Monthly Archives: July 2003

Waist Deep in Big Muddy

On Sunday, Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz made the rounds of the political talk shows, making the link between the Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden’s Al Quaeda. He said the Islamic fundamentalists who comprise Al Quaeda were outraged in the early 1990s by the presence of American troops in Saudi Arabia, […]

Sound As a Dollar

Administration budget officials last week projected that the deficit will reach $455 billion this year. What was truly frightening about the announcement is that previous projections by these same people have proven to be wildly optimistic. When the Bushies say we’re going to have a half trillion in debt, what might the real number be? […]

Reality Bites

Claudette arrived in Texas this week, coming ashore as a weak hurricane. She is not Andrew or Camille, one of those storms that’s remembered for a generation; but she arrives at a turning point in weather history. Earlier this month, the World Meteorological Organization announced that temperatures and storms across the planet are becoming more […]

Support Our Troops?

Greg MacDonald was a complex man. He had a degree in philosophy, studied Arabic, volunteered for the anti-war group Peace Action in Washington, DC. Greg was also a four-year veteran of the Marine Corps Reserves. Although he’d volunteered at Peace Action and attended anti-war rallies, he was a lance corporal in Bravo Company, 4th Light […]

Out in California

Out in California, they’ve got an economic crisis. The new fiscal year has begun for the Golden State, no budget is in place and there’s a $34 billion deficit. State offices are closing or cutting back, state services are being stopped for lack of available funds. Because of the budget shortfall, it will be a […]