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A Dream Interruptednew

John F. Kennedy was on a path to peace before that fateful Friday in Dallas 50 years ago
North Bay Bohemian  |  Steve Bhaerman  |  11-22-2013  |  Commentary

Gaza = Warsaw?: Americans Should Unite to Stop Israel's Shoahnew

The shoah that the Israelis have brought to Gaza is being carried out with our phosphorus bombs, our DIME fusion bombs and our high-tech rocketry purchased with our $3 billion a year in foreign aid.
North Bay Bohemian  |  Peter Byrne  |  01-23-2009  |  Commentary

Problems = Solutionsnew

On permaculture and uxorious pleasures.
North Bay Bohemian  |  Peter Byrne  |  10-24-2007  |  Commentary

The Forgotten Iraqisnew

If remorseful vets want to make reparations for the evil that they -- and we collectively -- have done to Iraq, they and we must actively and loudly oppose the war, not retreat into farms and "nonpolitical" silence.
North Bay Bohemian  |  Peter Byrne  |  09-07-2007  |  Commentary

Harry Potter's Politics Revisitednew

In a recent column, to the dismay of some of my dearest readers, I disparaged the elitist worldview of Harry Potter's creator, J. K. Rowling -- please allow me to elaborate.
North Bay Bohemian  |  Peter Byrne  |  08-31-2007  |  Commentary

Why The Nation Killed My Storynew

After The Nation's nonprofit investigative fund bankrolled my investigation of Dianne Feinstein, it was headed for the magazine's cover -- until Katrina vanden Heuvel spiked it.
North Bay Bohemian  |  Peter Byrne  |  08-13-2007  |  Commentary

Fiscal Terrorismnew

The last thing that the air-brushed presidential candidates want to talk about is the skyrocketing national debt or the looming bankruptcy of credit card holders -- that's a big problem.
North Bay Bohemian  |  Peter Byrne  |  06-29-2007  |  Commentary

White Boys Eatnew

While it is not surprising that the toothy duo use the same brand of sugary tooth-whitener, it takes genuine white-boy balls to pass off corporate product placement as diplomatic banter.
North Bay Bohemian  |  Peter Byrne  |  06-19-2007  |  Commentary

Political Derbynew

Using C. Wright Mills to understand today's political and media climates.
North Bay Bohemian  |  Peter Byrne  |  05-21-2007  |  Commentary

Our War Genesnew

To borrow computer terminology, it is true that our "operating system" is engineered to support Pentagon-manufactured "applications" that cause great suffering.
North Bay Bohemian  |  Peter Byrne  |  05-11-2007  |  Commentary

Feinstein Resigns from Military Construction Appropriations Subcommitteenew

Feinstein had a conflict of interest due to her husband Richard C. Blum's ownership of two major defense contractors who were awarded billions of dollars for military construction projects she approved.
North Bay Bohemian  |  Peter Byrne  |  03-16-2007  |  Commentary

Impeach Now!new

It's sickening to watch the Democratic Party cut and run from the real possibility of throwing Bush and Cheney out of office.
North Bay Bohemian  |  Peter Byrne  |  03-12-2007  |  Commentary

BALCO Sleazoidsnew

There are so many things wrong with the argument that Lance Williams and Mark Fainaru-Wada and the Hearst Corporation are "heroes" for defying the government that it is hard to know where to begin in deflating this nonsense.
North Bay Bohemian  |  Peter Byrne  |  03-02-2007  |  Commentary

Richard Blum's Plumsnew

Sen. Dianne Feinstein is not the only one in her family with an ethics problem.
North Bay Bohemian  |  Peter Byrne  |  02-22-2007  |  Commentary

Abraham's Knifenew

As his false image spins away like a kite caught in a hurricane, the real Gavin Newsom stumbles after it, lost and wondering what happened -- let it go, Gavin.
North Bay Bohemian  |  Peter Byrne  |  02-16-2007  |  Commentary

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