Inside Bushs mind
Book Review Bush on the Couch: Inside the Mind of the President By Justin A. Frank, M.D. Regan Books, 2004 Hardcover, 247 pp., $24.95
We need a new New Deal
On the surface there are some interesting parallels. Both were Democrats who came from wealthy families and were educated in elite schools. Both decided on political careers and gained national attention as young men. The two men are Franklin D. Roosevelt and John Kerry. Roosevelt went on to win election to the presidency four times. Kerry is now in the midst of a hotly contested presidential campaign.
America the Beautiful a call to struggle
In 1893, a 34-year-old English teacher from Massachusetts rode a mule to the top of Pike’s Peak in Colorado. As she stood at the summit, she beheld the vista of the Great Plains spreading out to the east.
Change Congress in 2004
Opinion As more troops die daily in Iraq, and more Americans are left without health care and jobs every week, voters are paying attention to who will represent them in Congress.
STOP Bushs drive to shred the Constitution
On October 26, 2001, while the country was still stunned and in mourning over the Sept. 11 attacks, and while the day-to-day work of Congress was disrupted by the anthrax scare, Congress passed and President George W. Bush signed into law the USA Patriot Act.
Backlog blocks many immigrants from voting
Jose Victor, an immigrant from Guatemala who works as a waiter in Long Island, didn’t pay much attention to the Republican National Convention being held nearby in New York City a couple of weeks ago.
Bushs dis-ownership society
“The Ownership Society” is George Bush’s campaign promise: Support me, and you can own your own home, your own pension plan, personal health plan, even your retraining program after you lose your job. He’s out-promising Newt Gingrich.
Black farmers sue Agriculture Dept.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Black farmers sued the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Sept. 9 with claims that the government discriminates against them in loans and farm programs — allegations that also were at issue in a sweeping civil rights case settled five years ago.
Hotel workers fight employer takeaways
LOS ANGELES (PAI) — Beset by employers demanding givebacks, hotel workers in Washington, Los Angeles and San Francisco took to the streets in August and September, culminating in arrests in the latter city on Labor Day.
International notes
Nigeria: Anti-union law passes / Northern Mariana Islands: Military engineers dig in / Mexico: Unions protest social security ‘reform’ / Haiti: Lavalas aids the poor / Afghanistan: Former mujahedeen run in election
