AltWeeklies Wire
The McKilling Fieldsnew
Of the estimated 30,000 civilians slain in Iraq, 37 percent have been killed by the U.S. military, according to the Web site IraqBodyCount.org. Do average Iraqis believe that Americans are trying to free them?
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
10-31-2005 |
Commentary
Signing Away Indian Sovereigntynew
A contract between Station Casinos of Las Vegas, Nev., and an Indian tribe places the tribe in a position of perpetual subordination to the corporation.
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
10-17-2005 |
Commentary
Authoritarian Oppositionnew
Protesters who did not stay "on message" were kicked out of Camp Casey, says a California witch who went to see the settlement where the mother of a slain soldier waited to speak to George W. Bush.
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
10-05-2005 |
Commentary
Extracting Excess Profits From Oilnew
Oil executives can access each other's supply information without "conspiring," enabling them to passively collude in raising the price of gasoline.
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
10-05-2005 |
Commentary
Meter Beatersnew
Californians could lose if utilities are compelled to hook their homes up to Internet-controlled "smart meters" that will monitor their energy demand in real time.
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
08-30-2005 |
Commentary
The End of Innocencenew
The burning question for parents is how much violence their children must witness to become informed, peace-loving beings.
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
07-25-2005 |
Commentary
The Monkey Biz About Darwinnew
Critics of Darwin try to score points with liberals by claiming that he was the first social Darwinist, and his scientific method is therefore wrong.
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
07-18-2005 |
Commentary
Columnist for Salenew
If columnist Armstrong Williams can get big bucks for pushing the No Child Left Behind program, why shouldn't this columnist auction off a few stories?
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
06-21-2005 |
Commentary
Homeschooling Guru Turns Darwin Into Whipping Boynew
John Taylor Gatto says that "liberals" and "secularists," most especially Unitarians, historically conspired with capitalists to impose schooling on the masses and "suppress" the "amazing insights of American Christian spirituality."
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
05-23-2005 |
Commentary
Blind Sheik's Attorney Speaks of Her Convictionnew
Lynne Stewart, who represented Egyptian sheik Omar Abdel al-Rahman, claims a jury convicted her of "conspiring to conspire" because it was inflamed by the prosecution's focus on the sheik's hatred for Israel.
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
05-09-2005 |
Commentary
Comcast Slows U.S. Downnew
Comcast, the largest cable provider in America, appears to be deliberately retarding progress in Internet connection speed to protect its other financial interests.
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
05-03-2005 |
Commentary
Tags: AT&T, Geoffrey Brown
Ruling on Same-Sex Marriage Should Be High School Readingnew
Young people searching for social identity could learn from the logic in San Francisco Superior Court Judge Richard Kramer's ruling that civil marriage is a fundamental right that must be open to all people, regardless of sexual orientation.
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
04-22-2005 |
Commentary
Casino-Resort Hotel Proposal Threatens Environmentnew
Gregory Sarris, a renowned novelist and chief of the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, is the guiding spirit behind building an Indian casino on an endangered wetlands.
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
04-15-2005 |
Commentary
American Hearts Open Up to Some of World's Needsnew
An aid worker is entranced by the contrast between the American public's empathetic response to the tsunami tragedy and its seeming indifference to the bloodletting in Iraq and Palestine.
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
01-21-2005 |
Commentary
