Vanishing Votes

Greg Palast in The Nation recalls the now familiar story of how Florida's voter rolls were purged before the 2000 election so that many...

Letter to NYTimes >> Peaceful Dissent is a Patriotic American Birthright

Dear Editors: I have been detecting a growing trend of people "speaking truth to power." It's happening at all levels and I...

The Death of Conspiracy Theory

Wednesday's NYTimes contained an interesting backstory about a 2-man Pentagon team responsible for a lot of questionable intelligence. ...

Catching up, again

The Arcata Eye has confirmed that next week's edition will contain an editorial I wrote. This sets up next Wednesday's discussion ...

This is a general update

I wish this week had afforded me more time to post quick entries. At one point I was thinking about how we've gone from hearing about...

Terror Strike in U.S. Before Vote Is a Big Concern, Rice Says

NYTimes Article (in GuvWurld archive, links to original) I think it would have been more appropriate to call this article "Terror Thre...

Threat of Draft Becoming Campaign Issue

Independent Ralph Nader and Libertarian candidate Aaron Russo are urging students to organize and pre-emptively protest the return of the dr...

Debunking the Myth of Productivity

Thom Hartmann is sharp (GuvWurld archive, contains link to Common Dreams). Much of this intersects the evidence demonstrating the myth of t...

"We're stuck with the incumbent strategy," this adviser added. "Unless he steps down..."

Bush News Conference Set Amid Campaign Concerns (in GuvWurld news archive, contains link to NYTimes) Why is Bush calling this press confere...

Americans Don't Vote, Machines Do

Lynn Landes appears a few times in the Voting section of the GuvWurld archive. But she is also now the first permanent sidebar link for t...

Letter to Eureka Times-Standard: County Registrar Must Explore Basis For No Confidence in Voting

To: Eureka Times-Standard ( website submission form ) Dear Editor: Regarding the confidence level voters have in using touch screen voting m...

Here's a noodle scratcher

For atheists, agnostics and other non believers: if lots of people start claiming that Jesus has returned (as seems likely to happen any day...

Letter to Center for Public Integrity: Requesting Inquiry of FCC Fine Collections

To: Center For Public Integrity ( website submission form ) I am writing to ask that you investigate the routing of fines collected by the F...

Journalist Assoc. Lodges Complaint w/Ashcroft re: Scalia Taping Ban

While extolling the virtues of the First Amendment, Supreme Court Justice Scalia insisted that journalists' tape recordings of his speec...

Liberal Radio - What would be better?

Liberal icons Al Franken and Janeane Garofalo are now anchoring new talk radio shows on the Air America radio network. I have always enjoy...

Vote of No Confidence Resolution

The No Confidence Resolution has a new permalink: http://guvwurld.blogspot.com/2004/11/no-confidence-resolution.html Everything below pertai...

Protest challenges archbishop's ban on washing women's feet

This story is about more than a protest and more than religion. AP Story (in GuvWurld archive, links to multiple sources) This story shows...

U.S. Won't Let Company Test All Its Cattle for Mad Cow

This is as good an example as any to show what the GuvWurld news archive category " Sabotage " is all about. NYTimes Article (in ...

Murdoch Plans to Move News Corp. to U.S.

"In many respects, News Corporation's move will catch the company up with reality." "Analysts said the timing of the move...

If You're Revolted, REVOLT!

Author Beth Henry has reached her limit and she's not going to take it anymore. Axis of Logic Essay (in GuvWurld news archive, contains...

Depleted Uranium Found in Returning Soldiers

NY Daily News Article (in GuvWurld news archive, contains link to original) The sabotage performed by the US on its own troops is staggeri...

FL Debates Ban on e-Vote Recounts

Should manual recounts be allowed if the votes were cast on touch-screen machines? Miami Herald Article (in GuvWurld news archive, contain...