Month: August 2005

Dying for Dollars and Diplomas

What a quandary. These days, if you want to go to college, you may have to join the Army and — like the character in tonight’s Six Feet under — risk getting three limbs blown off and putting yourself out of...

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Time for a New Plan. An Exit Strategy from Iraq

It is time for the Democratic Party to call for a New Plan. It’s time for an exit strategy from Iraq. Staying the current course is no longer a viable option, nor is it the morally correct thing to do. An open letter to...

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Bush Tipping in Iraq, but which way?

The “tipping point” terminology has been used significantly for the second time in a week—first in regard to the climate crisis, and Sunday in a column by Frank Rich entitled “Someone Tell the President...

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Update — Cindy Sheehan Support Events

I have a small, but hopefully, growing list, of events in support of Cindy Sheehan.  I have posted a diary here at the Daily Kos. I ask you to recommend that diary, so others may still see it tonight, and to post any other...

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Fit To Print Me — Days 26-28

I have always enjoyed my Sundays with the New York Times.  A big thick tome that could take all weekend to read, thrown on my drive before dawn, and picked up with great effort.  But, because of my restrictions on my...

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