Monthly Archives: January 2005

Elections are over, it’s time to leave and take our crooks with us

Brandon Ericson, “a North Dakota National Guardsman who lost an arm serving in Iraq,” didn’t know why he was going there; he was “pretty naive” when “sent overseas.” Now a college senior majoring in political science, the medically-retired soldier has … Continue reading

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Mahatma Gandhi

“Moral authority is never retained by any attempt to hold on to it. It comes without seeking and is retained without effort.”

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Reporters exhausted by Iraq assignments

As “US network glamour boys” are making their way to Iraq to cover the election, Stuart Hughes concurs with the editors interviewed by the WP who say that experienced reporters are not volunteering to return to Iraq and it’s extremely … Continue reading

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They care

By JOSHUA FREED, AP Business Writer Part-time workers, contractors, and early retirees who usually wouldn’t qualify for corporate health insurance could get coverage under a plan announced Thursday by a consortium of dozens of large companies. The HR Policy Association … Continue reading

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A Review of Guantánamo: What the World Should Know

via Narco News: EDITOR’S NOTE: Narco News will, starting tomorrow, begin publishing serially the complete text of Michael Ratner and Ellen Ray’s book Guantánamo: What the World Should Know. Readers can expect new installments each week of this important work, … Continue reading

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