Month: April 2005

Daily Pulse: Faith, Abortion, and Black America

Posted by dhonig | Apr 17, 2005 |

What is the Daily Pulse? A daily randomized view of less than mainstream newspaper editorial pages. Frist, judges, and theocracy are finding their way to the nation’s editorial pages, and from there to the Daily...

Frist: Rebuked by Harvard Med School classmates

Posted by Dean Pajevic | Apr 17, 2005 |

“In a private letter to Sen. Bill Frist, 31 of the 165 members of his Harvard Medical School class of 1978 accused him of using his medical degree improperly,” reports Newsweek’s Howard Fineman. More...

Sunday Griot: What Seems To Be A Curse Can Be A Blessing

Posted by Omir the Storyteller | Apr 17, 2005 |

Ah! Good morning once again! Thank you for coming to visit! It is time once again for Sunday Griot. There’s coffee and bagels in the back, and a warm fire up front. Come, sit, and learn how what seems to be a curse . . ....

Claims of Iraqi ‘peace’ in tatters; US aid worker killed

Posted by Dean Pajevic | Apr 17, 2005 |

Update [2005-4-17 20:23:35 by susanhbu]: WaPo story, with wonderful quotes from Sen. Leahy and staff, below the fold.Cross-posted at DailyKos. UPDATES below fold, including “What Hostages?” As I perused this...

All your oil belongs to us: legally

Posted by spiderleaf | Apr 17, 2005 |

Cross-posted at Daily Kos In a little noticed bill passed last week by the Senate Judiciary Committee, the US of A has put OPEC and other oil producing nations on notice that Manifest Destiny is alive and well. Hey, it worked as...