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100 Days to Hurricane Seasonnew

While memories and images of Katrina are still all around us, Congress should act to shore up the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) so that coastal and low-lying communities across America can have real protection from catastrophic floods.
Gambit  |  Editorial  |  02-21-2007  |  Commentary

Out of Touch With Realitynew

The Grammys highlight why music is dead.
NUVO  |  Steve Hammer  |  02-16-2007  |  Commentary

Wall-to-Wall Wallsnew

Sooner or later our terror-mad world will be cut off from itself by security fences.
NOW Magazine  |  Gwynne Dyer  |  02-16-2007  |  Commentary

Don't Panic: War Questions Answerednew

What does the latest National Intelligence Estimate say?
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  Andisheh Nouraee  |  02-15-2007  |  Commentary

Remembering Eric Weinbergernew

A pacifist lifer passes on.
Dig Boston  |  Dan Roche  |  02-14-2007  |  Commentary

Ted Haggard Should Say 'Show Me'new

Dear Rev. Haggard: Missouri is clearly the best choice for a disgraced minister -- that's especially true for someone like you, who, despite your sordid history with a male prostitute, has recently discovered that you're "completely heterosexual."
The Pitch  |  Eric Barton  |  02-14-2007  |  Commentary

A Valentine to Mollynew

If only Ivins had lived to see how the Bush administration turned out.
Birmingham Weekly  |  Courtney Haden  |  02-12-2007  |  Commentary

Hands Off My 'You Know'new

I come from "you know" people -- people who refer to all unmentionables but especially body parts the same way. With the Legislature passing draconian abortion bills, the time has come to say it plain: My vagina is angry.
Jackson Free Press  |  Emily Braden  |  02-09-2007  |  Commentary

Don't Panic: War Questions Answerednew

Are U.S. nuclear power plants safe from a 9/11-type attack?
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  Andisheh Nouraee  |  02-08-2007  |  Commentary

Heart and Soulnew

Molly Ivins is gone -- have we learned what she taught?
Sacramento News & Review  |  Melinda Welsh  |  02-08-2007  |  Commentary

Slaves to the 'N-Word'new

Malcolm, Martin and Marcus didn't die so we could hurl the most stinging epithet of white domination at each other.
NOW Magazine  |  George Elliott Clarke  |  02-05-2007  |  Commentary

Don't Panic: War Questions Answerednew

Why is Pakistan's government ticked off at the Bush administration?
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  Andisheh Nouraee  |  02-01-2007  |  Commentary

Absolutely Fabionew

Ruminations on the belle epoque.
Philadelphia City Paper  |  Ashlea Halpern  |  01-30-2007  |  Commentary

In Vietnam, Peace Gets Its Chancenew

For now, people are happy making money -- but how long will that last?
Illinois Times  |  Fletcher Farrar  |  01-26-2007  |  Commentary

People I'd Like to Neuter -- or Spaynew

Dog owners occupy a park of their own, the dog owners' park, and they have their own barking and ass-sniffing to do among their own kind.
City Pages (Twin Cities)  |  Jim Walsh  |  01-25-2007  |  Commentary

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