Monthly Archives: October 2002

15 September 2002 There are strange things done under Bush’s sun Where greedy men moil for gold; They have no care for the fetid air Breathed by the young and old. Because oil pollutes and cuthroat pursuits Is all for … Continue reading →

25 September 2002 the oil has run out. we saw it coming and it did. no more bobbing arms in corn fields. just arms. the oil has run out and we’re still alive, we’re just fine. a brilliant plan hatched … Continue reading →

THOU SHALL NOT PASS On June 12, when Hubert Zhou, a resident of Chicago, presented his ticket at the Icelandic Air ticket counter in Minneapolis St.Paul airport for that evening’s flight to Iceland, rather than have his bags checked and … Continue reading →

In the interests of fuller disclosure, here is more background on a case that is getting limited coverage in the dominant media. Reports in the September 6-12 Cityview and the September 7 News-Gazette indicate that a local man, 21-year old … Continue reading →

The following information was taken from the website of the New Hampshire Gazette, http://www.nhgazette.com/chickenhawks.html A chickenhawk is a term often applied to public persons — generally male — who (1) tend to advocate, or are fervent supporters of those who … Continue reading →

One of the good things about the stock market coming back down to Earth after a prolonged bubble is that it leads people to question other misconceptions about the economy. When stock prices were soaring we heard all kinds of … Continue reading →

After the terrorist attack last September, I attended a Rockford Peace & Justice meeting along with many other political activists who felt some concern about how the United States would choose to respond. The local television stations were there to … Continue reading →

Gentle Readers: I am thinking of a country – one familiar to most of us. In this country, a state of open-ended war exists. It is a war against a nebulous and hard-to-define enemy, but an evil enemy to be … Continue reading →