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  • Oppose Alito  its a life-and-death issue

    Oppose Alito its a life-and-death issue

    November 11, 2005

    In nominating Samuel Alito to fill the new vacancy on the Supreme Court, the Bush administration has at once mended fences with its conservative base and taken a major step to tip the balance of power...

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  • The Nuremberg trials: lessons for today

    The Nuremberg trials: lessons for today

    November 11, 2005 By John Gilman

    In a web site devoted to history’s “famous trials,” law professor Douglas Lindner writes: “No trial provides a better basis for understanding the nature and causes of evil than do the Nuremberg trials from 1945 to...

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  • Editorial: On to 2006

    Editorial: On to 2006

    November 11, 2005

    In the same hotel where California Gov. Arnold Schwarznegger held his 2003 election night party, the California Nurses Association danced in a conga line this Nov. 8 celebrating the ballot box spanking they helped give Schwarzenegger....

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  • Its time to honor Ben Davis

    Its time to honor Ben Davis

    November 11, 2005

    The following is excerpted from a speech given at a tribute to the life of former New York City Councilman Benjamin J. Davis, held at New York’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture on Oct....

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  • Bird flu on the wing

    Bird flu on the wing

    November 11, 2005

    Danger of pandemic is real, but technology exists to deal with it if sufficient resources are allocated A flu pandemic is a global outbreak of disease that occurs when a new influenza A virus appears in...

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