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NOVEMBER 2004
Where There's Smoke, There's Fire
November 30, 2004 · After the presidential election,
pundits used the official results to challenge the accuracy of the
exit polls. But in light of the historical accuracy of exit polls
and the scientific legitimacy of the Berkeley study, one can with
equal justification cast doubt on the accuracy of the machines.
By Bruce W. Fraser
Stinky and the Vulcans
November 30, 2004 · Later, some will say, "If
only the media had told us - had shown us what was going on - we
would have done something to stop it." But they will know in
their hearts that the time to have stopped it was before it started.
By Sheila Samples
Bush Heads for the Bunker
November 23, 2004 · Any hope that Bush might tack
toward the center is gone. All signs points to more extremism in
policy, more police-state tactics at home, more death and destruction
abroad. By Bernard Weiner
The New Civil War
November 23, 2004 · A hundred and forty years after
the last Civil War ended, a new one is brewing, at least in the
minds of Yankees on the losing end of this month's presidential
vote. By Ted McClelland
The Impossible Will Take
a Little While: Hope in a Time of Fear
November 20, 2004 · The antidote to fear and silence
is hope: defiant, resilient, persistent hope, of the kind that Tutu
embodies. We act no matter what the seeming odds, both to be true
to our deepest moral values, and to open up new possibilities. By
Paul Rogat Loeb
Frat Spankings and Bush Followers:
The Theory of "Cognitive Dissonance"
November 20, 2004 · George W.'s continued popularity,
although at an all-time low, continues to mystify. His lies, venality,
hypocrisy, and incompetence are so manifest, we cry, that even mouth-breathing
Limbaugh listeners must recognize them. By Brad Radcliffe
Inside the Mind of a Bush Voter
November 19, 2004 · As a proud and passionate liberal
I initially had a hard time believing so many people would vote
for Bush. However, this should not have been hard for me to understand
- because I voted for Bush the first time around. By Jason Bradfield
To European Friends: Explaining
the 2004 Election Disaster
November 19, 2004 · I know that our election and our
vote-counting process do not make sense to you citizens of Europe.
But I'll try to answer your questions as best as I can - it's not
easy, since the situation is confusing on this end as well. By Bernard
Weiner
Marriage
November 18, 2004 · Let's face it. The Bible, and
those who profess a belief in it, are never going to see eye to
eye on the issue of gay marriage with those of us who believe that
everyone, gay or straight, has the same rights when it comes to
their partners. By Michael Shannon
The Winning Label
November 17, 2004 · Despite the fact that George W.
Bush may be the most radical Republican since Goldwater, you would
never have known it listening to the Kerry campaign. Under these
conditions, Republicans will win Red America every time by default.
By Bennet Kelley
Republican Tug-of-War
November 16, 2004 · The Republican party has seized
majority control of both houses of Congress through a coalition
of multi-national industrialists and "born-again" Christians. Now
these factions will exert pressure on President Bush to concentrate
on their agendas, and may become militant in the process. By Mary
Pitt
Vortex of Paradox
November 16, 2004 · The post-election period of introspection
continues, and will last for some time. I have wandered the Internet
desert, and tumbled through a vortex of paradox. I have not found
peace or useful answers. But I have realized something. It might
be important, though I have no idea yet what to do with it. By John
Steinberg
A Time For Renewal
November 15, 2004 · Liberals and progressives have
before us two tasks. The first is a long-term project to rebuild
the voter base and the public climate that the New Deal created
and held for four decades. The second is a rear-guard action to
preserve all of the progressive public policy that we can while
the rebuilding is underway. By Buzz Harris
Stop the Wedding! I Think the Groom
is Gay!
November 15, 2004 · I'm confused. Haven't the last
four years been a crusade against religious fundamentalism?
By Brian Gougherty
All Is Not Lost
November 13, 2004 · If this election taught the Democratic
party anything, its that there are more of us than we thought and
in four years, we'll right this country again. We owe nothing less
to ourselves and each other. By Steve Ayers
Myths and Heroes
November 11, 2004 · We need heroes more now than we
ever have. More than under Reagan. More than under Nixon. More than
ever. And we need to make it very clear to the Democratic party
that we will accept nothing less. By Aden Nak
Do We Still Have a Democracy?
November 10, 2004 · We do not know if Election 2004
was fraudulent. But equally important, the paperless machines have
made it impossible to verify that it was not fraudulent.
It is the right of a free people that their franchise be fair, accurate,
and verifiable. By Ernest Partridge
An Oppositional Strategy
November 9, 2004 · If we get discouraged, the
crooks will have won. Democracy is not a one-shot affair every four
years; as with marriage, you have to constantly work at it, refresh
it, shore up the weak spots. By Bernard Weiner
Redefining "Values"
November 9, 2004 · Born-again Christians had a deciding
role in electing George Bush to a second term. But this is the United
States of America, and its values were established by the great
men who founded this progressive nation. America was not founded
on born-again Christian values - it was founded on American
Values. By Tim Keane
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