Monthly Archives: February 2005

Murderers’ Row

This week the federal government accused Ahmed Omar Abu Ali of plotting to kill George W. Bush. An American citizen, Mr. Abu Ali spent 20 months in a Saudi Arabian jail. He says he was tortured and that FBI agents watched his torture. Federal Judge John Bates said there is at least [...]

A Brief Chronology

1994-2000: Mary Cheney, daughter of Vice President Dick Cheney, works for Coors Brewing as outreach to the gay and lesbian community. She helps to end a 20-year boycott of Coors by many gay bars. (Coors was boycotted for its funding of anti-gay initiatives.) As part of her work, Ms. Cheney visits gay [...]

Ratios

How many people died in the terrorist attacks of September 11th 2001? Few news reports give a specific number. Since so few bodies were found, we had to figure out who was missing and work backward. Most stories say “over 3,000.” The website september11victims.com counts 2,948 confirmed dead, 24 reported dead [...]

It’s Not What You Say…

Let’s be clear: freedom of speech is a right, one worth defending regardless of how distasteful that defense might become. That written, can we find the world’s smallest campus (enough room for two desks and two huge egos) and send Larry Summers and Ward Churchill there? In recent days Mr. Summers, president of [...]