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My son has gone to Iraq
October 7, 2005Last week, my son left the United States for Iraq. I yelled at him, I cried, and did everything I swore I would not do on our last visit. I can hardly mention the subject without...
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Editorial: Torture authorized at the top
October 7, 2005A collective sigh of relief must have rippled through the Pentagon and the White House Sept. 26 when 22-year old Army Private Lynndie England was convicted and sentenced for her despicable torture of detainees at Iraq’s...
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Justice is not blind
October 7, 2005Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black remarked in a famous decision, Griffin v. Illinois (1956), “There can be no equal justice where the kind of trial a man gets depends on the amount of money he has.”...
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National campaign to end AIDS launched
October 7, 2005CHICAGO — The Campaign to End AIDS (C2EA) kicked off its nationwide movement on this city’s Magnificent Mile Oct. 1. Two hundred protesters emphasized the need to reauthorize the Ryan White CARE Act, which expired Sept....
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Hurricanes and hummingbirds
October 7, 2005Workers’ CorrespondenceHouston reader Pat Burnham forwarded us the letter she sent out to friends after a weekend with Hurricane Rita. Greetings to all! My household survived with no damage, just a lot of small branches and...
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