Calif. election contests at high pitch
Two northern California Republican congressmen are increasingly vulnerable, with polls showing their Democratic challengers running neck-and-neck. President Bush visited their districts this week to bolster their sliding fortunes.
National Clips
BANGOR, Maine: 1,500 march to ‘Bring the troops home’ CHICAGO: Black women organize anti-violence project BUCKHANNON, W.Va.: Sago Mine workers take own lives LINCOLN, Neb.: Elk defies police, escapes rush hour
The Swift-boating of John Murtha?
PITTSBURGH — One thing Congressman John Murtha (D-Pa.) has learned from 32 years in the House of Representatives and 37 years in the Marine Corps is how to fight.
Supporter gives weeks pay, asks others to do same
NEW YORK — “I gave a week’s salary,” Gabe Falsetta said, referring to his contribution to the People’s Weekly World fund drive. “I like to go to the theater as often as I can, but I feel like, if I have to skip a couple of plays, it’s well worth it.”
FROM THE PWW ARCHIVES, Sept. 28, 2002: Visiting a Hero
Finally, we heard that four members of our family were granted visitor status at the Federal Correctional Institute McKean in Bradford, Pa. We decided to make a camping trip out of this unique opportunity to visit René Gonzalez, a prisoner there, with whom we had been corresponding.
PhRMA got the doughnut we got the hole
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A group of 75 seniors found the doors of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America’s headquarters here locked against them as they attempted to deliver a basket of doughnut holes Sept. 22. “PhRMA got the doughnut — we got the hole,” they chanted outside the office building.
Veterans, legal experts hit deal on torture
WASHINGTON — Human rights defenders urged the Senate to reject a deal between President George W. Bush and Republican senators that would strip hundreds of detainees of habeas corpus rights and leave the door open for use of evidence obtained by torture in military tribunals at the U.S. prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
Robert Earl Jones, acting pioneer, blacklistee, dies at 96
Stage and film actor Robert Earl Jones, father of actor James Earl Jones, died Sept. 7 at age 96.
Venezeuela book falls short
There are many books on the increasingly complex relationship between Venezuela and the United States. Some are very good, insightful, and provide political context to help outsiders understand the changes within Venezuela and its relationship to the U.S. Other books, though, are less inspiring and don’t add to the discussion surrounding President Hugo Chávez, or Venezuela-U.S. relations.
Progressive cinema at 2006 Toronto film fest
TORONTO — Many consider the Toronto International Film Festival one of the greatest film events of the Western Hemisphere, certainly the most viewer-friendly. Toronto is hosting over 350 films from 60 countries. Some 250 are feature film premieres categorized under the headings of “The Masters,” “Real to Reel,” “Midnight Madness” and others.
