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Is there a limit to their gall?
May 21, 2004Opinion The Bush administration has released a 450-page report by its Commission for Assistance to a Free Cuba. The report outlines steps the U.S. government is taking to bring down the Cuban government. They seek to...
Read moreMarital musings
April 9, 2004Opinion In March, the cabaret critic Stephen Holden penned a lovely obituary of the American songwriter Bart Howard in The New York Times. In it, Holden reported that Howard, who died on Feb. 21 at the...
Read moreWho decides: women or the government?
April 2, 2004Who decides? Women or the government? That’s the question. Who gets to make the choice for a woman whether she has a child or not? Should we allow politicians to decide these most private matters and,...
Read moreTrickle-down Bush math
March 26, 2004Opinion When John Kerry referred to Bush’s propaganda team as the “worst bunch of liars and crooks,” he was referring to their campaign to hornswoggle the American people. He was issuing the same warning as Abe...
Read morePrisoners and the right to vote
March 19, 2004Opinion It might surprise you to learn that nearly 5 million of our citizens cannot vote. That is because they are prisoners or former prisoners. Only two states, Maine and Vermont, allow prisoners to vote. In...
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