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Dear Ms. Sheehan, From your grief over the loss of your son, Casey, in Iraq has come the courage to spotlight nationally the cowardly character trait of a President who refuses to meet with anyone or any group critical of his illegal, fabricated, deceptive war and occupation of that ravaged country. As a messianic militarist,…
Mr. Masaharu IkutaJapan Post1-3-2 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-kuTokyo 100-8798Japan Dear Mr. Masaharu Ikuta: For many years I have been aware of the high level of mail and financial services provided by the Japanese post office. Mail service is accurate and efficient, and post offices are located in even the smallest towns. It should be remembered that Japan’s…
   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEAUGUST 8, 2005 FOR MORE INFORMATION,CONTACT RALPH NADER AT 202-387-8034 “No one was able to negotiate so skillfully the shoals of the 30 minute television evening news format than the consummate newsman, Peter Jennings. Constrained, as all network anchors are, by minutes taken for advertisements, minutes taken for formulaic segments and the…
Remember the day after the election last November, a triumphant newly elected (for the first time) President George W. Bush introduced to a national television audience a beaming Karl Rove as “The Architect” of his winning campaign. Did you know that you, the taxpayers, paid for his salary and benefits while he was running George…
Dear President Bush: On June 28, 2005 you addressed the nation in prime time about the situation in Iraq. You called the casualties, destruction and suffering in that country “horrifying and real.” Then you declared: “I know Americans ask the question: Is the sacrifice worth it? It is worth it,” you asserted and went on…
Rose Ann DeMoro is the Executive Director of the California Nurses Association (CNA) — the country’s fastest growing union. Since 1992, union membership has grown from 13,000 to the present 63,000. And it was since 1992 that the nurses became more prominent in participating in and running their own unions. No coincidence. Whether it is…
Progressive judges protect those who cannot protect themselves in the political process. For example, the Warren Court expanded the rights of the criminal accused and struck down laws persecuting blacks. This tendency to protect our most vulnerable citizens belies the conservative caricature of progressives as wantonly willing to sacrifice individual rights to the whims of…
A few years ago Time-Warner’s Fortune Magazine headlined a cover story on the staggering pay spiral of top corporate bosses and why nothing will be done to stop these over-the-top compensation packages. “Whew” I reacted — this coming from one of the nation’s premier business publications — is a pretty good confirmation of a century-long…
On June 28, 2005 you addressed the nation in prime time about the situation in Iraq. You called the casualties, destruction and suffering in that country “horrifying and real.” Then you declared: “I know Americans ask the question: Is the sacrifice worth it? It is worth it,” you asserted and went on to explain your…
Ah, summertime reading. Set aside the e-mails, close down the computer and pick up some good books. Here are some worthy suggestions ala non-fiction: 1. Harper’s editor, Lewis H. Lapham, has written ‘Gag Rule — On the Supppression of Dissent and the Stifling of Democracy. ‘What a sharp, concise pen, he has. “Dissent is Democracy.…