter Terror Attacks in U.S. Domestic Effort Is Big Shift for Military -  Washington Post 8aug2005
• Defeat of Attempt to Privatize Japan's Postal System -  Reuters 8aug2005
• 7/7 Bombings Final Word: Her Majesty's Terrorist Network: Only conspiracy theorists would believe the government wasn't involved - s Prison Planet 7aug2005
• Iraq Sees Violence Across the Country - Aljazeera (Qatar) 7aug2005
• Two Empires Grow: Foxwoods Resort and Mohegan Sun -  Hartford Courant 7aug2005
• Bush’s Neocon Friends Shocked as he Backs the Darwin-Doubters - The Sunday Times (UK) 7aug2005
• More Than Half See Bush as Dishonest: Associated Press-Ipsos Poll - AP 6aug2005
• Rev. Jesse Jackson: Voting Law is Modern-Day Equivalent of Jim Crow-Era Poll Taxes - Indianapolis Star 6aug2005
• Bush Has A Strategy for Iraq. . . but isn't sharing it with his military commanders - UPI 5aug2005
• More Than 1,800 US Military Killed in Iraq Since Invasion -  New York Times 4aug2005
• March on Washington Aug. 13: Over 2 Million Imprisoned -- Too Many! -  San Francisco Bay View 3aug2005
• Bush Bypasses Senate: Install Pentagon Official: Peter Flory to be an assistant secretary of defense - AP 2aug2005
• CIA Leak: Novak Defends Actions in Leak -  Baltimore Sun 2aug2005
• CIA Leak: Columnist Defends CIA Story - Novak: Wasn't told it might be dangerous - AP 2aug2005
• 9/11: What If Everything You Know About 9/11 Is Wrong? David Ray Griffin Interview / Hustler Magazine 1aug2005
• Guantanamo: Two Prosecutors At Guantanamo Quit in Protest Rather than take part in military trials they considered rigged against alleged terrorists - Wall Street Journal 1aug2005
• Homeless at The Albany Bulb: Disturbing the Ghosts of the Albany Landfill - Street Spirit v.11, n.8, 1aug2005
• Iraq: Unacceptable Regimes in Iraq and the United States: Occupied Zones Howard Zinn / Le Monde diplomatique (France) 1aug2005
• Bush Bypasses Senate: Appoints Bolton as ambassador to the United Nations - The Economist (UK) and more 1aug2005
• None Dare Call It Stolen: Ohio, the Election, and America's Servile Press -  Harper's Magazine 1aug2005
  •   (3.13 MB PDF) Preserving Democracy: What Went Wrong in Ohio - Status Report of the House Judiciary Committee Democratic Staff 5jan2005

• Gun Industry Bill Backed by Senate: The bill is backed by the National Rifle Association - BBC 30jul2005

• Former British MI5 Agent Says 'Many Similarities' Between London Bombings And 9/11 -  Lewis News 29jul2005
• Jean Charles de Menezes: Brazilian Did Not Wear Bulky Jacket: Met admits that, contrary to reports, he did not leap tube station barrier - The Guardian (UK) 28jul2005
• CIA Leak: Prosecutor In CIA Leak Case Casting A Wide Net: White House Effort To Discredit Critic Examined in Detail -  Washington Post 27jul2005
• AB405: Reading, Writing & Human Experimentation -  California Safe Schools 26jul2005
• Israel Re-operates X-ray Checking at Rafah Crossing: Death Chamber - Xinhuanet 23jul2005
• Iraq Reconstruction Money: Digging In Former Bush Aide Turns Tough Critic As Iraq Inspector: Poor Controls, Waste in Reconstruction; Missing Millions - Wall Street Journal 26jul2005
• John G. Roberts: White House Won't Show All Roberts Papers - AP 24jul2005
• London Bombing: British Cops Trained in Israel "Operation Kratos"- Global Research (Canada) 24jul2005
• London Bombing: Man Killed in London NOT Linked to Blasts - AP 24jul2005
• London Bombing:Bomb Suspect Gunned Down on Tube After Frantic Chase with Armed Police -  The Telegraph (UK) 23jul2005
• Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt: Bombers Sow Terror at Red Sea Resort -  Mail & Guardian (S Africa) 23jul2005
• Sudanese Offer Rice Ugly Reception [That She Deserves] - East Bay Daily News 22jul2005
• Random Searches in NYC: New York Starts to Inspect Bags on the Subways -  New York Times 22jul2005
• Mass Incarceration is an Abomination - Black Commentator 21jul2005
• London Bombing:Lies and Misinformation on London Bombings: London Calling -  Mail & Guardian 20jul2005
• Keyshia Cole: On The Edge of Fame - San Francisco Chronicle 17jul2005
• Bush Nominates John G. Roberts To Supreme Court -  365Gay.com 19jul2005
• Causality of War: The US Economy -  San Francisco Chronicle 17jul2005
• Cameras, Sensors To "Protect" Railway in DC - Washington Post 16jul2005
• Even If Cell Phones Are Allowed on Airplanes, Is It a Good Idea? - Chicago Tribune 15jul2005
• Ten Worst Places To Be BLACK - The Black Commentator 14jul2005
• Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to Be Paid $8 Million by Fitness Magazines. . .after vetoing a bill to regulate use of dietary supplements - LA Times 14jul2005
• Iraq: Coverup of the Number of Soldiers under US Command Killed in Iraq - El Diario (Puerto Rico) 12jul2005
• Bombs in London Are Now Called Military Quality -  New York Times 12jul2005
• Nine Iraqi Bricklayers: Detained Iraqis Suffocate in Police Van After 14 Hours - Aljazeera (Qatar) 11jul2005
• Garbage Land: On The Secret Trail of Trash - Book Review / Washington Post 10jul2005
• Berkeley Liberation Radio Seeks New Studio After Latest FCC Crackdown -  San Francisco Bay Guardian 6jul2005
• Zimbabwe: Bulldozers Carve Out a Bleak New Reality for Poor Zimbabweans -  The Guardian (UK) 5jul2005
• Eminent Domain: What's Needed in Next Supreme Court Justice -  San Francisco Examiner 4jul2005
• United States: The Slide To Disorder -  Le Monde diplomatique (France) 1jul2005
• Police Abuse and Psychiatric Repression of the Homeless - tad / Street Spirit 1jul2005
• My Country, 'Tis of Thee -  Le Monde diplomatique (France) 1jul2005
• Eminent Domain: The Government Can Take Away Your Home - San Francisco Examiner 29jun2005
• Rumsfeld: Iraq Insurgency Could Last Years - AP 27jun2005
• Things aren't getting better; they're getting worse. The White House is completely disconnected from reality. The reality is that we're losing in Iraq  -  U.S. News & World Report 27jun2005
• Report: States Nationwide Inflate Graduation Rates -  San Francisco Examiner 26jun2005
• Eminent Domain: Eminent Domain Is Imminent Disaster -  Hartford Courant 25jun2005
• Eminent Domain: After Court Ruling, It's Cities vs. Homeowners in Fight Over Land Rights - AP 25jun2005
• Eminent Domain: Rell Seeks Legislative Review of Ruling on Eminent Domain -  New York Times 25jun2005
• Eminent Domain: Moving Toward Neo-Fascism -  Hartford Courant 24jun2005
• Eminent Domain: Eminent Domain Ruling Dismays NJ, PA Owners in Bulldozers' Path -  Philadelphia Inquirer 24jun2005
• Eminent Domain: Court Buttresses Eminent Domain: Local Governments Cleared To Take Private Property If Projects Promise Growth - Wall Street Journal 24jun2005
  • KELO et al. v. CITY OF NEW LONDON et al. Certiorari to the Supreme Court of Connecticut No. 04-108.Argued February 22, 2005--Decided 23jun2005
• Microradio: FCC Threatens Berkeley Liberation Radio -  Berkeley Daily Planet 21jun2005
• John Bolton Blocked by Democrats -  Washington Post 21jun2005
• Iran: The US War With Iran Has Already Begun - Scott Ritter / Aljazeera 19jun2005
• Downing Street Minutes Hearing Thursday: A Million Signatures to be Delivered to the White House - Cong. John Conyers / San Francisco Bay View 15jun2005
• The Meaningless Apology On Lynching - The Black Commentator 16jun2005
• Bush Rejects Lawmakers' Call for Iraq Pullout -  Reuters 16jun2005
• Victims of ID Theft Will Forever Remain Vulnerable -  Knight Ridder Newspapers 16jun2005
• Supreme Court Critics On Both Left And Right: Supreme Court's Image Declines As Nomination Battles Loom -  Pew Research Center 15jun2005
• Iraq News Increases Calls for Troop Withdrawal - Pew Research Center 13jun2005
• Israeli Experts Teach Police On Terrorism: US and UK  -  Washington Post 12jun2005
• 911 Whistleblower: A Personal Decision - Kevin Ryan / UQ Wire 10jun2005
• Q&A: Iraq's Militias: What's the status of Iraq's various militia groups? -  New York Times 9jun2005

• Global Warming & Bush: Ex-Oil Lobbyist Watered Down US Climate Research - The Guardian (UK) 9jun2005

  • Lawmakers Want Probe in Charge White House Doctored Climate Change Reports - Agence France-Presse 9jun2005

  • White House Calls Editing Climate Files Part of Usual Review - New York Times 9jun2005

  • Bush Aide Softened Greenhouse Gas Links to Global Warming -  New York Times 8jun2005

  • Revealed: How Oil Giant Influenced Bush White House sought advice from Exxon on Kyoto stance -  The Guardian (UK) 8jun2005

  • Bush Official Altered Scientific Reports On Global Warming: Report - Agence France-Presse 8jun2005

  • Joint Science Academies’ Statement: Global Response to Climate Change - National Academies 7jun2005

  • US Mayors Snub Bush and Sign Up To Kyoto - The Guardian (UK) 17may2005

• Personal Data for 3.9 Million Lost in Transit by UPS  - New York Times 7jun2005
• Emmett Till Returned to His Final Resting Place - Chicago Defender 6jun2005
• US Homeland Security: Emergency Preparedness Against the "Universal Adversary" -  Centre for Research on Globalisation 5jun2005
• Emmett Till: Autopsy Done, Emmett Till Is Reburied - Reuters 4jun2005
• Emmett Till: After 50 Years, Emmett Till's Body Is Exhumed -  New York Times 2jun2005
• Deep Throat: Mark Felt, Deep Throat and the Watergate Scandal - Democracy Now! 2jun2005
• Deep Throat: How Mark Felt Became 'Deep Throat' - Bob Woodward / Washington Post 2jun2005
• Federal Homeless Policy Update June '05 - Street Sheet (San Francisco) 1jun2005
• Guantanamo: Tales of Abuse, Forced Confessions in Guantanamo Testimonies -  AP 31may2005
• C.I.A. Expanding Terror Battle Under Guise of Charter Flights -  New York Times 31may2005
• Deep Throat: I'm the Guy They Called Deep Throat -  Vanity Fair 30may2005
• Bush Says U.S. More Secure, Honors War Dead -  Reuters 30may2005
• What Indians And Palestinians Share -  New London Day (Connecticut) 29may2005
• U.S. 'Thumbs Its Nose' at Rights - New York Times 26may2005
• Arrested Development After Prison Boom, A Focus on Hurdles Faced by Ex-Cons - Wall Street Journal 24may2005
• Professor Ignacio Chapela Wins Bitter UC Tenure Fight With University of California - Berkeley Daily Planet 24may2005
• Many Companies Monitoring, Recording, Videotaping - And Firing - Employees  - SPX 23may2005
• Analysts Warn of DOD Budget 'Train Wreck' -  UPI 23may2005
• Scholarly Journals' Premier Status Is Diluted by Web: More Research Is Free Online Amid Spurt of Start-Ups - Wall Street Journal 23may2005
• Nancy Pelosi Delivers Speech to American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) - Official Website of Nancy Pelosi House Democratic Leader 23may2005
• 9/11 Commission Report: A 571-Page Lie Dr. David Ray Griffin / 911 Truth 22may2005
• Abu Ghraib Lesson Unlearned: The 10 inquiries into prisoner abuse have let Bush and Co off the hook - Seymour Hersh / The Guardian (UK) 21may2005
• Luis Posada Carriles: Bush Trips Over a Cuban Heel - The Guardian Weekly (UK) 20may2005
• Dennis Kyne: What the NYC Police Department Learned Me -  MyTown.ca 19may2005
• George Galloway Reveals US Senate as Pack of Fools and Liars That They Are - CNN 18may2005
• Emmett Till: F.B.I. Discovers Trial Transcript in Emmett Till Case -  New York Times 18may2005
• Prisons: The Celling of California -  San Francisco Bay View 18may2005
• General Lance Lord: Air Force Seeks Bush's Approval for Space Weapons Programs -  New York Times 18may2005
• Bill Moyers: Take Public Broadcasting Back - Moyers' address to the  National Conference on Media Reform 15may2005
• Dr. Tolbert Small Address to Li'l Bobby Hutton Day Celebration on 16 April 2005 at the West Oakland Public Library -  The Commemorator 13may2005
• More Restrictions and Taxes Coming To Your Neighborhood: Do-It-Yourself Electrical Repairs May Get a Lot More Expensive - Berkeley Daily Planet 13may2005
• Army Will Let Recruits Sign Up for Short Hitch - Reuters 13may2005
• As Rich-Poor Gap Widens in the U.S., Class Mobility Stalls: Those in Bottom Rung Enjoy Better Odds in Europe  -  Wall Street Journal 13may2005
• BET Nightly News Cancelled — No Big Loss -  The Black Commentator 12may2005
• Surrealism In The Real World -  Le Monde diplomatique (France) 11may2005
• Army Gives Halliburton $72m Bonus -  Reuters 11may2005
• Web Spy: Yahoo Web Beacons May Not Shine With Users - Your Guide to Antivirus Software 8may2005
• The Supreme Court and "Enemy Combatants" -  Covert Action Quarterly 1may2005
• Malcolm's Advice to Young People: `Think for Yourself''  - Socialist Action 1may2005
• Torture: Adnan Thabit in Iraq: The Way of the Commandos -  New York Times 1may2005
• How to Decode Resistance Propaganda Iraq: A Message From the Insurgents - Le Monde diplomatique (France) 11may2005
• Emmett Till Relatives Divided over Exhuming His Body - Chicago Defender 10may2005
• Left Denial on 9/11 Turns Irrational - Jack Straw 6may2005
• I.B.M. to Lay Off Over 10,000 in Struggle to Keep Up Profits - New York Times 5may2005
• The Evangelical Roots of Economics -  Harper's Magazine 1may2005
• Wal-Mart: Exposing the Wal-Mart Empire -  Street Spirit (Oakland, CA) 1may2005
• Biodefense: A Plague of Researchers -  Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists 1may2005
• I Am A Living Piece of Property - Jon (nom de plume) / Fault Lines 1may2005
• Cuba: US Administration Involved Embarrassing and Delicate Episodes: Terrorist Adventures Against Cuba -  Gramma International (Cuba) 1may2005
• Army Recruiters’ Blackhawk Helicopter Turned Away From High School  - Bainbridge Island Review 30apr2005
• Outsourcing the Occupation  - Haaretz (Israel) 30apr2005
• Pepper Spray Eight Win in Court: Humboldt Co Sheriff's Deputies & Eureka Police Liable for Excessive Force in Violation of 4th Amendment - Press Release 29apr2005
• UK Government's Secret Legal Advice on Iraq War -  The Guardian (UK) 28apr2005
• Recruiting: How Far Will The Army Go? - CBS4Denver 28apr2005
• Central Park in NYC: Keeping Great Crowds Off Central Park's Great Lawn -  New York Times 27apr2005
• Bush's Energy Agenda Fast Facts - Fox News 27apr2005 
• NYPD Misconduct at 2004 Republican National Convention in New York City - Letter From Members of U.S. Congress to Attorney General 25apr2005
• U.S. Prison Population Soars in 2003, '04 - AP 24apr2005
• Christian Europe RIP: The new Pope will hasten the decline of the old continent's formative faith -  The Guardian (UK) 21apr2005
• Fascism: Are We There Yet? - The Black Commentator 21apr2005
• Benedict XVI Is a Champion of Doctrine A Life Combating Secularism  - Wall Street Journal 20apr2005
• Chapela Files Tenure Suit Against UC Berkeley - Berkeley Daily Planet 20apr2005
• Dr. Ignacio Chapela: Professor Takes UC to Court, Citing Discrimination Chapela Says His Origin, Criticism of UC Sparked Retaliation -  Daily Cal 19apr2005
• Fidel Castro Exposes Links Between US Government and Terrorists - Gramma International (Cuba) 18apr2005
• Black Panther Party: Little Bobby Hutton Held as Role Model for African Americans - Oakland Tribune 15apr2005
• How To Buy A Private Island . . . for less than you might think - Lands' End Catalog 15apr2005
• Pope Benedict XVI: Think Before You Emote -  Guardian Weekly (UK) 15apr2005
• UC Strikers Demand Good-Faith Bargaining - Berkeley Daily Planet 15apr2005
  • UPTE Supports AFSCME's Unfair Labor Practice STRIKE - UPTE Flier at Picket Line / UC Berkeley Campus 14apr2005
• Blacks Pushed Down and Out - The Black Commentator 14apr2005
• John Negroponte: We Must Not Move On -  The Guardian (UK) 13apr2005
• Dennis Kyne Vindicated: Videos Challenge Accounts of Convention Unrest -  New York Times 12apr2005
• The China That Isn’t China -  Le Monde diplomatique (France) 12apr2005
• A Palestinian Prison-State? - Boston Globe 12apr2005
• U.S. Trade Deficit Expanded To $61.04 Billion in February - Wall Street Journal 12apr2005
• Willie Fontenot Action Alert: Six Key Pieces of Information About Longtime Environmental Advocate Willie Fontenot Being Forced Out Of His Job 11apr2005
• Is America Preparing for Martial Law? - Centre for Research on Globalisation (Canada)10apr2005
• Report Finds Schools Needlessly Arresting Growing Number of Youth - San Francisco Bay View 6apr2005
  • Education on Lockdown: The Schoolhouse to Jailhouse Track / Exec. Sum. / Advancement Project 24mar2005
• Want to Save the Planet? Then Make Me Your Not So Benevolent Dictator -  The Times (UK) 9apr2005
• Willie Fontenot: Activists' Ally Snared in Security Net: Students' Photos of Refinery Cost Man his State Job - The Times-Picayune 5apr2005
  • Louisiana AG Staffer Retires Rather Than Face Hearing - The Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA) 5apr2005
• Israel to Dump 10,000 Tons of Garbage a Month in the West Bank -  Ha'aretz (Israel) 4apr2005
• Pope Dies: Italy, Rome, The Death of Pope Karol Wojtila - Federazione Anarchica Torinese (FAI) 3apr2005
• Israel Exposes Palestinians to Killer Radiations - IslamOnline.net (Doha) 2apr2005
• Social Security: The $4.7 Trillion Pyramid: Why Social Security Won't Be Enough to Save Wall Street -  Harper's Magazine 1apr2005
• Homelessness: Community Asks "Why Have Camping Tickets Tripled Under Newsom?" Street Sheet (San Francisco) 1apr2005
• Poverty Eradication And Human Rights - ARJUN SENGUPTA 31mar2005
• Bankruptcy Bill : Debt Slavery: What the Bankruptcy Bill Could Do to You -  The Black Commentator 31mar2005
• The New Pitch: Do Ads Still Work? -  The New Yorker 28mar2005
• Schwarzenegger Prisons: Governor Drops Plan to Combine Youth, Adult Prisons -  San Francisco Chronicle 31mar2005
• Age Discrimination: Court Clears Way for More Age Lawsuits - AP 31mar2005
  • Azel P. Smith v. City Of Jackson, Mississippi - Supreme Court of the United States / No. 03-1160  30mar2005
• Crying Foul at Whistle-Blower Protector: Some Staff From U.S. Office of Special Counsel Claim Wrongdoing by the Agency's Chief - Wall Street Journal 31mar2005
• US Passports: Passport Chip Criticism Grows - Wired 31mar2005
• Afghanistan: US Scatters Bases to Control Eurasia - Asia Times (Hong Kong) 30mar2005
• US Passports: RFID Cards Get Spin Treatment - Wired 29mar2005
• Bobby Fischer: Personality of the Week - Pravda (Russia) 28mar2005
• The Color of Justice -  The Black Commentator i.107, 27mar2005
• Fayetteville Diary - Gulf War Vet Dennis Kyne / Guerrilla News Network 23mar2005
• Britain: Government Issues First “Control Orders” Imposing House Arrest -  WSWS 22mar2005
• Guantanamo: FBI Report Questions Guantanamo Tactics -  AP 21mar2005
• Israeli Refuseniks: Shministim - Israeli Youth Refusal Movement 12th Graders' Letter ('michtav shministim') 21mar2005
• Israel: A Nonviolent Response to the Occupation: A Call for Morally Responsible Investment - Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center (Jerusalem) 20mar2005
• Asia Subsidises the United States' Debts: A Currency of Exorbitant Privilege -  Le Monde diplomatique (France) 14mar2005
• Annan Attacks Erosion of Rights in War On Terror: US and Britain in UN Secretary General's Sights -  The Guardian (UK) 11mar2005
• Rumsfeld Details Big Military Shift In New Document: Drive for Pre-emptive Force, Wider Influence Will Trigger Changes in Strategy, Budget - Wall Street Journal 11mar2005
• 9-11 on Trial Cracks Mainstream Media! - Centre Daily Times 10mar2005
• African Americans: Millions Still Can't Vote - The Black Commentator 10mar2005
• International Criminal Court: U.S. Threatens Bolivia to Secure Criminal Court Immunity - Pacific News Service / Berkeley Daily Planet 4mar2005
• U.S. Coalition Fire Injures Freed Italian Hostage in Iraq: Giuliana Sgrena - AP 4mar2005
• Death Penalty: Court Takes Another Step in Reshaping Capital Punishment - New York Times 2mar2005
  • Supreme Court, 5-4, Forbids Execution in Juvenile Crime -  New York Times 2mar2005
• AWOL in America: When Desertion is the Only Option -  Harper's Magazine 1mar2005
• Supreme Court Strikes Down Death Penalty for Juveniles - AP (and more) 1mar2005
  • Roper, Superintendent, Potosi Correctional Center v. Simmons 1mar2005
• Vietnamese Victims Sue Over Agent Orange in NYC Court - Democracy Now! 28feb2005
• Afghanistan: Security with a Human Face: Challenges and Responsibilities - First National Human Development Report - United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) 21feb2005
• World Bank May Fund Israeli Checkpoints -  IPS (Rome) 24feb2005
• UC Berkeley Black Faculty Have Unique Struggle - The Daily Californian 25feb2005
• Pentagon Seeking Leeway Overseas Operations Could Bypass Envoys -  Washington Post 24feb2005
• Pentagon Wants to Freelance - Times of India 24feb2005
• Malcolm's Contribution to Black Voting Rights -  The Black Commentator 24feb2004
• 2,392 Disappeared Homeless in San Francisco - Matt Gonzalez / San Francisco Bay View 23feb2005
• Supreme Court: John Roberts Jr.: D.C. Circuit Judge Gets on Supreme Court Short List -  Legal Times 22feb2005
• Democracy For $ale: Libertarian Paradise -  Monitor Winter 2004-05 20feb2005
• Fallujah: The Truth At Last - Dr. Salam Ismael  / Socialist Worker (UK) 19feb2005
• Michael Sears: Former Boeing Finance Chief Gets 4-Month Prison Sentence - Wall Street Journal 18feb2005
• Leave Our Country Now - Hassan Juma'a Awad / The Guardian (UK) 18feb2005
• Negroponte Named National Intelligence Chief: Ambassador to Iraq Would Oversee All 15 U.S. Spy Agencies - Washington Post 18feb2005
  • Negroponte Named Intelligence Chief: Bush Turns to Iraq Envoy, A Bureaucratic Operator, To Oversee the 15 Agencies -  Wall Street Journal 18feb2005
  • John Negroponte: High Spy - Wall Street Journal 17feb2005
• Threat of a Draft Will Tame Warlike U.S. Populace - Black Commentator 17feb2005
• Threats to the United States and FBI Efforts to Address Them - Testimony of Robert S. Mueller, III Dir. FBI Before the Senate Committee on Intelligence 16feb2005
• Ward Churchill Under Attack - San Francisco Bay View 16feb2005
• Outsourcing Torture: The Secret History of America’s “Extraordinary Rendition” Program - The New Yorker 14feb2005
• Lynne Stewart: Activist Lawyer Guilty of Helping Terrorists: Relayed Messages from Jailed Sheik -  AP 11feb2005
  • Convicted Attorney Lynne Stewart: "You Can't Lock Up the Lawyers" - Democracy Now! 11feb2005
  • Verdict in Lynne Stewart Case Shakes Legal Community - Newsday 11feb2005
  • National Lawyers Guild Calls For a National Day of Outrage in Response to Lynne Stewart Verdict - Press Release / NLG 11feb2005
  • Lawyer on Trial in Terror Case Finds Threat Left at Her Door  - NY Times 9feb2005
  • As a Defendant, She Waits. As a Lawyer, She Works -  NY Times 15jan2005
• In Defiance of Copyright Law, Viewers Keep ‘Eyes on the Prize' -  Berkeley Daily Planet 11feb2005
• Real ID Act: National Identity Cards: House Backs Major Shift to Electronic IDs - CNET News.com 10feb2005
• Wal-Mart Fosters A Region's Rise, But Not All Benefit -  Wall Street Journal 10feb2005
• An Iraqi Woman's Journal -  (French & English translation) Le Monde 7feb2005
• Bush Proposes Steep Cuts in $2.57T Budget -  AP 7feb2005
• New Orleans: Bush Funding For New Orleans Delayed and Slashed 44.2% From 2001 - New Orleans CityBusiness 7feb2005
• Bush Enlists Budget Cuts to Curb Deficit: Except for Defense and Homeland Security, Domestic Spending May Shrink About 0.7%  - Wall Street Journal 7feb2005
• Bush Officials Spell Out Cuts in Money for Housing -  NY Times 4feb2005
• Payrolls Grow by 146,000 in January: Jobless Rate Dips to 5.2 Percent  - AP 4feb2005
  • Employment Situation January 2005 - Bureau of Labor Statistics 4jan2005
• World Order, Failed States and Terrorism -  Asia Times 3feb2005
• Lockheed, the King of Warfare -  Socialist Action 1feb2005
  • Lockheed Martin to Build New Presidential Helicopter - U.S. Department of Defense 28jan2005
• The Return of the Draft: should college students be packing their bags for Canada? - Rolling Stone 27jan2005
• Lynne Stewart: As a Defendant, She Waits. As a Lawyer, She Works (see other articles 11feb05) -  NY Times 15jan2005
• Ward Churchill Replies -  ZNet 2feb2005
• Iraq: Order 81 - The Ecologist 1feb2005
• The Message of Mary Jesus: The suicide of Mary Jesus was a prophetic warning, written in blood and death, that rent hikes and evictions destroy the lives of the poor  -  Street Spirit 1feb2005
• Survey Finds First Amendment Is Being Left Behind in U.S. High Schools -  Knight Foundation 31jan2005
  • The Future of the First Amendment: What America's High School Students Think About Their Freedoms - a study by Knight Foundation 31jan2005
• The Emergence of the Homeland Security State (parts 1 & 2)  -  Tom Dispatch 28jan2005
• Central Banks Shun US Assets: Shifting reserves to eurozone will deepen Bush's difficulties in funding deficit - Financial Times 24jan2004
• Commandos Get Duty on U.S. Soil: Code Names: Deciphering U.S. Military Plans, Programs and Operation in the 9/11 World -  NY Times 23jan2005
• Where Were You? Dennis Kyne / Mindfully.org 22jan2005
• President Bush's Inaugural Address: Sworn-In to Second Term 20jan2005
  • Public's Mood Appears Uneasy as Bush Takes the Oath -  Wall Street Journal 20jan2005
  • 6,000 Police, 2,500 soldiers, Bomb-Sniffing Dogs, Coast Guard Ships, and Air Force Jets - Bloomberg 20jan2005
  • You're reinvited? Be ready for metal detectors, personal body searches and the highest security in inauguration history -  Scripps Howard 11jan2005
• Mau Mau: Kikuyus Muscles in on Security and Politics  - Le Monde diplomatique (France) 18jan2005
• Implications of the U.S. Reaction to the World Court Ruling against Israel's “Separation Barrier" - MIFTAH 18jan2005
• Departing Head of UN Refugee Agency Decries Conditions in Gaza as Horrendous -  Electronic Intifada 18jan05
• The Coming Wars: What the Pentagon can now do in secret - Seymour M. Hersh / New Yorker 17jan05
• Alberto Gonzales is now America's Employee -  The Daily Star (Lebanon) 14jan05
• Abu Ghraib Abuse: U.S. Army SPC Charles Graner: Leader Found Guilty - Aljazeera (Qatar) 14jan05
• Israeli Border Policeman Gets 14 Months Jail for Abusing Palestinians -  Haaretz (Israel) 14jan05
• Letter to Office on Violence Against Women by Several Members of Congress: Department of Justice's failure to include information about emergency contraception (EC) from its newly released National Protocol for Sexual Assault Medical Forensic Examination 13jan2005
• U.S. Trade Deficit Widened To $60.3 Billion in November - Wall Street Journal 12jan05
• Social Security: Plan to Overhaul Social Security Reflects Bigger Fight of Free Market vs. Safety Net -  Christian Science Monitor 12jan05
• Social Security: Bush Touts Social Security Changes: Privatization - AP 11jan05
• The Neurobiology of Mass Delusion -  Energy Bulletin 11jan05
• The Right has Turned the Backlash into an Art Form — while the Liberal Left has Forgotten what it Stands For -  The Guardian (UK) 10jan05
• Black Point-Man For The Right: Rep. Harold Ford, Jr. - The Black Commentator  6jan05
• U.S. Gets Tough On Failure to Repay Student Loans: Education Department Wields Heavy Hand, Critics Say, In Some Hard-Luck Cases - Wall Street Journal 6jan04
• Seven Palestinian Children Killed in Strawberry Fields by Israeli Anti-Personnel Shells - PNGO 5jan05
• Preserving Democracy: What Went Wrong in Ohio - Status Report of the House Judiciary Committee Democratic Staff 5jan2005
• Academic Witch-Hunt in Israel - Neve Gordon 4jan05
• rBGH and FOX TV: Journalists Challenge License of Fox TV in Tampa on Evidence of False and Distorted News Reports - Press Release / Akre and Wilson 3jan2005
• True Blue -  Harper's Magazine  1jan05
• As The World Burns - From The Wilderness 1jan05
• History of the House of Rothschild - Andrew Hitchcock abt. 2005 (undated)

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More...from past years

• Guantanamo: Mohammad Sagheer vs. Government of USA: Suit for Recovery of Damages and Compensation of US $10.4 Million - Leuren Moret 31dec03

• Wen Ho Lee: Manipulating The Media -  SF Chronicle 26dec03

• Dick Cheney's Empire Christmas Card: "If a sparrow can fall to the ground without His notice, it is likely that an empire can rise without His help?" 24dec03
• Electronic Voting Machines: Hackers Threaten to Short-Circuit E-Voting Plans -  London Times (UK) 15nov03
• Pentagon Investigates Movement of Funds: Concealed $20 Million - Washington Post 30sep03
• Study Finds Net Gain From Pollution Rules: OMB Overturns Past Findings on Benefits -  Washington Post 27sep03
• Ashcroft: A Demon for Our Times Editorial / Wall Street Journal 22sep03

• US Patriot Act: Faking out the Constitution - SF Chronicle 11sep03

• Closing V.A. Hospitals Has Congress Squirming  - NY Times 16aug03

• Troops in Iraq Face Pay Cut - SF Chronicle 14aug03

• 'Elite Force Aviator: George W. Bush' Coming to Reelection Campaigns and Toy Boxes Near You -  Washington Post 12aug03

• High Court Justice Crusades for Mercy: "Sentences Too Severe, Too Long"  - SF Chronicle 10aug03

• Report: Politics and the Bush Administration - (Exec Summ) Rep. Henry A Waxman / US House of Rep. Comm. on Gov. Reform 7aug03

• Career Officer Does Eye-Opening Stint Inside Pentagon - Karen Kwiatkowski / Knight-Ridder / Ohio Beacon Journal 31jul03

• America is a Religion - George Monbiot / The Guardian (UK) 29jul03

• One of every 143 U.S. Residents in Prison - AP 27jul03

• Are Prisons Obsolete? - ANGELA Y. DAVIS Speaking at the First Congregational Church of Oakland 26jul03
• Analysis of an Electronic Voting System - Kohno, Stubblefield, Rubin, and Wallach 23jul03
• Patriot Act: Patriot Revolution? Cities From Cambridge to Berkeley Reject Anti-Terror Measure -  ABC News 1jul03
• Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors (CCCO) - supports individual & collective resistance to war.

• Ten Reasons Why The U.S. is an OUTLAW NATION

• Patriot Act: US Patriot Registration Website - must-see humor

• R.U.R. Rossums Universal Robots  - Karel Capek 1920

• Income Tax Law in Effect To-Day - New York Times  1nov1913

• "I don't think all this dirt will fit back into the hole.  We'd better dig another one."

• Seven Deadly Sins -  Mohandas Gandhi (1869-1948)

• Common Sense Chapter 1 On the Origin and Design of Government in General, With Concise Remarks on the English Constitution  - Thomas Paine 1776

• Tao Te Ching -  Lao-tzu (551-479 BCE) translated by Stephen Mitchell 1988

• The Art of War  -  Sun Tzu (China abt.500 BC) 

• Kali: The Feminine Force