Tag: people
member name: David Anderson
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February 05, 2007 06:05 PM EST --
Most people have realized for some time that Mr. Bush is not what you would call, well, smart. But this new budget request defies all reasoning. It is as if the president is willfully seeking to anger . . .
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July 10, 2007 04:28 PM EDT --
America is a commuter society. Each and every day millions of Americans hop into their vehicles and begin their daily commute. We begin and the end the work day . . .
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February 06, 2007 11:21 PM EST --
Recently, every time I log onto Gather I am greeted by Alan Dershowitz. Immediately I know that Gather has decided to treat all of us to another edition of "Why you should hate Jimmy Carter". . . .
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February 13, 2007 01:19 AM EST --
In recent week the Bush administration has expanded its case against Iran. Even some of the administration's harshest critics appear willing to buy into the new evidence that indicates that Iran is . . .
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June 29, 2007 11:54 AM EDT --
After serving as prime minister for more than a decade, Britain's Tony Blair resigned this week. Blair's departure has raised questions about his legacy. How will Tony Blair be remembered? . . .
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November 19, 2006 11:18 AM EST --
The idea of revolution is treated as outdated in the very country that provided a revolutionary example just a little over 200 years ago. The American Revolution has provided the context for many . . .
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November 28, 2006 07:03 PM EST --
Mr. President, I think you owe us an apology
For one day, long ago, you declared "Victory!"
Now that idea is ancient history,
especially if you happen to be Iraqi!
Victory for us and . . .
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January 04, 2007 04:21 PM EST --
"I think he's genuinely committed to doing good in the world. It's obvious to me he can speak off the cuff on these issues because he's thinking about them." . . .
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August 03, 2007 11:02 AM EDT --
Here is a link to an informative interview with Democratic Congressman and presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich.
http://www.grist.org/news/maindish/2007/08/01/kucinich/
If you like what you see be . . .
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November 25, 2006 10:50 AM EST --
I think it was in Maine
You had a car accident that damaged your brain
Then you went to the lone star state
To execute the mentally ill without internal debate
Now you that are president
it . . .
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December 05, 2006 09:24 PM EST --
"To the person in the Bell Jar, blank and stopped as a dead baby, the world itself is the bad dream."
I think that every person who has read this book comes out of the experience changed. . . .
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January 25, 2007 10:40 AM EST --
Senator Hillary Clinton may have set a new record for rejecting public campaign funding in her bid for the presidency. The move indicates that analysts are correct in predicting yet another election cycle . . .
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March 08, 2007 06:23 PM EST --
On Civilian Casualties
The topic of civilian casualties has been strangely absent during America's great debate over the war in Iraq. Generally, the costs of war are generally portrayed . . .
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April 22, 2007 01:37 PM EDT --
In the next decade, the Supreme Court will be asked to tackle many of our nations most contentious political and legal issues. The next American president will, in all likelihood, . . .
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June 15, 2007 11:30 AM EDT --
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I was reading up on the G8 summit and related protests taking place this week in Germany when I stumbled upon footage of German security . . .
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December 18, 2006 03:11 PM EST --
I hate television I think it rots the brain and has stolen 90% of the free time Americans have had available over the past five decades. Think about it. We have so little time to ourselves to do what we . . .
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February 02, 2007 09:05 PM EST --
"With great power comes great responsibility." - From the ethos of Spider-man.
Perhaps it is unusual to start of a political column with a quote from the pages of a comic book, . . .
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April 24, 2007 12:36 PM EDT --
I was only ten years old when the Berlin Wall fell in 1989. I was helping my older brother deliver newspapers when I heard the news. Although I knew little about the complex nature of political conflicts, . . .
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July 31, 2007 12:47 PM EDT --
The United Nations released its annual Millenium Development Goals Report this month. Supported by every one of the UN's member countries and . . .
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August 07, 2007 01:46 PM EDT --
Newsweek recently published an article on Wal-Mart's operations in Mexico. According to the article around 4,300 teenagers work as baggers in the company's Mexican stores, but the company does . . .
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