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Articles
NOVEMBER
2002
Information is Power, Information
is Control
November
27, 2002 · One of the ways the former
Soviet Union was able to guarantee full employment for all
its citizens was to pay one-third of its people to spy on
the other two-thirds. We, in America, with the current Bush
administration, are rapidly approaching that same sort of
governmental snooping into our lives. By
Lois Erwin
Shop Till You Drop or You're
a Terrorist
November
27, 2002 · While millions of Americans
were grief stricken and shocked by those terrible events,
Bush wisely exhorted the American people to resume their lives,
and to go on a shopping spree. In a land where money is god
and the shopping malls are its churches, what could be wiser
council than our court-selected leader's sage advice? By Charles
Sullivan
Kansas Adopts "Just
Because" Science Education Standards
November
26, 2002 · "Just Because" science, a
joint effort of the State Board and a coalition of independent
free-market science think-tanks, emphasizes uncertainty and
human frailty, while allowing that controlled, systematic
observation occasionally bears useful fruit. By David
Albrecht
Fight Back: Taxes
November
26, 2002 · The Republicans are trapped
and vulnerable on taxes. The reason no one knows about it
is because Democrats haven't hit them on it yet. It's inexcusable
that Republicans have dominated the discourse and gained vast
political mileage with taxation policy, but the Democrats,
in a perverse outcome on election 2002, have suddenly gotten
lucky in this area. By Joseph
Arrieta
The Demise of the Simple
Fact
November
26, 2002 · The Bush Mob's idea is to
make it easier for industry to modernize to cleaner standards.
Sounds good, even hopeful right? Except that the argument
that industry will do more about cleaning up their manufactured
pollutants if they're asked to do so sweetly and if they're
left to decide on a voluntary basis just doesn't sell. By Judith
Foster
Speaking Truth to the Powerless
November
23, 2002 · The mid-term elections were
decided by a scant one percent of the mere 39% who voted.
We don't need to rouse a revolutionary supermajority; we need
only galvanize a tiny fraction. That doesn't require mass
media. It needs only individual voices, raised only enough
to firmly present the truth. By Doug
Pibel
When Did "Liberal" Become
a Dirty Word?
November
23, 2002 · Labels are too often used
as weapons, used to smear another whose views we disagree
with. But it seems self-evident that terms such as "commie
pinko" or "femi-nazi" are applied to people only to discredit
them and their viewpoints which may be quite legitimately
held. The same goes for "liberal." By F.
Johnson
Democrats Unite!
November
23, 2002 · Find your voices, carve out
your positions, and, above all, maintain your principles.
Stuff the polls, but listen to your constituents. Trust comes
when the givers are convinced they are not only being heard,
but listened to. By Ronald
Gerughty
Moscow on the Potomac
November
22, 2002 · The author experienced life
in Russia during the final days of the Soviet Union. Now it's
deja vu all over again. By Ernest
Partridge
The Magic Bullet Meets
McVeigh
November
22, 2002 · "The broad mass of a nation,"
wrote Adolf Hitler, "will more easily fall victim to a big
lie than to a small one." In that regard, Americans are no
different than Germans. So how do we sort through the lies?
By Maureen
Farrell
The 4th Amendment: RIP
November
21, 2002 · The 4th Amendment, an unwavering
champion of our right to privacy, died on 18 November 2002.
The amendment, adopted by the convention of states on 17 September
1787, was 215. By Carol
Norris
Saving Invisible People
November
20, 2002 · I've always known this: for
most people, most of the rest of the world is not real. Most
people only really believe in the people who are defined as
"us" (as opposed to "them"), a group that, in our current
public discourse, is getting defined more and more narrowly
with every passing day. By The
Plaid Adder
Chambliss Finds Car
Keys
November
20, 2002 · WASHINGTON, DC - In a dramatic
press conference, a tearful Senator-elect Saxby Chambliss
gave thanks to his savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, for personally
intervening in his frantic search for missing car keys, helping
him to make it to a dinner engagement "right on time." By David
Albrecht
Homeland Insecurity
November
20, 2002 · After the latest example of
stealth legislation designed to take away liberties under
the guise of national security, our hair is already Shirley
Temple tight. Is it any wonder conspiracy theories thrive
in this environment? By Maurren
Farrell
The Great Co-opter
November
19, 2002 · While it is true that the
Democrats didn't have a clear message of vision for November's
midterm, it is also true that many of the potential issues
that Democrats could have used against President Bush were
co-opted by Bush and presidential guru Karl Rove. By Richard
Prasad
Fox News Proposes War League
November
19, 2002 · The league actually started
with Desert Storm in the prior Bush administration but nobody
followed up. Looking back at the timing, between Super Bowl
and March Madness, the great ratings, the preseason buildup
which can last a year or more, the tremendous talk show filler,
the ready-made participants, it was a natural. By John
Glynn
Oh, Canada
November
19, 2002 · There has been an embarrassing
and inexplicable development taking place on the editorial
pages of a number of US publications. I speak of anti-Canadianism.
By Michael
Shannon
The Goldwater Syndrome
November
16, 2002 · The worst mistake any party
can make is to conclude that the way to electoral success
is to seek ideological purity and drive from the party those
who are diluting your message. By Mike
McArdle
So Where Do We Go From Here?
November
16, 2002 · There is a crisis in the Democratic
Party, but it’s not whether to abandon traditional Democratic
positions as being too “leftist” or staying a “centrist” course.
The real problem is how to educate the population on the importance
of participating in our democracy. By Morgan
M. (Rocker)
Reality Check 5
November
16, 2002 · The cause and effect of it
can be debated from now until kingdom come but that doesn't
alter the fact that a majority of people have come to perceive
George Bush to be a wise and courageous man. That he is neither
is unimportant.
By Michael Shannon
Five Truths
November
15, 2002 · Until Democrats are willing
to embrace these truths, to believe them, and to be willing
to shout them to the highest heavens, the party will remain
demoralized. By Michael
Barry
Real D(d)emocrats
November
15, 2002 · Well, geez, I'm confused again.
There have been so many Democratic candidates for office qualifying
all their votes for the Republican agenda that I think there's
some need for a few definitions and clarifications of what
it means to be a D(d)emocrat. By punpirate
The Coming of the Reckoning
November
15, 2002 · The U.S. has no idea as to
what is about to transpire, blind-folded by American flags
flying on all the television screens. They don't have any
idea that their leader has a taste for blood and a desire
to see the fulfillment promised after Armageddon. By The
Watcher
God's Press Conference
November
14, 2002 · In a policy shift not wholly
unexpected by observers, God today announced that human beings
would no longer be considered for special protection under
the Endangered Dominant Species Act. By David
Albrecht
A Day in the Life
November
14, 2002 · Today I am scared. I feel
a lump in my throat and I am going to smoke more tonight and
probably get drunk. I wish I had another remedy. I wish my
side were the victor so that I could be reveling and looking
forward to some Congressional resistance to this President,
who said: "If this were a dictatorship, it'd be a heck of
a lot easier... just as long as I'm the dictator." By Hiphopnation23
The Tao of Winning and Losing
November
13, 2002 · On the surface, it appears
that the Republicans now have the opportunity to put into
place every radical policy they have. But the Republicans
have this big problem: their own success. Bush Inc. have promised
their backers the full gamut of the right wing agenda, and
they now have absolutely no excuse not to deliver. By Brad
Radcliffe
Don't Be a Fool
November
13, 2002 · The Democratic Party is the
party of we the people - a party that stands before the country
a living force for peace and freedom. Two years from now,
I daresay we the people will be reliving the Republican history
of depression, poverty and despair. By Sheila
Samples
A Modest Proposal
November
13, 2002 · The old saying goes: If you
don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything. In 2002
the Democratic Party virtually stood for nothing. As a result,
the American electorate fell for lies, distorted issues and
false priorities propagated by the Republican Party. By Eddie
Ortiz
Passion, Patience, and
Pelosi
November
12, 2002 · A San Francisco liberal representative
and former chair of the California Democratic Party, Pelosi
is a sharp contrast to her pragmatic predecessor. By
Patrick Ennis
The New Radical Left (And
the Folks Who Fuel It)
November
12, 2002 · We thought we were just average
citizens, with average concerns, until we woke up to find
ourselves part of the radical left. We're not sure how it
happened, mind you. In fact, we didn't even realize it until
a chorus of pundits started steering us a certain way. By Maureen
Farrell
Let Us Begin Anew
November
11, 2002 · We must oppose policies we
deem harmful to the people but remain loyal to the country
we love and the people we want to serve by offering counter
proposals that show true compassion to those who look to us
to guide this nation toward greatness. By Bob
Volpitto
A Party of Courage and
Conscience
November
11, 2002 · But what endeared Wellstone
to so many beyond his core constituency was not his liberalism,
but his passion, his conviction, his humanity, and his unwillingness
to compromise principle for political expediency. People recognize
these extraordinary qualities when they see them, and that's
what they long for. By Monica
Friedlander
The Era of Bill Clinton
is Over
November
11, 2002 · The Democrats campaigned the
way Bill campaigned - position yourself; don’t take positions.
That’s fine when you have a personality that can make the
wavering voter think you’re on their side no matter what you
say but a party needs an identity and the Democrats didn’t
have one this fall. By Mike
McArdle
What Now, Democrats?
November
9, 2002 · Maybe the wise thing would
be for Democrats to watch and wait. Just how carried away
will the "Valley of the Dolls" president get with his newly
assumed power? By Kevin
Dawson
Another (Yawn) Election
in the Two-Bit Democracy
November
9, 2002 · There we were, with an opportunity
to just say no to a regime promising endless war, deficit
spending, environmental degradation, and the worst economy
since, well, the last Bush. All of which inspired Americans,
in droves, to sit on their butts. Let me say it again, the
other way: Sixty-one percent of eligible voters exercised
their inalienable right to do nothing. By Doug
Pibel
Ten Things Democrats Must
Do To Win 2004
November
9, 2002 ·
We need to get our house in order now, so that we can
take advantage of the electorate's inevitable rejection of
the Republicans' failed policies. By Steven
Maurer
Republican Lite
November
8, 2002 · The Democrats, frightened by
the wartime hype and polls proclaiming his popularity, tried
not to alienate anyone and became Republican Lite by pussy
footing around the main issues and trying to be good.
By Frank
Lovato
To the Democrats in Congress
and the Senate
November
8, 2002 ·
It is time to formulate a mission for the Democratic
Party. We were beaten by the Republican Party because they
have a well defined plan for the future of the United States
and the world. One that must be opposed with as much political
power as we can muster. By Judith
Foster
A Letter to the DNC
November
7, 2002 · We know that national ideological
sentiment operates on a pendulum swing. If we are positioned
too far to the right when the pendulum begins moving back
leftward, we will have created for ourselves a whole array
of problems in credibility and consistency, and lost a valuable
voting base to leftward third-party movements. By TygrBright
Tuesday, A Cynic's View
November
7, 2002 · The worst thing about Tuesday's
election was that it didn't have to happen. It was a wasted
chance, a blown opportunity that may be hard to get back.
And if you're looking to place the blame don't point at the
voters or the media or whacko conspiracy theories or even
the Republicans. The blame belongs entirely with the Democrats
themselves who ran out of appendages to shoot themselves in.
By Mike
McArdle
The 10 Commandments (GOP Modified)
November
2, 2002 · By embracing these GOP-modified
commandments, we too can have everlasting peace and redemption.
And, like Bush and Cheney, we can attain the kind of arrogance
that screams "who cares what you think?" even when we're disgustingly
and immorally wrong. By Maureen
Farrell
Darryl’s House
November
2, 2002 · There’s an election next week
and it’s easy to look at the story of Darryl and blame him
on conservatives and Republicans but unfortunately Darryl
never really creeps into the priorities of liberal politicians
these days either. By Mike
McArdle
Time to Make It Right
November
2, 2002 · A full two thirds of the American
adult population has apparently decided that there is nothing
important or vital at stake in this election. What planet
are these people living on? By Mike
Shannon
How Dare They Tell us How
to Mourn
November
1, 2002 · For more than a year they've
been telling us what we're supposed to think, what we're supposed
to feel, what we're allowed to believe in as Americans. And
now, while we grieve the loss of one of our best, they have
the chutzpah to dictate to us how we're allowed to mourn?!
By Monica
Friedlander
Democrats as Parentheses?
November
1, 2002 · Academically certified Republicans
often practice a modern form of "noblesse oblige" in regards
to the Democrats. They allow them to exist, to occasionally
achieve the pinnacle of this nation’s political hierarchy,
to consider themselves almost equals in the political arena,
but never long enough to feel comfortable in such a position.
By Marcello
A. Canuto
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