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Monday, June 30, 2003

New York Times

Bush Planning To Use Right Wing Troops In 2004 Run , nyt
Can More Bush Judges Stop Gay Marriage Recognition When It Gets To Supremes? , safire
Bush Is Indifferent To The Plight Of The Working Class And The Poor , herbert
As Blix Leaves U.N., His Judgements Look Even More Credible , ed
U.S. Struggles To Transform Tainted Iraq Police Force , nyt
Katharine Hepburn Dies , nyt

Washington Post

GOP Senae Leader Wants To Have Gay Marriage Ban In Constitution , wp
Bush Counting On Three World Leaders For U.S. Interests, And None Are Leading A Healthy Democracy , ed
Bush Is Screwing His Coalition, Not To Mention Africa, South America, And The Far East , diehl
Once The Health Care Industry Learns To Manipulate The New Bush Laws, There Will Be Hell To Pay , califano
Why Is There Such A Racial Disparity In America? , raspberry
Iraq's Shiite Clerics Strive For Power , wp

Guardian

Now, more than ever, America needs the keepers of its conscience ,bell
Bush and Blair promised justice in Iraq. Another lie , seddon
Whoever ordered the attack on Iraq was a fool, should face the voters' wrath , hattersley
Iraq weapons amnesty was a washout , norton-taylor
One top spook is calling his boss a liar and no one seems to care , preston
Proconsul Bremer says US will 'impose' its will , teather

Independent

US troops in new drive to crush Iraqi resistance , gumbel
Former Israeli soldiers return to occupied territories to give aid , frenkel
US forces poor nations to undermine international court , verkaik
Ceasefire boosts hopes for Bush's Middle East plan , huggler

Los Angeles Times

Military Concedes War Not Over, Could Be Long-Term Fight, Rubin
Dem Candidates Pitch Latino Officials’ Gathering: “Bush Is Wrong In English And Spanish” , Barabak
GOP Block Efforts To Commemorate Cesar Chavez , Bustillo
LA Times Candidate Q&A: Sen. Graham, LAT
Congress Must Engage In “Tough Scrutiny” Of WMD Intelligence To Maintain US Global Credibility, LAT
Prominent Cal. Repubs & Dems Urge Bush To Halt Gov. Davis Recall, Let State Focus On Economic Recovery , Broad, Rock, etc.

San Francisco Chronicle

A SF guided tour for Dubya , sfc
Recall drive makes "wacky California" headlines around globe , sfc

Christian Science Monitor

For US troops in Iraq, safety vs. diplomacy , Peterson
Talks start this week in Tokyo over how to handle charges against US soldiers , Marquand
Taliban regroups - on the road , Tohid

Boston Globe

Bloodied, British Reach for Diplomacy , Barry
Bush's Duck and Cover Strategy , Oliphant
Justice's 'Deadline' Confounds Colleges , Healy
Hospital, Drug Firm Relations Probed , Kowalczyk
Bush's War on The Poor , Globe Editorial
Charges are Dropped for 407 War Protesters , AP
Cheney, Musharraf Leave Drivers Fuming , Daniel
Close Ties Complicate Probe of Oil Spill , Daley + Ebbert
Democrat Debates Scheduled , Lester
In Weak Economy, July 4th Plans Fizzle , Cole

Chicago Sun Times

Blair, BBC Clash Over Report on Iraq Weapons , JOHNSON
Hillary is Greeted with 'You Rock' and 'Go, Girl!' , Falsani

Chicago Tribune

U.S. Arrests 60 During New Iraq Operation , Daragahi
Genocide Suspect Extradited to Spain , Tns
U.S. `Dangerously Unprepared' for Attacks , James
Rebuild Iraq, with World's Help , Editorial

The Globe And Mail

Foreign Affairs Minister Says Canadian Politicians Insult U.S. To Appeal To Voters , mc carthy
Toronto North America's gay-pride capital , mc clelland

Haaretz

Ceasefire a high-stakes gamble for all concerned , eldar
Rice asks Sharon to `rethink' fence route , benn

Sydney Morning Herald

Should Economic Growth Really Be The Goal? , Gittins
George Orwell: The Friction Between Liberty and Equality , Manne
China Watchers Seek Signs Of Reform , McDonald

Arab News

Israel's Nuclear Capabilities , Tahsin

Townhall

Conservative Writer attacks Patriot and Homeland Security Acts , Parker

Slate

The Withdrawal Method , Sam Schechner

Salon

Ain't that America? , Eric Boehlert

Sunday, June 29, 2003

New York Times

DeLay's Political Overreaching Knows No Bounds With Tacit Bush Approval , ed
Scalia Is The Intolerant Archie Bunker Of The Supreme Court , dowd
How To Build The Perfect DEM Candidate , nagourney
Both Prisoners And Guards Feel Marooned At Guantanamo , conover
Only 18 States Say It's Wrong To Execute The Mentally Retarded , talbot
It's Not Just That People Hate Us, It's That It Matters More Today , friedman
Myths In Revolutionary History Go Deep , greenberg

Washington Post

Bush Says Scalia Is The Model For His Supreme Court. He Needs To Find Another Model , broder
Bush Can Choose Meaningful Consultation Or Confrontaion In Supreme Ct. Choice , kennedy
Bush's Support Of Pakistan Goes Against The Pro-Democracy, Anti-Extremist Values He Tells Us He Believes In , hoagland
Israeli Citizens Grow Increasingly Hostile Towards Its Government's Increasing Assassinations , wp
U.S. Government Baggage Screeners Are Stealing From Baggage At A Rate Of 1,00+ A Month , wp
Our Health Care Is Not Just Expensive, It's Unreliable , ed

Boston Globe

High Court Rejects Appeal Over Antiabortion Posters , Denniston
The Bipartisan Mission to Save Americorps From Bush , Dionne,
No US Step Seen in Liberia Until Taylor Is Gone , Schlesinger + Bender
Mandela Criticizes Bush on Iraq War , Mathebula

Chicago Sun Times

Missing U.S. Soldiers' Bodies Found in Iraq , Haven
2 More U.S. Soldiers Shot in 'Hit and Runs' in Iraq , Krane
Medicare Deal Won't Come Quickly , Espo
Annan Appeals for Peace Force in Liberia , Layleh

USA Today

Scramble to fill power vacuum yields no obvious leader, Moore
Report: FBI finished searching pond for clues into anthrax attacks , ap

CNN

U.S. Death Toll in Iraq Passes 200, ap
Key Lawyer Differs on U.S. Terrorism Trial Rules, Dunham

Toronto Star

Bush Acting Like King, With Congress His Pawn, Scheer

Canada.com

Patrolling U.S. troops in firefight with insurgents in southeast Afghanistan , ap
U.S. envoy meets with Palestinian leaders, Islamic Jihad confirms ceasefire , AP
Getting out of war is harder than getting in , John Keegan

Observer

Iraq's war of resistance was planned , burke
Britain bickers while Iraq burns , ed
BBC threatens to sue minister over 'lies' claim , ahmed+bright
The big guns: Can Iraq survive a full-on assault from Wall Street? , vulliamy+islam
Campbell's bluff will not conceal pattern of deceit , ahmed
Austrian oak, Conan the Republican , donegan

Independent

US diplomat says Bush, Blair knew war documents were forged , buncombe+whitaker
How the king of spin won the day but lost the plot , cockburn
How could Iraq attack in 45 minutes with dismantled weapons? , rangwala
We promised them peace but the killings and chaos spread , cockburn
War not yet over, warns US , dillon
Feds building bioweapons labs all over US , gumbel

Los Angeles Times

Soft Money Ban Hurts Democrats, Brownstein
Bush Draws $5.2M and Protests In Cal Visit,Chen & Gold
House GOP Defeat Amendments Calling For Probe of Bush WMD Lies , Miller

San Francisco Chronicle

Protesters battle heat to boo Bush , sfc
Dems urge Californians not to sign sour grapes recall petition , sfc
McGovern confesses he did not receive Bush's message from God about Iraq , Garchik

Madison Capital Times

A gift to big firms, a slap to all others, Zweifel
Let judges be judges, ed

Newsday

Supreme Court Rejects Abortion Foes' Appeal, nd

Common Dreams News

Post-9/11 Immigrant Roundup Backfired , Lobe
Activist Camp Trains Civilly Disobedient , Gouras
Targeting Lobbyists Pays Off for Gop , Vandehei + Eilperin

IC Wales

Time for Blair to Go, Says Poll , ICW

Haaretz

Rice delivers White House invitation to Abbas ,benn
Sharon helped to start intifada. Can he now help to end it? , benziman

Sydney Morning Herald

Hamas Calls For Truce , Philps

Dar al Hayat

Egypt Won't Help US Rebuild Iraq or share Free Trade Zone with Israel , Al Hayat

Business Day

Bush to Face Hostile Protests in South Africa , Sapa

Japan Times

US Wants Japan to Quit Oil Deal with Iran , JT

Dawn

BBC row obscures the ugly truth: UK dossier on Iraq's WMDs , Richard Norton-Taylor
Window of opportunity lost: US general , Ed Vulliamy
Attacks on US, UK forces: a chronology , AFP

Working For Change

Ding dong, the witch is dead , Will Durst

Counterpunch

Life in occupied New York , engel
Tom Delay's new world order: 'I am the government' , brown

TomPaine

Yes, Liberals, You Won The Culture War, Now For The Democracy War , Raskin

Village Voice

Is Ashcroft Fit For Office? , Hentoff

Z-Net

Iraqui Resistance to Occupation, Sam Ramadani
Israel: One more step into open apartheid , Ali Abunimah
The Best Democracy Money can Buy, Palast interview
Iraqui Resistance to Occupation , Ramadani
Kucinich on NPR's Morning Edition , Dennis Kucinich

Saturday, June 28, 2003

Washington Post

Americans Do Not Like Being Manipulated And Deceived, Mr. Bush , schlesinger
Justice Ginsberg Carried The Day In Supreme Ct. , king
Dean Finished First In Online Primary , wp

New York Times

Bush's Father Practiced Racial Discrimination When He Appointed Clarence Thomas , keller
Pentagon Delays Release Of Syrians, State Dept. Complains , nyt
Supreme Ct. Vacates Kansas Conviction Because Of Its Gay Sex Ruling , nyt

Guardian

Rumsfeld proposes international peacekeeping force , teather
Surge of attacks claims US life in Shia city , macaskill
Anti-war mp sues rightwing paper over Iraq cash allegations , wilson
Labour's phoney war with the BBC , ed
Intelligence can't hide the fact we went to war on a false pretext , norton-taylor
Hundreds killed in Liberian chaos , astill

Independent

Army 'will not punish anyone' over deaths , sengupta
Criminals are better organised than Iraq's occupation administration , cockburn
Straw admits 45-minute claim was not part of original draft , waugh
The great rainforest tragedy , mccarthy

Haaretz

IDF pullout in Gaza could begin Monday , benn+harel+regular

San Francisco Chronicle

San Francisco gays celebrate , sfc
Lesson for right-wingers: gay family values , Morse
Abstinence Only backers party in Las Vegas , sfc
House won't expand Iraq probes , sfc
Study says immigration policies ineffective: violate rights but don't catch terrorists , sfc
Dems attack Bush on the environment , sfc
Apologies to the Brits for getting them into this Iraq thing , Carroll
Children vs. Politicians , ed
Some thoughts on latest Bush policy atrocities , Morford

Los Angeles Times

UN Panel Finds No Iraq-Al Qaeda Link, Reuters
Rehnquist, O’Connor Increasingly Likely To Remain On Bench,Anderson
Dem. Contenders Attack Bush As “Worst Environmental President In History” In Environmental Debate , Barabak and Bustillo
Bush Money Machine Will Give Campaign Biggest Financial Advantage Since Watergate, Brownstein
Fox Judicial Analyst: Bush Using “Enemy Combatant” Classification As “End Run” Around Constitution , Napolitano

Hartford Courant

Cheney And The CIA: Not Business As Usual , Ray McGovern

Boston Globe

Retirement Drama Caps End of High Court's Term , bg
The Truth About US Intelligence , Lehigh
Medicare Drug Aid Plan Passes , Washington
Kennedy Hits MCI's Government Contracts , Howe
Gays, Lesbians Praise Decision , Robertson
Ex-Defense Chief Perry Endorses Kerry , Johnson
EPA Deputy Resigns, Narrowing Whitman Successor List , Heilprin
Bush Aides Try to Discredit Analysts' Doubts on Trailers , Schlesinger
Bush's Jive Act on Campus Diversity , Jackson
Case Decision Called Setback for Bush , Denniston
Court Upholds Statute of Limitations on Prosecution , Denniston
Strom Thurmond Dead at Age 100 , Feeney
US Sues Enron Over Pension Losses , Ap
US Soldier Killed, 8 Hurt in Attack , Barry + Chebel

Chicago Sun Times

Bush Was Just Plain Wrong on Iraq , Greeley
Democrats Struggle to Capitalize on Bush's Latino Gap , Andrade
Troops Look for 2 Missing Gis in Iraq as Casualties Mount , Gutkin + El-Magd
11 Accused of Training for Terror Attacks , Anderson
Religion Will Ban Everything, as Long as We Allow it to , Steinberg

Chicago Tribune

Angry Liberian Crowds Lay Children's Bodies at US Embassy Steps , Paye-Layleh
UN Terrorism Unit Finds No Link Between Iraq, Al Qaeda , Linzer
1 Soldier Killed, 2 Missing in Iraq, 10 Wounded , Goering + Salopek
The Internet Law That No One Missed , Chapman
O'Connor Splits the Difference , Page

USA Today

Violence against U.S. troops intensifies, ap
U.S. soldiers feared abducted near Baghdad, Ritenbaugh & Buckley
Drug-benefit plans greeted warily Many seniors voice suspicion, confusion about the proposals, Stone
Washington turns blind eye to the long-term view, Shapiro
Senate Dems begin inquiry into Iraq intelligence, ap

CNN

US Soldier Shot in Iraq, Analysts Warn of Revolt, Gray
Stocks Fall on Dour Earnings News, Haddadin
Lawmaker Suggests Entrails to Stop Terror, ap
Bush Opens Battle for California, Holland

Toronto Star

PM Should Just Say No to Bush, Snejdar

The Globe And Mail

Panel absolves U.S. of Loewen damages , mc kenna
White House strategy on Hamas could backfire badly , koring
Mandela condemns U.S.-led war on Iraq , ap
Canadians value U.S. ties, Graham finds , cp

Sydney Morning Herald

Comical Ali Surfaces With Another Fine Story , Hammond
Iraq and al-Qaeda, UN Finds No Links , Leopold
Running The Sniper's Gauntlet In The West Bank's Frontier Of Hate , O'Loughlin

Dawn

US asked to address causes of terrorism , Anwar Iqbal / Masood Haider
US-backed Iraqi officials grilled at UN , Thalif Deen
US trial plan for detainees flawed: HR bodies' observation ,Lobe
Rice flays Chirac's vision of multipolarity , AFP
The dance of the courtesans , Ayaz Amir

Asia Times

US shooting in the dark in Afghanistan , Shahzad
Japan May Send Troops to Iraq , Berkofsky

Scoop

Bush & CIA said in Feb 2001 that Iraq was Not a Threat , Leopold

UExpress

A CRACK IN BUSH'S FAÇADE , Ted Rall

Working For Change

Head Start flim-flam , Bill Berkowitz

In These Times

Banana Republicans, Craig Aaron
Reporting In Exile , Aaron Sarver
Registering the Peaceniks , Eric Laursen

NOW/PBS

Transcript: Deborah Amos from Baghdad , Bill Moyers
Focus on Iraq , Moyers/Archives

Counterpunch

Cheney, forgery and the CIA , mcgovern
CIA reported before 9/11 that Iraq was 'no threat' , leopold
'Cultural' right stunned by Bush's silence on anti-sodomy ruling , vest

TomPaine

Triumph For All In Supreme Court Decision , Korfhage
Creating Conventional Wisdom , Blow

The Progressive

Bush's One-Sided Rhetoric On Mideast Peace , Rothschild
A Gay Brown , Rothschild

Z-Net

The Empire's Witch Hunt, Baheer Safi
Re-redistricting Is An Ugly Power Grab, Richie and Hill
Underbelly: How the British Troops Became a Soft Target, Fisk
The Biotech Industry and Repression in St. Louis , Don Fitz
Coffee, the Deadly Embrace , Ben Gregory and David McKnight

Friday, June 27, 2003

New York Times

Gay Sexual Conduct Legalized By Supreme Court, With Bush Trio Of Rehenquist, Scalia, And Thomas Opposed , nyt
Activists: Anti-Gays Can No Longer Use Anti-Homosexual Laws As Excuse For Discrimination , nyt
Supreme's Pro-Gay Ruling Went Further Than It Had To, Bush Trio Offered "Tired Arguments" In Response , ed
"Hawks need to wrestle with the reckless exaggerations of intelligence that were used to mislead the American public. " , kristof
Bush Fed Funding Cuts. States Face Worst Budget Disaster Since Statistics Recorded , nyt
Election Politics: Senate Dems Give In To Bush Medicare Bill Geared To Privatize Medicare, Cut Most Seniors From Drug Plan , nyt
U.S. Uncovers Evidence That Iraq Had Abandoned Its Nuke Program A Decade Ago , ed
MoveOn Dem Primary Tops Combined Total of Iowa, N.H., S.C. 2000 Primaries , ed
Dean Didn't Do Himself Any Favors On "Meet The Press" , tapper
Foe Of Integration Thurmond Dead At 100 , nyt
Are We Moving Towaqrd A One-Party Nation Of Patronage, Corruption, And Far Right Ideology, With The Media Looking The Other Way? Yes. , krugman

Washington Post

With Scalia Leading The Charge, Christian Right Frames Gay Rights As Part Of A "Culture War" , wp
Kennedy Cited Long Line Of Supreme Ct. Privacy Rights Decisions, While O'Connor Focused On Equal Protection , wp
"Majority's opinion about what is or is not moral cannot justify state's intrusion into the most intimate details of people's lives. "
Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is, Mr. President , dionne
If Arabs Dont Want America To Shape Their Future, They Should Take Control Of It, Themselves , ignatius

San Francisco Chronicle

Gays Celebrate, Tell Stories Of Past Legal Discrimination , guard
Scalia's "Homosexual Agenda" Defined By Gays As Search For "Human Rights" , morse
Sex Abstinence Conservatives Convene In Las Vegas, Look To Bush For $1 Billion Windfall From His African AIDS Program , sfc

Los Angeles Times

Supreme Court Reverses Bowers Decision, Strikes Down Texas Sodomy Law,AP
Biden Charges Administration With Hyping Intelligence To Create False Sense of Urgency, Hendren
If You Want To Live Like A Republican Vote Democratic – IRS Confirms Rich Got Richer During Clinton Years , LAT
Cal. Faces Gov’t Shutdown Due To “Insane Brinkmanship” Of Repub. Ideologues , LAT
MoveOn.org, Legally Blonde II Show You Can Use System To Beat The System , Huffington
EPA Reportgate Part II: Bush Report To UN That Yellowstone Is No Longer In Danger Deletes Staff Language About Continued Threats , Shooren
FERC Orders Energy Companies To Show Why They Should Not Return Illegal Profits From Cal. Market Manipulation, But Requires State To Honor $12 Billion In Emergency Contracts , Peterson & Douglass

Guardian

Former reconstruction official says US 'unprepared' for Iraq , guard
BBC/Campbell feud spins out of control , bell
Bad planning and over-confidence have left a dangerous legacy in Iraq , woollacott
Poll gives Tories narrow lead over Labour , watt+oliver

Independent

Blair 'unwittingly misled Commons' over Iraqi weapons , russell
British troops agree to suspend arms searches , sengupta
Why the sultans of spin are vilifying a BBC journalist , sengupta
Blair to be rewarded with address before joint session of Congress , buncombe
Marsh Arabs threaten to resist 'army of occupation' , cockburn
Liberians urge US to halt war after shelling kills nine civilians , paye-layleh

Haaretz

Israel wants U.S. guarantees that PA will disarm terror groups , benn+harel+regular
Army decides to close file on death of U.S. peace activist , harel
Unless Sharon takes action on settlements, road map is doomed , ed

Boston Globe

1 Million N. Koreans Gather to Protest US , Yoo
An American Empire Built on Deception , Goodman
GOP Slow to Back Its Own Drug Bill , Espo
Canada Sets Sanctioned Site to Inject Drugs , Nickerson
Admissions Ruling May Cool the Issue , Washington
Blair Adviser Denies Any Exaggeration of Iraq Threat , Sennott
Bush's Tax Cut Won't Help Economy , Globe Editorial
California Democrats Conflicted , Calvan

Chicago Sun Times

Attackers Ratchet Up Ambushes Against U.S. Forces , El-Magd
Former Scientist Unearths Parts From Old Nuclear Program - US Admits Not a Smoking Gun , Lumpkin
GOP Drug Plan Would Expose Every Senior's Finances , Novak

Chicago Tribune

Iraqi Town Hit Fatal Boiling Point , Goering
Smut-Filter Law Angers Libraries , Rubin
Filtering Free Speech , Editorial
US Defies Courts - Al Qaeda Operatives Whisked From Malawi , Tenthani
Murder Probe Looks to Nearby U.S. Base , Tribune News Service

Christian Science Monitor

The man who would be king of Iraq , Prusher
Greenberg: Bush's numbers not intimidating, presumption of reelection not justified by data , Cook

Madison Capital Times

A defense of diversity, ed
Despite naysayers, government works, Zweifel
MTV candidate?, ed
Canada's gay experiment, Signorile

USA Today

Berkeley uses biodiesel to advance eco-progress, ap
Troops pay to get better gear. Standard equipment lacking in some cases, Diamond
Fed cuts rate to 1% but will this jolt economy?, Diamond

CNN

U.S. Frustrated with Saddam, Bin Laden, Omar Loose, Dunham
Pentagon Sends Team to Inspect Iraq, Paper Says, Reuters
State Dept Analysts Have Reservations About Labs, Wright
Cheaper Way Found to Produce Hydrogen , Recer

The Globe And Mail

Ottawa aiming to thwart cyber-terrorists , guly

Toronto Star

Alarmist Iraq Hype Backfires, Barthos

Canada.com

UN says nuclear find indicates Baghdad did not restart weapons program , Canadian Press
No evidence linking Iraq to al Qaida , Canadian Press
Attackers ratchet up Iraqi ambushes , AP

Dawn

Bush aide eager for taking on Tehran , Jim Lobe
Non-proliferation means no N-might , Robert McNamara
Resistance in Iraq , Gwynne Dyer
Ashcroft makes no apologies , Anjum Niaz
The American dream - and nightmare , Irfan Husain
Saving the world: a Hillary presidenc , Ayaz Amir

Asia Times

US fails post-war Iraq examination , Jim Lobe
Popular Anger Grows in Iraq , Escobar

Sydney Morning Herald

Militants Nearer Truce Despite Bloodshed , O'Loughlin

Counterpunch

Removing potemkin outposts: The best show in town , avnery
Wolfowitz had CIA investigate Blix , leopold
Sweet land of liberty: New mass graves being dug in Iraq , floyd
Palestinian deaths too routine to rate reporting , de roolj
Road of cover-up is the road to ruin , byrd

American Prospect

Administration Has Cast Too Wide -- and Too Haphazard -- a Net in Trying to Nab Terrorists. , Gourevitch
Will Bush Appease Right-Wingers by Naming a Reactionary to the High Court? , Kuttner
Unions Bring Janitorial Justice to Health Care , Meyerson
Road Map to Grand Apartheid? , Gorenberg

Common Dreams

Columbian Court Orders the Suspension of the US-Financed Spraying of Coca and Poppy Crops , Cederstav
International W.H.O./F.A.O Committee Recommends Sharply Reduced Safe Levels of Exposure to Mercury in Seafood , Heyd + Greer
FCC Silences Community Radio , Long + Bloch
Why Bush Ignores the Numbers , Gutman
The Human Cost of the 21st Century's First War Is Already Enormous. in Addition to Those Who Have Died, Staggering Numbers Have Been Detained Around the World , Vallely

History News Network

Indians Finally Get Recognition at Custer Battlefield. , Fish
A New Monument to the History of the Labor Movement Going Up in Detroit , Simon

World Socialist Web Site

Bush Administration Targets Iran for US Aggression , Symonds
Spain: Post-Election Horse-Trading Exposes Rampant Corruption , Short

TomPaine

The Specter of Vietnam , Zinn
Zoellick's Zealotry , Bivens
Musical Chairs In California , Bivens
Take On The News , TP

Village Voice

The Anti-Bush Campaign Kicks Off , Ferguson

Harper's Online

Harper's Index, June 2003 , Harper's Magazine

Working For Change

Dan Amstutz: Iraq's agriculture czar Well-connected corporate and political operative aims to revamp Iraq's agricultural sector , Berkowitz
Presto change-o!Bush administration ignores reality and its own word in equal measure , Molly Ivins
Holding Court 2004 election will likely determine who picks next wave of justices , Geov Parrish

MotherJones

A Coal Miner's Daughter , Nicole Makris

The Hill

A Lie Is A Lie Is A Lie , marshall
Homeland Security Puts Pro-NRA Ashcroft In Charge Of Gun Control , Bob Cusack

League of Conservation Voters

Bush Receives “F” For Environmental Issues on LCV 2003 Presidential Report Card , Josh Galper/Dan Vicuña

Z-Net

The Unholy Alliance in the Occupied Territories, Avia Pasternak
The Meaning of Rachel Corrie, Edward Said
Notebook of a Prision Abolitionist, Brooks Bendt
Armed Resistance to the US Occupation, interview with Chris Toensing

Thursday, June 26, 2003

New York Times

Records Show Bush Capital Gains Tax Cuts Will Help The Rich Get Richer , nyt
Bush Gets Campaign Cash, Praises Tax Cuts For Rich, While Rest Have Services Reduced, Pay Other Taxes , herbert
We Need To Keep And Add To Environmental Protections, Not Allow Bush To Weaken Them , ed
Retirees Irate Over Bush Bait And Switch Medicare Drug Plan , nyt
St. Dept. Disputes Conclusion That Iraq Trailers Used For Making Bio-Weapons , nyt
St. Dept. Expert Says Pressed To Tailor Analysis To Bush Views On Iraq ,
Bush Fed Regulators Rule Calif. Must Honor Energy Contracts, Found Rates Were Based On Market Manipulation , nyt
Bush Is Leaving Disabled Children Behind , staples

Washington Post

Bush Wants Californians To Take Out Their Frustrations On Dem Prez Nominee, Not Gov. Davis , wp
Hatch Says He Suggested Supreme Ct. Nominees To Prez, But Is Vague About Dems Doing Same , broder
Major Corporations And Trade Associations Have GOP Lobbyists Or Want Them As Pressure Builds , wp
Even Half Measures In The ME Demand Pressure From The BushAdmin , ed

Guardian

British troops killed in retaliation for earlier Iraqi deaths , burke
Force fights thankless battle to keep peace in a lawless land , howard+mcaskill
Campbell claims BBC lied over Iraq 'dodgy dossier' , wintour+white
Blair spinmeister may be the fall guy , ashley
Bring troops home: An uprising against tyranny has begun , ramadani
Qatar war briefings were 'a waste of time' ,allison+byrne

Independent

It began with children throwing stones and ended with 10 people lying dead , cockburn
Israelis kill two after Hamas 'agrees to stop suicide attacks' , huggler
The invisible: Human cost of the 21st century's first war is already enormous , vallely
Dean bids to seduce Democrats with Bush broadside , buncombe

Los Angeles Times

Presidential Contenders Take On Tax Issue, Hope To Avoid Mondale Mistakes ,Barabak
National GOP Uncertain About Wisdom of Gov. Davis Recall , Brownstein
Bush Energy Bill Would Open Door To Offshore Drilling ,Sens. Graham and Feinstein
Bush FERC To Deny Calif. Request To Invalidate Exorbitant Energy Contracts Entered During An Industry Created Crisis , Petersen
TV Networks “Rev Up” 2004 Election Coverage , Jensen

San Francisco Chronicle

More on Arnold Schwarzenegger who wants to be Cal governor , sfc
More on Darrell Issa who wants to be Cal governor , sfc
"Dangerous Idiot" At The Helm. No Wonder You're Depressed. , sfc

Christian Science Monitor

US campaign to eliminate Baath Party influence criticized for inflexibility , Peterson
Deadly attacks suggest coalition foes may be increasingly organized, widespread , Grier + Tyson
Low interest rates squeeze the budgets of retirees , Scherer
Probes of intelligence used by Bush and Blair proceed on both sides of Atlantic , Chaddock
How not to win Iran , Baktiari
Study finds US, Japan reward nations supporting them at UN with generous 'aid' , Francis

Boston Globe

Hussein Fate Stirs Jokes and Rumors , Barry
US Gays Saying 'I Do' in Canada , Nickerson
Tehran to Repatriate Saudi Qaeda Suspects , Globe Staff
Texas Ponders Changes to 10% Law , Kilday Hart
What About the Bonus Points for Whites? , Jackson

Chicago Sun Times

Brits Give Iraqis 48 Hours to Hand Over Killers , Bassem Mroue
Clinton Says Gains Under Him Are Being Erased , Wade
U.S. Tracked Bin Laden in 2000, But Grounded Drone Craft in 2001 , Bridis + Solomon

Chicago Tribune

Villagers Dispute Tales of Convoy Raid , Tobar
Airstrike, Threats Undercut Mideast Truce , Perry + Laub
Slow Down the Medicare Express , Tribune Editorial

USA Today

EU absence at biotech meeting causes stir, ap
Pickering considering job with telecommunications trade group, ap
Dems may regretush drug bill's side effects, Lawrence
Rumsfeld downplays reports on attack. Details hazy on Syria fight, Squitieri, Moniz and Diamond

CNN

Dems Push for Deeper Probe on Iraqi WMD, Guggenheim

The Globe And Mail

Manitoba association won't regulate Internet pharmacies , cp
B.C. safe-injection site wins police immunity , mlckleburgh

Asia Times

Michael Ledeen Wants War with Iran , Jim Lobe

Islam Online

Baghdad Citizens Believe US is Punishing them by Cutting Off Water and Power , al-Sharqy

Dawn

The men who cried wolf , Mahir Ali
A road map to what & where? , Edward Said
Writings on Iraqi wall , ed
Up against the junta , ed
NGOs accuse Bush govt of politicizing aid , Reuters

Sydney Morning Herald

Europe Faces Pressure To Toe US Line On Hamas , O'Loughlin

Counterpunch

The other, unseen America, our America , kauffman
The second dark ages: A nation of ostriches , z

American Prospect

Restoration Era - Howard Dean Plays Capture the Flag , Franke-Ruta
Moveon Will be the Real Winner of Its Own Presidential Primary , Franke-Ruta
Democrats Should Campaign Against the Tax Cut by Appealing to Americans' Self-Interest , Tomasky

Working For Change

Shame on us , Ellen Goodman

Common Dreams

Greenpeace Says "Frightening" Radioactivity in Iraqi Villages , Agence France Presse
Bush's Bogus War , Knox
White Affirmative Action , Leondar-Wright
New Polls: Bush's Re-Elect Numbers Fall Below 50% , Lester
Wind Power Set to Become World's Leading Energy Source , Brown
Embedded Reporter's Role in Army Unit's Actions Questioned by Military , Kurtz
U.S. 'Jihad' for Human Rights Immunity Advances , Lobe
Climate Change Law to be First in Nation , Weinstein

History News Network

You Want Propaganda? Now This Is A Story About Propaganda , Fleming

World Socialist Web Site

Father Protests Indefinite Detention of Son at Guantanamo Bay , Phillips
Israel: Privatization Drive Follows Government’s Austerity Plan , Cohen
US: New Coal Dust Standards Mean Increased Black Lung for Miners , Sherman
Australian Government Prepares Intervention in Solomon Islands , Head
Bush Invokes “Enemy Combatant” Rule Against Defendants , Vann

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

“Slow-Walked and Stonewalled” - Bush Administration Assured Unsastifactory 9/11 Investigation Outcome , Prados

Federation of Scientists

Fire in the Hole: Nuclear and Non-Nuclear Options for Counterproliferation , Nathanson

TomPaine

The Reckoning , Pitt
All The President's Lies , Bennett&Paulken
In Bush We Trust , Moyers

Media Transparency

The PBS Home Team , Levine

The Progressive

Sitting Ducks , Rothschild

Village Voice

Affirmative Action: A Court Of Two Minds , Davis
Unfinished Business: Will The "News" Revise Its Lynch Stories? , Cotts

Scoop

Why is US Media Reluctant to Call Bush a Liar? , Hans

Alternet

Protesters Are Not Terrorists , Bill Berkowitz
Bush League Fundraising , Micah L. Sifry
Post-war Iraq: Quagmire or Master Plan? , Jim Lobe
A Shot in the Arm for Racial Equality , Tim Wise
An Alternative to Empire , John Feffer and Miriam Pemberton
The Fact That Hussein's Gone Doesn't Make Lying Right , Robert Scheer

Z-Net

The Pressure Worked -- In the Opposite Direction , Amira Haas; Ha'aretz
End the Phony Evacuations , Gideon Levy; Ha'aretz
The Israeli Occupation Force Keeps Killing , Kristen Ess
The Occupation. Powerless Iraquis rail against ignorant, air-conditioned U.S. occupation force , Cockburn
Bush to NGOs: Watch Your Mouth , Naomi Klein
Imperialism Then & Now , Barsamian interviews Tariq Ali

Wednesday, June 25, 2003

Readings

Gonzales Memos Create Questions About Bush Process Of Executions , berlow
The Road To Coverup Is The Road To Ruin , sen. byrd

Washington Post

Bush Backs Fed Funding Of Discrimination Practices By Religious Groups ,
Companies Say They Won't Offer Bush Medicare Drug Plan Because It Will Cost Most Seniors Too Much , wp
The Bush Medicare Drug Plan Will Not Work, But, Hey, An Election Year's Coming Up , applebaum
Unions Get Better Helath Care For Members, Ask The Janitors , meyerson
GOP Senate Attempts To Remove Filibuster As DEM Strategy Against Bush Judicial Nominees , wp
Officers Say NYT's Judith Miller Became Part Of A Military Operation Rather Than A Journalist , wp
U.S. Officials Say U.S. Troops Lack Rebuilding Skills , wp

New York Times

Clarence Thomas Shows That Affirmative Action Can Drive Blacks Mad , dowd
GOP Senate Stops Dems From Gaining Medicare Coverage For Seniors , nyt
Bush Needs To Do Something Aout The Congo, Now , ed
What Are U.S. Troops Doing In The Mystery Village On The Syrian Border? , nyt
Poor Pentagon Planning Harms Iraq Rebuilding , friedman
Why TIA Will Come, gibson

Boston Globe

Rumsfeld Says Senior Iraqis Were Not Killed in Attack Near Syria (Okay - So Who Was Killed?) , Burns
Budget Cuts Threaten Volunteer Programs , Eder
Plan to Create New Iraqi Army Unveiled , Barry
Cheney Raises Money, and Some Ire , Abelson
Dean Makes Bid Official, Keeps Up Attacks on Bush Policies , Schweitzer
Democratic Primary Season Unofficially Opens with Web Poll , Kornblut
Supporters of Affirmative Action Are Pleasantly Surprised , Washington
Abortion Issue Sharpens for '04 , Joan Venocchi

Chicago Sun Times

Feds: Won't Fund Extra Police for Busiest American Airport , Herguth
Bush: 'Matter of Time' Until Bin Laden/Hussein Caught (During the Dem. Convention, Mayhaps?) , Raum
Peoria Man Designated by Bush As U.S. Enemy , Anderson
Real Heads-Up From Michigan Not About Affirmative Action , Jackson

Chicago Tribune

3rd Detainee Dies in U.S. Custody , Gezari
U.S. Took Iraqi Hunt Into Syria , Hendren
Bush's History , Sutter
The Court's Wise Balance on Race , Tribune Editorial

Los Angeles Times

Saddam’s Defeat Does Not Justify Bush Lies To Congress, American People ,Scheer
Gov. Davis Takes Offensive, Blasts Recall Drive As “Partisan Mischief By The Right Wing” , Finnegan
Congress Needs To Ban Lobbying By Family Members , LAT

Madison Capital Times

AG backs redistricting lawsuit, could influence national redistricting, mct
Decision could be costly for libraries, mct
Rayovac abandons city's east side, Nichols
Worsening deficit ignored, Sen. Ernest Hollings
Aid cities, environment, ed
State-paid junketeers, ed
Bush still fails to justify war, Garvey

The Sacramento Bee

Drug benefits cannot wait , Molly Ivins

USA Today

Dean kicks off with shots at Bush, Lawrence

CNN

Officials: U.S. Slow on Bin Laden Drones, Bridis
No Senior Iraqis Killed in Convoy Attack, Burns
Library Filters May Block Public Access, Jesdanun

Christian Science Monitor

As fatalities rise, will support wane? , Feldmann
New Baghdad grads size up shaky future , Peterson

The Globe And Mail

Iraqi girl, 12, latest recruit in guerrilla fight against U.S. , mac kinnon
Friendly-fire pilot on horns of dilemma , auld
Canada, U.S. float air quality projects , dunfield
Klein heads to U.S. to urge repeal of beef ban , dunfield

Sydney Morning Herald

Australia Listened To Bad Evidence: Blix , Overington
Telling Science Fiction From Science Fact , Wilkinson
Israel Sees A Threat As Hopes Rise For Ceasefire , O'Loughlin
Going By The Book, Islamic Schools Can't Offer Sex Education , Morris

Asia Times

Round 2 in Middle East charm offensive , Zaharna
Bush's MEFTA trade plan for the Middle East , Mekay

Guardian

Violence spreads south as forces of the rump regime get ever bolder , mcaskill+howard
Death and chaos in Iraq , ed
Troops kept busy protecting oil stations and sewage plants , gillan
When America talks about race, everyone needs to listen , kettle
Greenpeace blames US and UK for pollution from looted nuclear site , norton-taylor
Sharon accused of blocking ceasefire by raiding Hamas, 130 seized , mcgreal

Independent

Straw lays blame on Campbell for 'dodgy' dossier , waugh
The path to peace: Allies face a tough battle to bring normality , cockburn
A town with a reputation for violence, but invading forces walked straight in , macintyre+cockburn

Haaretz

Sharon's pressure on Hamas worked - in the wrong direction , hass
Bush's road map: Doomed to Oslo's fate? , burston

Dar al Hayat

US Tells Israel to Look for Business Opportunities in Iraq , al Hayat

Israel Insider

Rabbis Say Torah Forbids Cooperation with Road Map , Shuman

Times of India

US to give $3 bn, but no F-16s to Pak , RAJGHATTA
Saudi members of al-Qaeda in Iran's custody , AP
Decision on Tibet a betrayal, feel readers , TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Dawn

The cost of trusting the general , Imran Khan
Encounter at Camp David , ed
Afghanistan situation not encouraging: AI report on return of refugees , AFP
US picking up the tab for peacekeeping in Iraq , Paul Richter
Bush didn't read UN report, says Blix , Our Correspondent

Working For Change

The honored guest. Terrorism-sponsoring, nuclear weapons-equipped dictator visits the White House today ,Parrish

OC Weekly

Force of July: Rumsfeld Lobbies Locals To Celebrate The Invasion of Iraq , Washburn

The Nation

Probing 9/11, Corn
Senate Committee Rebukes FCC Commerce committee acts to restore limits on media consolidation. , Nichols
The Texecutioner New memos show George Bush cared little for good intelligence before putting people to death., Bivens
Ride of the Valkyries, Bivens

Scoop

Kuwaitis and other Opportunists are Looting Iraq , Al-Atraqchi

Counterpunch

Many presidents have lied, but this time the press went along for the ride , lindorff
Real clash of civilizations: Progressives vs neocons , chuckman

American Prospect

Affirmative Decision Yesterday's Ruling Puts Affirmative Action on Firmest Ground Yet , Bennett
Seriously Now - Howard Dean's Transformation From Protest Candidate to Populist , Kusnet

Common Dreams

Burned Iraqi Children Turned Away by Us Army Doctors , Abu-Nasr
Bush's Choice for EPA Job Oversaw Worsening Pollution in Idaho , Borenstein
NGOs Organize Against Proposed WTO Investment Agreement , Lobe
Overseer in Iraq Vows to Sell Off Government-Owned Companies , Andrews
The Anti-Bush Campaign Kicks Off , Ferguson
I Was Wrong About Trade , Monbiot
FCC Fight Helps Energize Common Cause , Oliphant
True Conservatives Should Take a Stand , Steinback

History News Network

Supremes Refuse to Reconsider Case Giving Military Wide Discretion to Keep State Secrets. , Editorial
Bush's Revisionist History , Craig

World Socialist Web Site

Iraq and Al Qaeda: Another Lie Unravels , Vann
Spain Extends Military Presence in Iraq , Lee

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

A Call for a Truly Public Public Hearing , Rothstein

Federation of Scientists

Congressional Research Service [CRS] Intel & Related Issues , Resource

Tom Paine

Losing The Peace In Afghanistan , Lobe
The Embedded Lobbyist , Aaron
Take On The News: A Running Commentary , TP

The Progressive

O'Conner Saves Affirmative Action , Rothschild

Harper's Online

Weekly Review , Hodge

Tuesday, June 24, 2003

New York Times

A Win For Affirmative Action, But What Happens When O'Connor Retires? , nyt
Senior Bush Aide And Other Conservatives Call For A Meat-Eating Ideologue, No Moderate Supreme For Them , nyt
Supremes Offer Little Guidance, Force Libraries To Use Poorly Designed Internet Filters , nyt
Why Are Our Leaders Unwilling To Admit The Obvious, That Bush Deceived Us Into War? , krugman
As Fundamentalism Sweeps Over Iraq, What Will Happen To The Women? , kristof
Ashcroft's Recent Death Penalty Guidelines Fall In Line With Congress' "Cruel And Rigid" Micromanagement Of Justice , martin

Washington Post

Bush Pushes For Privatized Medicare , wp
With Bush Giving Green Light To Privatized Medicare, Health Insurance Projected to Go Up Again , wp
Russia's Method Of Tuning Out Dissent Is More Obvious Than Ours, But Both Countries Use Gvt. Subsidies As A Stick ,wp
Bush's And Condi's Attacks On "Revisionist History" Reminds One Of Hitler And Saddam , keyssar
What Repubs Did To Clinton Was Far Worse Than What He Did, And It Continues To This Day In Book Reviews , cohen
Bush EPA Whitewash Of Industry Seen As A Campaign Memo By Critics , wp
After Little Help From "Coalition Of The Willing," U.S. Decides To Form Army Of Iraqis , wp
56% Back Use Of Military Force To Stop Iran From Getting Nukes, 40% Say Iraq Used Chem/Bio Weapons Against Us During War, 50% Don't Know , wp

Readings

Can Environmental Legislation Protect The Common Good? , dowie
Hundreds To Thousands Iraqis Killed, Maimed By Cluster Weapons , newsday
Scores Of Iraqi Citizens Sick From Looted Uranium , bbc
Not exactly an eye for an eye , higgs

Los Angeles Times

While Bush Focuses On Iraq, Asian Terrorist Networks Expands , Paddock
Hiring Congressional Family Member As Lobbyists A Good Investment: Greater Access On Key Issues (I) , Neubauer, etc.
Schwarzkopf, Three Former Joint Chiefs Oppose Bush Position In Michigan Admissions Case – Racial Diversity Maintains The Efficiency of America’s Armed Forces , Getlin
Republican “Ideological Zealotry” Taints Court Appointments And Undermines View of Judiciary As Independent, Non-political Branch of Government (for those who no longer remember Bush v. Gore) , Lewis
LA Times Candidate Q&A: Lieberman , LAT
Time For Bush Leadership, Not Talk, On Child Tax Credits For Working Families , LAT
Sen. Feinstein Latest Major Dem To Rule Out Candidacy In Event Of Davis Recall Vote , Menn
Congressional Homeland Security Team Visits Poorly Funded LA Ports - Account For 40% Of Nation’s Traffic , Pierson
Saving Private Lynch: Networks Rush TV Movies , Neuman

Christian Science Monitor

US decides to pay Iraqi soldiers and form new Army , Peterson
High court strikes down law that aids Holocaust survivors , Scherer + Stern
America, we need to talk – seriously , Seaquist
Bush credibility gap - a slow, quiet crumble , Chinni

Boston Globe

Justice Dept. Report Gives Life to Detainees' Suit , Hays
'Quartet' at Odds on Israeli Attacks , Ephron
US Marine Killed, Possibly by Stray Bomb , Globe Staff
US Base is Hit in Afghan North , Reuters
Legal Arguments Weak Against Gay Marriage , Young
Medicare Package Hit As Depriving Poorest , Milligan
For Dean, Insurgent Tactics Can Cut Two Ways , Schweitzer

Chicago Sun Times

Libraries Can be Forced to Filter Online Porn, Court Rules , Holland
US Army Growing Unhappy with Rumsfeld , Novak
Democrats Unite Against Bush , Fornek

Chicago Tribune

Recovery Slow For Former Detainee , Mellen
Court Retirement Could Tip Balance , Greenburg
Russia Loses Independent Media Voice , Rodriguez
Possible Radiation Illnesses Unstudied , Dorning
Trouble Brews For Californians , Haynes
When to Own Up to Mistakes , Editorial
Leo Strauss - This Academic Dominates Foreign Policy , Grossman

Madison Capital Times

Senate can buck FCC, ed
Veto the budget, write a new plan, ed
There's a method to Bush's madness, Zweifel

San Francisco Chronicle

There goes the tax cut for Californians , Matier + Ross
Bush has gone too far; what you can do , Sorensen
Not exactly an eye for an eye , sfc

USA Today

U.S. announces formation of new Iraqi army, ap
Hagel: Iraqi WMD clouds Bush credibility , ap
Democrats call on black voters, Page
Big Brother 2003, USAT
Deflation risks bigger than optimists let on, Reich

Guardian

Poll shows Blair unpopularity is hurting Labor Party , travis
Campbell agrees to give evidence to MPs on Iraq dossier , white
Chances for a free Iraqi press are growing dim , whitaker
Our aim should not be to abolish the World Trade Organisation, but to transform it , monbiot

Independent

Belgium to lift threat of Bush war crimes trial , castle
Saddam's closest aides may be trying to flee to Belarus , cockburn

Haaretz

U.S. mulls sending CIA's Tenet here to push road map , benn
Rabbis: No government has right to set up foreign state in the land of Israel , shragai

Toronto Star

Let Iran Calm Nuke Jitters, ed
Afghans Sow Silent Terror Through Opium Sales, Handleman

The Globe And Mail

Navigating the course to same-sex marriage , ed
Don't gamble with our drug prices , cassels

Asia Times

Pakistan Aiding Warlords in Afghanistan , Shahzad

Mena Report

Iraq's Economy to be Privatized by US , Mena

Times of India

Musharraf faces angry opponents in US , CHIDANAND RAJGHATTA
Dying for Dubya: The Illogic of Indian Troops in Iraq , SIDDHARTH VARADARAJAN

Sydney Morning Herald

Sharon's Backing For Settlements , O'Loughlin

Working For Change

Police state tactics abandon principles of justice , Cynthia Tucker
Hating Hill Hillary 2004: What else would make their eyes bug out like that? , Will Durst
Strange bedfellows Afghanistan quagmire triggers confab between US & Pakistani intelligence officials and the Taliban ,Bill Berkowitz

Counterpunch

Washington lied: An interview with Ray McGovern , pritzke
The meaning of Rachel Corrie: Dignity and solidarity , said

Slate

Can Bush Be Both Ignorant and a Liar? , Timothy Noah

Salon

Bush's 9/11 coverup? , Eric Boehlert

TomPaine

Following Ari's Footsteps , Blow
Fox On Steroids: An Interview with Jeff Chester , Rosenfeld
The Chamber's Last Stand , Fred
The War On NGOs , Klein

Fourth Freedom Forum

Unproven: The Controversy Over Justifying War In Iraq , Cortright/Miller/Lopez/Gerber

The Progressive

Senate Quicksand , Conniff
Bush Ignores India's Pogrom , Pal
Enforced Conformity , Rothschild
An Interview With Martin Sheen , Kupfer

The New Yorker

The War In Iraq: New Yorker's Complete Coverage Of The Conflict (Archives) , NewYorker

Judicial Watch

FBI clings to policy of harassing whistle blowers, Novak
Bureau Attacks a Loyal, Productive Agent, Rather Than Pursuing Terrorists Who Threaten our Country., JW
Vice President Cheney and his Energy Task Force will finally have to answer questions about exactly who was participating in the formulation of our nation's energy policy , JW

American Prospect

How Democratic Candidates Can Make the Most of the Next Two Months , Jones
Canada is the Latest Nation to Recognize Same-Sex Marriages. When Will the U.S Catch Up? , Graff

Common Dreams

Iraq: Arabs Challenge U.S. Plans to Open Nation to Multinationals , Mekay
Officials: Hundreds of Iraqis Killed by Faulty Grenades , Frank
The Method to Bush's Madness , Zweifel
Guess What? the Anti-War Folks Were Right , Wollman + Williams
Afghanistan: Still Not Safe Enough , Amnesty International
Supreme Court Decision: Affirmative Action Principles Upheld , Richter + Duckett
Ruling on Internet Law Damages Constitutional Rights of Library Users , Richter + Duckett
Protesting May be Our Final Distinction From '1984' , Schuler
Sex, Lies and American Presidents , Mcquaig
Why Do Americans Hate Children? , Maguire

History News Network

Are Trotskyites Running the Pentagon? , Wald
The Looting of Iraq Goes on , Michalowski
You Want Propaganda? , Fleming

World Socialist Web Site

Terrorism and the Origins of Israel—Part 2 , Shaoul
US Proconsul Cancels Municipal Election in Iraq , Symonds
US Appeals Court Approves Secret Roundup of Immigrants , and rews

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

North Korea: No Bygones at Yongbyon , Alvarez

Federation of Scientists

CRS on "Sensitive But Unclassified" Information , FAS Project Report

Z-Net

Coup D'Etat in Washington , Andre Cunder Frank
Afghanistan, Bush's Vietnam , Jphn Pilger
The Latest Peace Plan , Edward Said
Best Show in Town , Uri Avnery

Monday, June 23, 2003

New York Times

Citizens Sleep On As Bush Gives Them A Royal Screwing , herbert
Bush Fed Judge Nominee Is "Beyond The Pale" , ed
Under Pressure From Bush, Belgium Will Soften War Crimes Rule That Ensnared His Father, Kissinger ,nyt
Bush Dept. Of Energy Broke Promise To Probe Nuke Lab, Says Senator , nyt
DEMs Court The Black Vote With Jesse Jackson As Host , nyt

Washington Post

Bush Gives "Misleading" Defense Of His Tax Cuts, Says Brookings Economist. Dean Asks, What About The Increased Property Taxes Being Used To Offset Tax Cuts? , wp
Jesse Jackson Hosts Dem Candidate Confab , wp
Shiite Leader Calls For Self-Rule In Iraq , wp
"Unacompanied Minors" Mistreated By Bush Government Is "A Scandal" , ed
If Burma Is As Bad As Saddam, What Should Be Done? , hiatt

Los Angeles Times

While Bush Focuses On Iraq, Asian Terrorist Networks Expands , Paddock
Hiring Congressional Family Member As Lobbyists Good Investment: Greater Access On Key Issues, Neubauer, etc.
Schwarzkopf, Three Former Joint Chiefs Oppose Bush Position In Michigan Admissions Case – Racial Diversity Maintains The Efficiency of America’s Armed Forces , Getlin
GOP “Ideological Zealotry” Taints Court Appointments, Undermines View of Judiciary As Independent, , Lewis
LA Times Candidate Q&A: Lieberman , LAT
Time For Bush Leadership, Not Talk, On Child Tax Credits For Working Families , LA Times
Sen. Feinstein Latest Major Dem To Rule Out Candidacy In Event Of Davis Recall Vote , Menn
Congressional Homeland Security Team Visits Poorly Funded Busy LA Ports , Pierson
Saving Private Lynch: Networks Rush TV Movies , Neuman

Boston Globe

Bush Uses Radio Talk To Begin Making Excuses For Missing WMD , Kerr
Unfair America , Globe Editorial
Democratic Primary Candidates Blast Bush, Make Pitch to Iowa , Johnson
Military May Sway Court on Diversity , Denniston
On Patrol in Iraq: Danger Fills the Night , Barry
US Reports Seizure of Codes, Data , Krane
A Jessica Lost in the Legend , Goodman
Facing US Threat to NATO Role, Belgium Government Agrees to Limit Reach of War Crimes Law , Ames

Chicago Sun Times

Cheney Daughter's Mission: Undermine Arab Extremists , Mcelroy
Explosion at Fuel Pipeline West of Baghdad , Gutkin
Bush Sees U.S. Progress in Iraq - How Swell That Someone Does , Loven
Foreign Terrorists Still Can Evade Fingerprint Checks , Anderson

Chicago Tribune

Asbestos Claims Lives, Livelihoods , Grow
UN Accounts for Uranium at Iraqi Plant , Dorning
Baathists Say U.S. Ban Is Too One-Sided , Schodolski

Christian Science Monitor

In Iraq, a battle for credibility , Peterson
Outsider Dean fires up left , Marlantes
US has hands full trying to rebuild Iraq , CSM

San Francisco Chronicle

American Idol: How did Jessica Lynch become a national hero? , ap
Desperately seeking Jessica , sfc
Bush has much to explain , sfc

Newsday

Columnist considers retirement over secret trials, media cowardice , breslin

Guardian

Relief groups told they must be an "arm of the US government" in Iraq , klein
Israel road map suffers another blow , mcgreal
Explosion endangers Iraq's economic recovery, raises fears of lengthy US occupation , howard+whitaker

Independent

Why America needs to know whatever happened to Saddam Hussein , buncombe
Powell's frustration as Israel executes another Hamas leader , huggler
Israel defies road-map and vows to build settlements , huggler

Haaretz

Settlers,Sharon undermining the state , ed
The U.S. is now micro-managing the peace process , benn

Toronto Star

Iraq Resumes Oil Exports, AP
Al Quaeda Mutating Like a Virus, Ward
Old Economic Headache Returns, Goar

Sydney Morning Herald

A Tentative Tourniquet Applied To Mideast Bloodshed , O'Loughlin
After The Wars, The Dangers Persist , Toohey

Dawn

When Musharraf meets Bush , Shamim-ur-Rahman
Another Guantanamo Bay? , ed

Working For Change

Building a bigger trough , Geov Parrish

Counterpunch

The truth of the oppressor, the truth of the oppressed , cook
The wages of terror , schaeffer
The Iraq war as danse macabre , gould
An unholy alliance in the occupied territories , pasternak

TomPaine

Take On The News: A Running Commentary On Current Events , TomPaine

Weekly Independent (Pakistan)

Musharraf Trying to Crush Free Press in Pakistan , WI

Sofia Echo (Bulgaria)

US Firms Eye Pipeline Scheme with Bulgaria , Kodinova

The New Yorker

Donald Rumsfeld Orders Breakfast At Denny's , Gannon

Common Dreams

Anarchy Engulfs the New Iraq , Mcgowan
Us General Condemns Iraq Failures , Vulliamy
Powerless Iraqis Rail Against Ignorant, Air-Conditioned US Occupation Force , Cockburn

Alternet

Cops Find 'Terror' in Every Rap Sheet , Alexander Gourevitch
Washington to Nation: Drop Dead on the Job , Joe Robinson
Let the People Speak Early , Don Hazen
Vietnam War Terms Make a Comeback , Jim Lobe

Z-Net

Dollar Crisis and American Empire, Jeffrey Sommers
Afghanistan Regains Its Title As World's Biggest Heroin Dealer , Andy McSmith and Phil Reeves
The War Continues , Maria Tomchick
Left Behind To Starve , George Monbiot
Anti-China Campaign Hides Maquiladora Wage Cuts , David Bacon
The Best Democracy Money Can Buy , Greg Palast
War And Peace In Burundi , Mandisi Majavu

Sunday, June 22, 2003

New York Times

Bush Lied About Iraq Weapons, Tax Cuts By "Exaggerating" , rosenbaum
Congress "Whitewash" Probe Looking At Those Who Gathered Intelligence Rather Than Those Who Distorted It , dowd
Bush Record-Breaking Hard Money Collection Seen As Payback By The Wealthy For Tax Cuts Favoring Them , ed
Iraqis See U.S. As Supporting Democracy Only When Its Interests Are Served , rohde
Is Bush Outsourcing Accountability To Cheney's Private Company In Iraq? , baum
Bush Wants To Push Supreme Court Even Farther To The Right Than It Is Already , greenhouse
Congress Poised To Pass Bush Medicare Drug Plan That Would Create Confusion, Conflict, More Bureaucracy , nyt
Bush Plans To Get Part Of Gay Vote While Keeping Gays Closeted For His Christian Right Buddies , rich

Washington Post

Bush Lied About Saddam-Al Qaeda Link In Speech Through "Overstatement" , pincus wp
Bush "Coalition" Fails To Provide Needed Troops, Members Say Because Iraq War Was Illegitimate , wp
When The Man With The Money Usually Wins In Our Capitalist Republic, How Can Dems Win? , ed
So Many DEMs, So Few Dollars , broder
Our Iran Regime Change In The 50's Was A Major Diplomatic Defeat, And We Shouldn't Repeat It ,abdo
As Nobel Peace Winner Is Being Held In Prison Under 50 Year "Goon" Dictatorship, When Will Bush Act? , ed
Airport Security Still Not Secure , wp

Boston Globe

Kerry Vows Filibuster to Uphold Roe V. Wade, Johnson
Emissions Omissions, Globe Editorial
Grenade Injures Soldiers, Cuts Power, Al-Issawi
Some in Gaza See No Reason to Turn on Hamas, Radin
Terror Risk Seen Highest at US Ports, Bender

Chicago Tribune

IRS Moves to Hire Private Collection Agencies, Keogh
Faltering Plans Raise Questions About Empire, Geyer
Rumor Adds Fuel to Lingering Strikes Against U.S. Forces, Al-Issawi
Analyst: Iraq's Story on Labs is Plausible, Miller
Pyongyang Warns U.S. on UN Effort, Tribune News Services
2 More Set Selves on Fire in Protest, Tribune News Services

Chicago Sun Times

Fawell Secretly Tallied Ryan's Political Faults, WARMBIR and NOVAK

Los Angeles Times

Hatch Ignores Senate Custom, Will Seek Vote On Bush Right Wing Judicial Nominee , Weinstein
Bush Must Match Talk With Action And Restore AmeriCorp Funding , ed
Medicare Proposals Show the Need for a Refresher Course in Economics ,Brownstein
Our Privacy Pays the Price When State Legislators Sell Out, Lopez
DLC Losing Influence In 2004 Race , Brownstein

Sunday, June 22, 2003

New York Times

Bush Lied About Iraq Weapons, Tax Cuts By "Exaggerating" , rosenbaum
Congress "Whitewash" Probe Looking At Those Who Gathered Intelligence Rather Than Those Who Distorted It , dowd
Bush Record-Breaking Hard Money Collection Seen As Payback By The Wealthy For Tax Cuts Favoring Them , ed
Iraqis See U.S. As Supporting Democracy Only When Its Interests Are Served , rohde
Is Bush Outsourcing Accountability To Cheney's Private Company In Iraq? , baum
Bush Wants To Push Supreme Court Even Farther To The Right Than It Is Already , greenhouse
Congress Poised To Pass Bush Medicare Drug Plan That Would Create Confusion, Conflict, More Bureaucracy , nyt
Bush Plans To Get Part Of Gay Vote While Keeping Gays Closeted For His Christian Right Buddies , rich

Washington Post

Bush Lied About Saddam-Al Qaeda Link In Speech Through "Overstatement" , pincus wp
Bush "Coalition" Fails To Provide Needed Troops, Members Say Because Iraq War Was Illegitimate , wp
When The Man With The Money Usually Wins In Our Capitalist Republic, How Can Dems Win? , ed
So Many DEMs, So Few Dollars , broder
Our Iran Regime Change In The 50's Was A Major Diplomatic Defeat, And We Shouldn't Repeat It ,abdo
As Nobel Peace Winner Is Being Held In Prison Under 50 Year "Goon" Dictatorship, When Will Bush Act? , ed
Airport Security Still Not Secure , wp

Boston Globe

Kerry Vows Filibuster to Uphold Roe V. Wade, Johnson
Emissions Omissions, Globe Editorial
Grenade Injures Soldiers, Cuts Power, Al-Issawi
Some in Gaza See No Reason to Turn on Hamas, Radin
Terror Risk Seen Highest at US Ports, Bender

Chicago Tribune

IRS Moves to Hire Private Collection Agencies, Keogh
Faltering Plans Raise Questions About Empire, Geyer
Rumor Adds Fuel to Lingering Strikes Against U.S. Forces, Al-Issawi
Analyst: Iraq's Story on Labs is Plausible, Miller
Pyongyang Warns U.S. on UN Effort, Tribune News Services
2 More Set Selves on Fire in Protest, Tribune News Services

Chicago Sun Times

Fawell Secretly Tallied Ryan's Political Faults, WARMBIR and NOVAK

Los Angeles Times

Hatch Ignores Senate Custom, Will Seek Vote On Bush Right Wing Judicial Nominee , Weinstein
Bush Must Match Talk With Action And Restore AmeriCorp Funding , ed
Medicare Proposals Show the Need for a Refresher Course in Economics ,Brownstein
Our Privacy Pays the Price When State Legislators Sell Out, Lopez
DLC Losing Influence In 2004 Race , Brownstein

USA Today

Iran says it will not permit IAEA to take environmental samples, ap
Bush backtracks on black-colleges pledge, Wickham

AP

No Common Ground on Agriculture at WTO, ap
Iraqis Suffer From Radiation Symptoms, ap

Reuters

'Apocalypse Now' Music Fires Up U.S. Troops for Raid , Alistair Lyon

Madison Capital Times

Indians take the long view, Forest managed for future, mct
Protesting may be our final distinction from '1984', Schuler
Benefits of country-of-origin food labeling far outweigh costs, Beitlich
No guns for campus cops, McNally

Observer

DNA tests after missiles strike 'Saddam convoy' , burke
US general condemns Iraq failures , vulliamy
US forces' lack of discipline, unclear rules of engagement, resulting in civilian deaths , beaumont
Faltering attempts to meet Iraqi needs could turn simmering discontent into widespread opposition , cronin+hilterman
So now Friedman admits he was wrong , keegan
Budget cuts doomed space shuttle , rose

Independent

Iraqis rail against ignorant, air-conditioned occupation force , cockburn
Afghanistan regains its title as world's biggest heroin dealer , mcsmith
Bush-backed feature film of 9/11 casts him as scourge of 'tinhorn terrorists' , gumbel
Now Bush blames failure to find WMD on looters , cornwell
Riot-torn streets, running battles mark end of EU summit , howden

Haaretz

Fighting the flames of fanaticism , benziman
End the fake evacuations , levy

Dawn

Time for conflict resolution has come, says Musharraf , APP
F-16 issue still unresolved , Qudssia Akhlaque
The triangle of riddles , Afzaal Mahmood

THE TIMES OF INDIA

Vajpayee to decide on troops to Iraq: NDA , PTI
Philippines' Arroyo calls for release of Suu Kyi , AP

The Globe And Mail

Iraq now: 20 questions , mac kinnon
Video warns of new al-Qaeda attacks , ap

Sydney Morning Herald

Powell Battles On To Advance Peace Plan , Mohammed

TomPaine

Democracy's Trust Fund , Collins
Whose Media? , Nichols&McChesney

PBS

Student Protests in Iran: A Long History , Bill Moyers

The New Yorker

All In The Family , James Surowiecki
Might And Right , Philip Gourevitch

The Progressive

Media Giantism Snagged , Rothschild
Canada Leads The Way, Again , Rothschild

Village Voice

Justice Denied At Its Source: Considered Guilty Until Proved Innocent , Hentoff

Common Dreams

More Revisionist History, Baltimore Sun editorial
Now Bush Says Iraqi Weapons Sites Were Looted, Mikkelsen
Bush Once Again Target of Comedians' Barbs, Thomma
Truth Is the Weapon of Bush's Self-Destruction: the Superpower of Peace Has the Ultimate Force, Wasserman

World Socialist Web Site

Terrorism and the Origins of Israel—Part 1, Shaoul
Weapons of Mass Destruction in Iraq: Bush’s “Big Lie” and the Crisis of American Imperialism, Ed. Board

Z-Net

Unrest in Teheran-Pars. Or Is It? , Mozhgan Bahar
Reporters and Human Rights Defenders Targeted for Exposing Indonesian Military Atrocities in Aceh, Kurt Biddle
Fear of Firing , David Bacon
Breakdown of the "Roadmap" , Naseer Aruri
Enron-Style Corporate Crime and Privatization: A look at the US Coalition of Service Industries, Darren Puscas

PBS

Student Protests in Iran: A Long History , Bill Moyers

The New Yorker

ALL IN THE FAMILY , James Surowiecki
MIGHT AND RIGHT , Philip Gourevitch

Working For Change

Try telling Clark he’s not a patriot , Joe Conason

Saturday, June 21, 2003

Washington Post

Bush Economy Deserving Of Trickle Up Scorn From Working Poor , goodman
Bush Meets With Pro-Israel Groups, Softens Criticism Of Sharon , wp
Rumsfeld Says More Murders In D.C., Bush's Home Town, Than In Iraq, But Offers No Solution For D.C. , ed
Barbershop: Fishbone To Colin: "Gonna Find "Em...Gonna Find 'Em" , king
Bush Texas Buddy Will Be New Press Sec. wp,

New York Times

Kerry Warns He'll Filibuster Typical Bush Nominee To Supreme Court , nyt
Bush Says He'll Stop Import Of Cheaper Drugs From Canada In Spite Of Senate Vote To Do So , nyt
Bush's Norton Indifferent To Protecting Wilderness , ed
Bush Has Gone Too Far In Censoring EPA Scientific Material , letters

Readings

DeLay Says "Jump!" Tx. GOP Gov. Perry Asks "How High?" , kelso
DeLay Makes Tex. Monthly's "Worst Lawmakers" List , aas
Reviewing the Evidence: Weapons of Mass Destruction , Bill Moyers

Boston Globe

Bush fries climate change , Jackson
Six peace activists refuse sentence , Gedan
Finding A Place For Arab Moderates , Greenway
Ambulance attack kills US soldier , Barry
Dixie Chicks arrive to little dissent, and thrill their fans , Morse
Raising their voices for world peace , Deahl

Chicago Sun Times

FBI Still Harassing Whistle-blowers, Bob Novak
Congressman Chides Bush On Iraq Contracts, Leadership , SWEET

Chicago Tribune

Saudi Elite Under Scrutiny , Royce
Pakistan Expects U.S. To Offer Billions In Aid , Sly
Clark Says 'Maybe' To Presidential Bid , Jefferson
Attack Kills GI; Other Skirmishes Undisclosed , Salopek

Los Angeles Times

Malaysian Prime Minister Charges US Using War On Terror As Excuse To Attack Muslims , AP
T-W Drops Global Warming Section From EPA Report Since White House Would Only Agree To “Pablum” , Shogren
Cal. Lt. Governor Becomes 3rd Leading Dem To Refuse To Run In Davis Recall Election <0/a>, Finnegan
Bush Lies Are Part of Growing “Pinocchio Culture” That Is Encouraging Kids To Cheat, Lie (Nixon Would Be Proud) , Tifft

San Francisco Chronicle

Dean says Bush economic policy caused Calif. budget crisis , sfc
Religious leaders implore Bush to be compassionate , sfc
Calif. Lt. Gov. thumbs nose at recall effort , sfc
Toxic politics, Tom DeLay style , ed
Stop the gay Canadians, Conservative America trembles , Morford

Madison Capital Times

A clean air brouhaha, mct
Capitol heroes and villains, ed
Real health care costs, ed

USA Today

White House money machine may spawn gremlins, Shapiro
Net presidential primary facing allegations of vote-rigging, ap
Probe finds IRS workers misuse Internet on agency time ,ap

Reuters

Fingerprint Systems Delayed, Posing Risks,Reuters
Japan Says No Proof of N.Korea Nuclear Warheads, Reuters

Guardian

Protesters take on police at summit resort , smith
Galloway seeks inquiry after Iraq papers exposed as fakes , maguire
Fired Blair minister questions Bush's war motives , tempest
Blair finds himself increasingly friendless , ashley
Rapid change in Beijing is about to shatter our crude cold war cliches , gittings

Independent

US closes embassy in Kenya as Pentagon warns of attack , buncombe
US publicly condemns Hamas, but privately rails at Israel , huggler+ghazali
Saddam alive in Iraq, intercepted calls suggest , buncombe

Haaretz

U.S. sources: NSA Condoleezza Rice to arrive in Mideast next week , regular+shamir

Asia Times

US Now Backing Communists to Topple Iran's Regime , B Raman
Resistance to US Growing in Afghanistan , Shahzad
US Losing the Peace in Afghanistan , Jim Lobe

Middle East Times

Iraqi Firms Lose Out on Reconstruction Contracts , Oweis
Iraqis Say US is Using Baathists as Scapegoats , Georgy

The Globe And Mail

So the United States and Britain lied to the world. So what? , gee
Bush to NGOs: Watch your mouths , klein
Recognizing what's criminal in war , koring
Worrisome SARS developments , picard

Sydney Morning Herald

Powell Back To Get Sides To Honour Road Map Agreement , O'Loughlin
"By Attacking Hamas, Israel Makes It Stronger", O'Loughlin
Peace Can Follow The Blood, Says Jewish Spokesman, Calling Palestinians "Evil" , Stephens
Poll Says Palestinians Would Not Rush Back To Israel, As Sharon Fears , Ljunggren
Nuclear Warheads Report Rattles Japan , Green
What A Brilliant Idea, Mr. President. Why Didn't I Think Of That? , ed
The Garbage Intelligence That Helped To Unleash A War , Wilkinson
The Big Question About Why We Went To War , Riley&Allard
In The Line Of Fire , Fray
The Stories They Told , SMH

Dawn

Nuclear arms our last hope, says Musharraf , PPI
Political disputes hit US-Muslims ties: Musharraf terms it unfortunate , Masood Haider
When a regime has a lot to hide , Kurt Jacobsen & Sayeed Hasan Khan

Canada.com

Two British MPs compare conditions for Palestinians in Gaza to Warsaw ghetto , SUE LEEMAN
2 protesters set themselves on fire outside French Embassy in London , CP

TomPaine

The Truth About The Lies , Rosenfeld
Free Speech, Inc. , Danetz
Tighter Collars , Milchen
False Claims , Doroshow

Village Voice

To Your (Corporate) Health: But Nagging Gas Pains In Iraq Continue , Ridgeway
Whimper of Mass Destruction , Ridgeway

In These Times

Weapons of Mass Deception , Frida Berrigan
Hidden Agenda: Republican tax cuts aim to bloat the rich and eviscerate social programs ,David Moberg

American Prospect

Critical Mess - Neocons And Nukes , Bennett
Usual Suspect - Casablanca Bombings , Meis
Youth Full - ACLU Knows How To Reach Young Progressives , Markowitz

Common Dreams

Antiwar Groups Turn Their Focus to Bush, Robert Schlesinger
The War, Brought to You By The White House; To see what the media consolidation will do to British Television, Look no further than the US - Where Glutton Bowl is Typical Share, Willis
" Reason to Deceive: WMD Lies Could Be The New Watergate, Cythia Cotts
Impeachable Offense, Parrish
Media Silent - Gen. Says White House Pushed Saddam Link Without Evidence , Fair
'I Just Pulled The Trigger' , Graham
Total Compensation For Ceos In The S&P 500 Increased By An Average Of 63.24 Percent In 2002 , Melcher
Senate Panel Passes Bill to Overrule FCC Media Ownership Rules , Agence France Presse
Major Supreme Court Decisions Coming Next Week Will Have Broad Impact On Constitutional Rights And Principles , Rizk
Bush to NGOs: Watch Your Mouths , Klein
More Revisionist History , Sun Ed
WMD Lies No Surprise , Sartwell
No Payoff For Many Who Back GOP Goals , Haar
Which Patriots Exactly Does The Act Protect? , Cooper
Reflections On Dachau And 2 Men Named George , Farquhar
Eight Steps To Free Media , Gutman

World Socialist Web Site

US Prepares Military Blockade Against North Korea , Symonds
American Troops Shoot Down Two Iraqi Protesters , Head
Washington’s War Of Terror In Iraq , Ed

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

The Doomsday Clock , Overview

Federation of Scientists

Homeland Security And Biomedical Research , Rennie

Working For Change

The great Iraqi gold rush , Molly Ivins
WMDs and the psychology of fanaticism , Arianna Huffington

Friday, June 20, 2003

Washington Post

Portrait Of Americans: Bush Lied, So What? Leader Bad? Kill 'Em. Facts? Don't Need 'Em. , kinsley
Rising U.S. Death Toll, Increasing Attacks Cause Worry , wp
U.S. Troops Say They Are Ill-Equipped For Peacekeeping Mission , wp
When It Comes To Volunteering, Bush's Passion Is For Lofty Words And Little Action , ed
"Greedy And Slovenly" Court-Appointed Lawyers In D.C. Reminds Us Of Similar Scandal In Texas Under Bush , ed