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 Editorials | Opinions
George Bush in Hell
 David Michael Green
You would not want to be George W. Bush right now. Not that you ever would anyhow, but especially not now. Indeed, there are indications that not even George W. Bush wants to be George W. Bush right now. That second term in office now feels like a life sentence.more »»»
7 PM Note from Cindy Sheehan
 Cindy Sheehan
The rumors are true this time. I was arrested in front of the White House today. It was my first time ever being arrested. The fine for "demonstrating without a permit" is $75.00. I am certain that I won't pay it.more »»»
Anti-Bush, and Mincing No Words
 Lally Weymouth
While Chavez was in New York last week for the gathering of world leaders at the United Nations, he sat down with Newsweek-Washington Post's Lally Weymouth. He spelled his dislike for the Bush administration and described himself as a revolutionary.more »»»
Hard Bigotry of No Expectations
 NYTimes
Throughout his campaigns in 2000 and 2004, George W. Bush talked about "the soft bigotry of low expectations": the mind-set that tolerates poor school performance and dead-end careers for minority students on the presumption that they are incapable of doing better.more »»»
Patriotic Dissent
 Cindy Sheehan
As we stand here on the grounds of a monument that is dedicated to the Father of our Country, George Washington, we are reminded that he was well known for the apocryphal stories of never being able to tell a lie. I find it so ironic that there is another man here named George who stays in this town between vacations, and he seems to never be able to tell the truth.more »»»
No Place for a Poet at a Banquet of Shame
 Sharon Olds
For reasons spelled out below, the poet Sharon Olds has declined to attend the National Book Festival in Washington, which, coincidentally or not, takes place September 24, the day of an antiwar mobilization in the capital.more »»»
Voting Reform Is in the Cards
 Jimmy Carter & James A. Baker III
We agreed to lead the Commission on Federal Election Reform because of our shared concern that too many Americans lack confidence in the electoral process, and because members of Congress are divided on the issue and busy with other matters.more »»»
Running on the Right to Vote
 William Rivers Pitt
There are two kinds of people in American politics today: those who know our basic right to vote and have every vote counted is imperiled, and those who have no idea such a basic right is at risk. Those who know our voting rights are at risk have gone to great lengths to inform the uninformed.more »»»
Roberts Is the Wrong Choice for Chief Justice
 Senator Ted Kennedy
In my 43 years in the United States Senate, I have supported more nominees for the Supreme Court by Republican presidents than by Democratic presidents. But, there is clear and convincing evidence that John Roberts is the wrong choice for Chief Justice. I oppose the nomination, and I urge my colleagues to do the same.more »»»
Colin Powell on Iraq, Race, and Hurricane Relief
 ABC News
As secretary of state in President Bush's first term, Powell was widely seen as a disciplined, moderate - and loyal - voice for the administration. Now out of government service, Powell is airing openly his disappointments and frustration on everything from the invasion of Iraq to the federal response to Hurricane Katrina.more »»»
What the News Does Not Show...
 Richard L. Johnston, M.D.
Thought I might inform the few friends I have on my recent traumatic experience. I am going to tell it straight, blunt, raw, and I don't give a damn. Long read, I know - but please do read!more »»»
Senator John Kerry's Speech at Brown University
 t r u t h o u t
Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., speaks to a packed house at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. Kerry called Hurricane Katrina "a symbol of all this administration does and doesn't do," saying "it stripped away any image of competence and exposed to all the true heart and nature of this administration."more »»»
UNITED STATES: Barbarism and Socialism
 Marce Cameron
For a few days, billions of people around the world watched with horror and disbelief as the administration of US President George Bush dithered — like the emperor Nero who played a fiddle while Rome burned — with breathtaking disregard for human lives.more »»»
A Wimp on Genocide
 Nicholas D. Kristof
President Bush doesn't often find common cause with Cuba, Zimbabwe, Iran, Syria and Venezuela. But this month the Bush administration joined with those countries and others to eviscerate a forthright United Nations statement that nations have an obligation to respond to genocide.more »»»
We Must Take America Back
 Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
I think the worst thing that could happen to the environment is it becomes the province of a single political party. It was mentioned that I have a book out there that is very critical of this president and that’s true, but it’s not a partisan book.more »»»
Post-Katrina, a New Chance with Mexico
 Marcela Sanchez
Twenty-five years from now Mexicans might remember events that occurred this week. In Gulfport, Miss., President Bush personally thanked Mexican troops for "working together" with U.S. counterparts to help rebuild an elementary school devastated by Hurricane Katrina.more »»»
'Poverty Not Good Business'
 Wire services
Telecommunications magnate Carlos Slim, Latin America's richest man, called for an effort to reduce poverty, saying it was good business. "We have to fight poverty for ethical reasons, but also for economic reasons," Slim said in a speech to students.more »»»
After Katrina Fiasco, Time for Bush to Go
 Gordon Adams
The disastrous United States federal response to Katrina exposes a record of incompetence, misjudgment and ideological blinders that should lead to serious doubts that the Bush administration should be allowed to continue in office.more »»»
Washing Away the Conservative Movement
 William Rivers Pitt
Somewhere, at this moment, a neoconservative is seething. It isn't fair, he rages within. We had it wired. The House is ours, the Senate is ours, the Supreme Court is ours, the Justice Department is ours, the television news media is bought and paid for.more »»»
Two Americas, One White, One Black
 Jon Garrido
The view of New Orleans this past week was hundreds of thousands of poor Blacks in water full of squalor and human waste. It seemed that the Protestant rapture had come and gone, leaving behind thousands of poor Blacks on rooftops waiting to be rescued from a non-caring president and the rest of his non-responsive back-slapping department heads and agencies.more »»»
Arizona Lashes Out at Illegal Immigration
 Mark K. Matthews
Homemade street signs tell day laborers to keep moving. State politicians who want to curtail illegal immigration are riding a wave of public support. And radio call-in shows - never a bastion of civility - debate the issue almost daily, in both English and Español.more »»»
Robertson's Not Alone in His Dislike of Chavez
 Mattie Weiss
Last Monday, Christian televangelist Pat Robertson called for the assassination of Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez. While Robertson's remarks were shocking in their utter disregard for global democracy and the rule of law, he is not the first to beat the drum against Venezuela.more »»»
Charismatic As Can Be, Chavez No Castro Clone
 John Otis
In Hugo Chavez's Venezuela, revolution is in the air. It's also at the supermarket. At state-run grocery stores, bags of sugar, pasta and dried beans carry slogans lauding the programs of Chavez's leftist government, which has proclaimed a revolution on behalf of the poor.more »»»
Was Pat Robertson's Call for Assassination of a Foreign Leader a Crime?
 John W. Dean
On Monday, August 22, the Chairman of the Christian Broadcast Network, Marion "Pat" Robertson, proclaimed, on his 700 Club television show, that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez should be murdered. By Wednesday, he was backing down: "I didn't say 'assassination.' I said our special forces should 'take him out.'"more »»»
Is Mexico Still a Nation? 40% Want to Leave
 Christian Monitor
A survey released last week by the Pew Hispanic Center found more than four in 10 Mexicans are willing to leave their country to live in the US. One in five would risk a dangerous, illegal border crossing. Before Washington takes up immigration reform this fall, it needs to take a hard look at Mexico's disillusionment.more »»»
Hypocrites and Liars
 Cindy Sheehan
The media are wrong. The people who have come out to Camp Casey to help coordinate the press and events with me are not putting words in my mouth, they are taking words out of my mouth.more »»»
'Peace Mom': Spearhead of Peace Movement?
 Ron Fournier
What began as one mother's vigil on a country road in Texas two weeks ago has grown into a nationwide protest, putting a grieving human face to the miseries of war and growing misgivings about President Bush's strategies in Iraq.more »»»
Cindy Sheehan Steps Into the Leadership Void
 Arianna Huffington
During my many years as a writer, I've interviewed hundreds of people. But talking with Cindy Sheehan this morning was unlike any conversation I've ever had. Even though we were talking via cell phone - and had a crummy, staticky connection at that - her authenticity and passion reached through the receiver and both touched my heart and punched me in the gut.more »»»
¿En Español? English? Many Buttons Pushed
 Enrique Fernandez
It's not like we have not done it already at The Herald. After all, esto es Miami, ¿no? But to see not just a Spanish headline on The New York Times Magazine July 31, but an 18-word subhead in that same language did make me wonder if The Gray Lady was publishing something like El Nuevo Times.more »»»
Mexico, China, Bush & Betrayal
 Doug Wrenn
Made up of our fellow imperfect beings, the United States government, while still the best in the world has its own sordid history of betrayal to its citizens and its Constitution in all three branches from the early days to the present inclusively. By the grace of God, we have survived such betrayals.more »»»
Are Illegal Mexicans Really Bad for America?
 Doug Bower
I’ve been thinking again. I know some of my readers regard that as a dangerous thing. For instance, the guy who ended his last letter to me with a “your hypocrisy knows no bounds.” I get these sorts of letters all the time. But, I have been thinking.more »»»
Should Plame Sue Rove?
 Anthony J. Sebok
I have raised the possibility that Valerie Plame might want to sue Karl Rove in a private lawsuit, if he indeed revealed her identity as a CIA agent. Though it is not obvious that Karl Rove (or others) broke any criminal laws, it is possible that someone wrongfully injured Plame, and that Plame can sue for damages in a civil lawsuit.more »»»
Immigrants Wield More Power Than In The Past
 Juan Esparza Loera
In the early 1980s, a farmworker family near Patterson complained about squalid living conditions in a migrant labor camp. As a reporter for The Modesto Bee back then, I wrote a story about their plight.more »»»
Adequate Evaluation Of Teachers A Tricky Task
 Rhona Statland De López
There is an ongoing discussion in Mexico about devising a different system for evaluating teachers. Currently, a complex system that considers schooling, test scores and seniority is in place.more »»»
Blinded By Indignation, Racism Ignored
 Wire services
In 2001, I traveled with a group of Atlanta-area college students to a remote part of Mexico's southern Pacific Coast. We were a world away from the students' affluent urban milieu. Yet the U.S. citizens and Mexican villagers felt instant kinship when they saw one another: they were all of African descent.more »»»
Are People Talking Behind Your Back at the Beach?
 Jen Brown
They are called different names in different areas of the country. In Southern California they are "Zonies," in South Jersey they are "Shoebies" and in Bradley Beach, N.J., the focus of ABCNews.com's "By the Boardwalk" series, they are called "Bennies." Are you one of them?more »»»
They Are Not “Conspiracy Theories”, They Are, in Fact, “Discoveries”
 Jesse
Those to whom information is presented must deal with their personal unwillingness to hear new facts. We have to make a serious effort to distinguish between the expression of an unfounded theory and the disclosure of verifiable information and facts.more »»»
Tunnel Vision
 Sidney Blumenthal
"The war on terror goes on," proclaimed President Bush on the day of the London bombings. For Bush, it's always either the day after 9/11 or the day before the Iraq invasion. He needs to rethink his war on terror. more »»»
The Tragic Abuse of Corn
 Kelpie Wilson
It was one of those things that you can't quite believe is real. I was flipping through a magazine and saw an ad for a stove that burns corn. For heat. Corn is food, not fuel, I thought, but the ad assured me that "Corn is replenished annually. It is a never-ending energy source, and thus is the new alternative fuel of choice."more »»»
Los Angeles Mayor Looks for Better Ties
 Los Angeles Times
Given the fraught nature of immigration politics, a mayoral visit to Mexico City as Antonio Villaraigosa's first cross-border trip in office could be seen as sending the wrong message. Yet California's important relationship with Mexico has shriveled, and only political determination can restore it.more »»»
Mexico Without Mexican Food
 Stett Holbrook
Last month I spent 10 days in Sayulita, Mexico, a small but growing coastal town about 45 minutes north of Puerto Vallarta with great waves and a wonderfully slow pace of life. There are no thumping nightclubs or restaurants that cater to tourists. It's a Mexican town that still feels like Mexico.more »»»
The Speech the President Should Give
 Sarah Vowell
The only possible presidential speech fantasy in my wildest of daydreams, is that one day, for just one measly speech, the president - the man who was once asked at a press conference to discuss one of his mistakes and couldn't think of any - would stare into a TV camera and say: "My fellow Americans, good evening. As if that's possible."more »»»
Let a Thousand Licensed Poppies Bloom
 Maia Szalavitz
Even as Afghanistan's immense opium harvest feeds lawlessness and instability, finances terrorism and fuels heroin addiction, the developing world is experiencing a severe shortage of opium-derived pain medications, according to the World Health Organization.more »»»
Analysis: Two Ways to Look at Rove Controversy
 ABC News Political Unit
There are two important and distinct lenses through which Karl Rove's possible connection to the leaking of a CIA operative's name must be viewed — the legal and the political.more »»»
Internet Sales Taxes
 NYTimes
Thirteen years is a long time to get a pass. A 1992 Supreme Court decision has exempted Internet retailers from the obligation to collect most sales taxes on the grounds that it would be unduly burdensome. Back then, the country's thousands of state and local taxing jurisdictions all had differing rules.more »»»
Finding Design in Nature
 Christoph Schönborn
Ever since 1996, when Pope John Paul II said that evolution (a term he did not define) was "more than just a hypothesis," defenders of neo-Darwinian dogma have often invoked the supposed acceptance - or at least acquiescence - of the Roman Catholic Church when they defend their theory as somehow compatible with Christian faith.more »»»
Born After the 4th of July
 Thomas@ConsumptionJunction.com
Who would have thought, all those centuries ago, that a sorry boatload of ultra-conservative Pilgrims would have started this self-righteous regime of military firepower and religious rule?more »»»
Discrimination Remains as Racially Mixed Communities Multiply
 Gary Langer
Racial discrimination remains a reality for many blacks: Fifty-four percent in this ABC News survey have felt they've been discriminated against because of their race, compared with 19 percent of whites. And 13 percent of blacks — a small percentage, but one in eight individuals — say they experience discrimination "very often."more »»»
Mourn on the Fourth of July
 Norman Solomon
Am I the only US citizen who finds the annual Fourth rituals to be cloying and deceptive? Yeah - just me and probably tens of millions of other people. Ever since the Vietnam War, the Fourth of July has seemed to be a celebration of the past in the midst of a distinctly un-glorious present.more »»»
Point of No Return
 Mirta Ojito
Twenty-five years later you’d think it doesn’t matter when people innocently ask me, “So, when did you come from Cuba?” and I tell them slowly and deliberately, “1980,” which, of course, reveals a date but says nothing at all.more »»»
Fox Should Go To The Border, Not Russia
 George W. Grayson
While the White House fights an inconclusive war 5,000 miles away, social controls continue to erode in Mexico which — in terms of security — is much more important to the United States than Iraq.more »»»
Conduct Unbecoming Florida's Governor
 PVNN
Shame on Gov. Jeb Bush for reopening an investigation into the death of Terri Schiavo. The governor's request is intrusive and unnecessary. His continued personal involvement in this case is stunningly arrogant, and a waste of state resources in a fully settled case.more »»»
Zapatistas Have a Surprise Up Their Sleeve, Say Observers
 Diego Cevallos
What will the next step be for this poorly-armed indigenous rebel movement, which has captured the world's attention with daring political actions throughout its 11-year history, but has maintained a markedly low profile over the last four?more »»»
No Point in Flailing at this Piñata
 Wayne A. Cornelius
Mexico is eager for the US to liberalize its immigration policy, but sees no reason to change its own. With as much as $20 billion flowing into the country from migrants working in the US this year - money that supports more than one of five Mexican households - why should it?more »»»
If You Cared, You'd Control the Border
 Victor Davis Hanson
Frequently it is an uncaring elite - made up of both Democrats and Republicans - that advocates not enforcing immigration laws. And it is past time for them to explain why it is moral or liberal, rather than merely convenient, to import millions outside the law to do the jobs we supposedly cannot.more »»»
Barbarian Invasions
 Timothy Birdnow
Here in the United States we are experiencing an invasion; millions of illegal immigrants are crossing our borders, speakers of another language who do not see themselves as Americans, and who have no intention of adapting themselves to American customs and laws.more »»»
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