Let Me Count The Ways - "War supporters say that the only reason that people oppose the war in Iraq is because they hate Bush. While many may hold a certain enmity towards him, there are many reason why we oppose the war. Here are just a few. Pick one, or use them all, either way you slice it up, this is not a 'good war'."
CIA disbands Bin laden unit - "Nearly five years after George Bush vowed to bring Osama bin Laden to justice "dead or alive", it's the end of the line for the CIA's Alec Station, the unit dedicated to the hunt for the al-Qaida leader."
Is Cheney betting on Economic Collapse? - "This should put to rest once and for all the foolish notion that the “Bush Economic Plan” is anything more than a scam aimed at looting the public till."
Do Canada's Hate Crimes Laws Favor Jews? - "It is clearly evident from these cases that there is a two-tiered legal system in Canada: one for Jews, and one for non-Jews."
Bigotry too easily accepted - "When communist China enjoys a higher standing than the world's oldest democracy in opinion polls - witness a Lowy Institute poll last year - and phrases such as "dumb Americans" and "stupid Americans" as well as other dismissive remarks can be used in everyday conversation without any sense of opprobrium, it's time to get serious about the long-term health of US-Australian relations."
Web of hate - "One of the fascinating things about the Internet is the ease with which any one of us can tap into the ugly tangle of hate, fear and suspicion that seems to shape so much of our national standoff. ... "It's ignorance and fear," says Lawrence. "People don't want to confront the face of what we're doing." It's become a national exercise. It might be an anonymous phone call, an anonymous letter, an obscenity-laced e-mail with all that comfortable distance between sender and receiver. It might be a call to one of those radio shows that continues to thrive on rib-jabbing revivals of Chappaquiddick and Hanoi Jane. It's not going to get better. A new age of enlightenment is not close at hand."
Kentucky bans blogs in state offices - "Bloggers, the self-described Thomas Paines of the Internet age, charge that Gov. Ernie Fletcher (R) is violating their right to free speech by censoring their content from the 34,000 state employees. But others see a more subtle lesson in Kentucky's attempt to crack down on desktop dawdling, including how much bosses should do to restrict access to opinion sites - and what blocking access to blogs might mean for everything from esprit de corps to the bottom line."
Air pollution, cramped living in Athens breeding 'super mosquitoes' - "Cramped housing conditions and air pollution in Athens have given rise to a "super breed" of mosquito that is larger, faster and more adept at locating human prey, a Greek daily has reported."
Quote of the Day
"Readers are plentiful; thinkers are rare.''
~ Harriet Martineau
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