Impressions of China: The changes of globalization
By Hunter Williams07/30/2004
While sailing down China’s Yangzi River this summer, I witnessed the strange spectacle of entire towns carefully being deconstructed. Brick by brick, they are being relocated to higher ground in anticipation of the waters rising upstream of the massive Three Gorges Dam. Ways of life have been broken apart and put back together a few hundred yards up the bank in a way reminiscent of the old but not quite familiar.
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Can the Conventions
By Damon Dimmick07/27/2004
"Dance, puppets, dance," may as well be the message of the Democratic Convention this year. Let's face it, modern party conventions serve no purpose other than framing an already-anointed nominee in the best light possible.
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Gore still wrong about Bush stealing 2000
By Editor07/26/2004
In the bitter tone that we've all grown accustomed to these last four years, Al Gore once again reminded us today that Bush stole the 2000 presidential election.
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Europe's Massive Economic Dilemna
By Rand Fishkin07/25/2004
In "Fortress Europe keeps doors barred," many of Europe's most pressing economic and cultural problems are revealed in detail.
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Are We Safe Enough?
By Stephen Macklin07/25/2004
I am not entirely sure what to make of this story.
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Newsweek: Younger voters will tune out Democratic convention
By Editor07/24/2004
According to a recent Newsweek poll, younger voters prefer the liberal Kerry over the conservative Bush 48-41. The under-30s also overwhelmingly say (90 percent) that it matters who wins this November’s election.
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Kucinich to Speak at Convention
By Mike Pechar07/23/2004
Having collected a few delegates and weathered the entire primary campaign, Congressman Dennis Kucinich will be given time at the speaker's podium during next week's Democratic National Convention. Oh, goody! Also, during convention week, Kucinich plans on conducting workshops on how to find world peace. I imagine this effort will entail more Kumbaya than substantive dialogue.
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Non-Retraction: US vs. Sweden
By I.J. Reilly07/22/2004
A particular Swede, who has apparently doused an all-American woman with camphor and drug her to Sweden where she must spend all day catering to the illiterate drunkards that make up the country, has alerted me to an error in my U.S. vs Sweden post below.
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Bring Ohio Back
By Mike Pechar07/17/2004
A new left-leaning special-interest group has been formed to campaign against President Bush, specifically targeting Northeast Ohio. The group is called Bring Ohio Back or BOB and it will fund grassroots campaigns and political commercials.
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Helmets To Hardhats
By Stephen Macklin07/14/2004
There are those such as columnist and cartoonist Ted Rall and some residents of Bainbridge Island near Seattle Washington whose idea of supporting our troops includes crass insults and generally holding them and their profession in utter contempt. The current Democrat candidate for the presidency once testified before congress accusing his fellow soldiers of litany of atrocities. There is probably a significant portion of the population that genuinely supports the troops in combat, but doesn't give them a second thought once the fighting is over. But thankfully, and rightfully, these examples are not representative of all of America.
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Terrorism and the Electoral College
By Jay Manifold07/12/2004
(7/13 UPDATE: TM Lutas has a follow-up.)
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Republicans for Nader
By Charles Sanson07/09/2004
Republicans in yet another state have begun working to make certain that Ralph Nader gets onto their November ballot. From the AP: "Michigan Republicans are helping gather signatures to place independent Ralph Nader on the presidential ballot in the battleground state."
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Hang Saddam Now
By Jeff Myhre07/09/2004
The consensus that Saddam Hussein should be tried for his crimes is a dangerous and naïve one. The quicker he dances at the end of a rope, the better for everyone, and the better for the rule of law as well. A trial gives the world community a façade of legality for the upcoming execution. But it carries a heavy price, and the price is not worth it.
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House requests UN election supervision
By Stephen Macklin07/07/2004
On July 1, 2004, eleven members of the U.S. House of Representatives corresponded with United Nations Secretary General Kofi Anann. The purpose of their communication was to request United Nations supervision of the November 4, 2004 presidential election.
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Let's see some real support for veterans
By Andante07/02/2004
I have a friend whose World War II vet grandfather recently passed away.
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Bill Cosby's "tirade"
By Mike Thomas07/02/2004
Famed comedian Bill Cosby had some good advice for black America the other day. Unfortunately, the Associated Press labeled his comments as a “tirade,” and the rest of the national media has jumped on that bandwagon to portray him as some kind of crank with nothing but “harsh words” for the black community.
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Mine the media
By Charles Sanson07/01/2004
Media coverage of last Sunday's attack on an Israeli army outpost near a Jewish settlement in the Gaza Strip by Hamas and the Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade is instructive on a number of levels. The militants "had dug a 350-meter long tunnel, and detonated 150 kilograms of explosives underneath the outpost," reports Ha'aretz. The LATimes adds that the bombs were detonated by "remote control." The explosion caused the structure to collapse, killing one soldier and injuring five others.
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