Month: May 2005

From the United Church of Christ Justice and Peace Network Action Center: Keep the Courts Fair “After weeks of wrangling, the Senate has moved no closer to resolving debate about the filibuster rule and judical...

TV Tonight: Charlie Rose and Nightline are covering the story. Charlie’s guests are DANIEL KLAIDMAN, Washington Bureau Chief, Newsweek; SHIBLEY TELHAMI, University of Maryland / Brookings Institution; ROGER COHEN, The New...

I happen to agree, now don’t get your panties in an bunch just yet.  I agree because it has historically fought the state to keep religion out of our schools, it has fought unfair and unprincipled laws that infringed...

Update [2005-5-16 22:51:28 by susanhbu]: Uzbek violence spreads as toll rises Shooting has continued in eastern Uzbekistan where a bloody police crackdown on demonstrators has left up to 700 people dead. Sporadic gunfire was...

Thousands of Moslems have been protesting (and in some cases rioting) all across Afghanistan, Pakistan, Egypt, Sudan and Indonesia for the past few days.  The protests started after Newsweek published a report of one...