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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 |
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