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Dowd: NEITHER A BORROWER NOR A LENDER BE
Commentary, July, 10 2000
Douglas Dowd
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Anyone giving that advice today would be seen as deranged; but, as some oldies will remember, such was once the received truth, as proclaimed by Founding Father Ben Franklin (along with "Waste not, want not" and "A penny saved is a penny earned").
Herman: THE NEW YORK TIMES VERSUS NADER--AND DEMOCRACY
Commentary, July, 07 2000
Edward Herman
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In its editorial, "Mr. Nader's Misguided Crusade" (June 30), the New York Times assails Nader's candidacy and campaign on grounds that are partly fraudulent and misleading (as I describe below). But it is also clear that this attack is based ultim...
Cunningham: DISCONTENT ON THE MOON
Commentary, July, 02 2000
Philip Cunningham
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The Moon river is the lifeline of Isan, bringing sustenance and irrigation to the poorest and most populous part of Thailand. The World Bank identified the Moon, the greatest of the Mekong's tributaries, as a suitable location for a giant dam, and...
Carter: Hip-Hop Uprising
Zmag Article, July, 01 2000
Sandy Carter
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Hip-Hop Uprising
Sargent: 37.7 Seconds
Zmag Article, July, 01 2000
Lydia Sargent
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In Part VI of this series, we looked at Natalie Angier’s Women: An Intimate Geography, an entertaining, very thorough examination/celebration of our bodies. We probed the intimate details of our eggs, our chromosomes, and our vaginas, e...
Bacon: Unions Take On Immigration-Related Firings
Zmag Article, July, 01 2000
David Bacon
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Unions Take On Immigration-Related Firings
Weiss: No-Fly Zones On Trial In Des Moines, Iowa
Zmag Article, July, 01 2000
Jeffrey j. Weiss
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Are the no-fly zones deployed by the United States and Britain over Northern and Southern Iraq a violation of international law? If so, is a citizen of the United States legally authorized to attempt to prevent their enforcement, even by tre...
Isserman: none
Zmag Article, July, 01 2000
Maurice Isserman
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New York: Public Affairs, 2000; 449 pp. Review by Jason Schulman The legacy of the late Michael Harrington—known best to the public at large as the author of The Other America (1962), the book credited with sparking the Kennedy-...
Schirmer: President Clinton, A Corporate Offensive, and Okinawan Bases
Zmag Article, July, 01 2000
Daniel Schirmer
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President Clinton, A Corporate Offensive, and Okinawan Bases
Mclarty: AIDS Drugs for Africa
Zmag Article, July, 01 2000
Scott Mclarty
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AIDS Drugs for Africa
Sapir: Dismembering PACE
Zmag Article, July, 01 2000
Mark Sapir
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In October 1999 Tom Bodenheimer, a progressive San Francisco community physician published a review article in the New England Journal of Medicine, presenting an historical overview of the Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE)...
Many: A Z Compendium for the 'Summer of Convention Convergences
Zmag Article, July, 01 2000
Authors Many
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alphabetically: Michael Albert, Tariq Ali, Leslie Cagan, Doug Dowd, Dorothy Guellec, Robert Naiman, Cynthia Peters, Lydia Sargent, Danny Schechter, Steve Shalom, Karen Wald, and Tim Wise. Michael Albert Solving Problems For "outward or...
Gallagher: none
Zmag Article, July, 01 2000
Tom Gallagher
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Karel Bartosek, Jean-Louis Margolin Harvard University Press, 1999 Review by Tom Gallagher Exposes of communism are not new—they date back to the Russian Revolution. Yet, The Black Book of Communism caused a sensation when it...
Black: Cuba and the U.S. in the Age of Elian
Zmag Article, July, 01 2000
Jan knippers Black
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When Elian Gonzalez finally returns to Cuba, there will be a great many Americans wishing he would take along some drunken great uncles. Therein lies the lasting significance of the soap opera. One might have hoped that this lengthy natio...
Berkowitz: The Interfaith Council for Environmental Stewardship
Zmag Article, July, 01 2000
Bill Berkowitz
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A not-so-funny thing happened on the way to this year’s 30th anniversary of Earth Day. A group of Religious Right leaders, scientists, and academics, basking in the dual spotlights of Earth Day and Holy Week, launched the Interfaith Cou...
Bauder: Guilty of Living in Detroit
Zmag Article, July, 01 2000
Harald Bauder
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When a client of a suburban Detroit temp agency demanded “no Detroit residents” in its recruitment profile, the agency’s personnel manager cried foul. She filed a complaint at the regional office of the Equal Employment Opportun...
Guellec: A Single Payer System for the U.S.?
Commentary, June, 29 2000
Dorothy Guellec
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Americans are not correctly informed about the Canadian system. This may or may not be a conscious media effort, but I want to set the record straight. Healthcare delivery in Canada reflects the countryÕs principles, in particular universal entitl...
Russell: Noxious Earnings Restrictions
Commentary, June, 27 2000
Marta Russell
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My friend David just went through what could be termed an noxious and unproductive bout with the Social Security Administration(SSA). David was an understudy for Dustin HoffmanÕs Rainman character (autistic) and works for a large chain electronics...
Dowd: Capitalism and Technology: To whose benefit, at what costs?
Commentary, June, 24 2000
Douglas Dowd
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In 1917, as war ripped Europe apart, Einstein wrote to a friend that "Our much-praised technological progress, and civilization gene rally, could be compared to an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal." Subsequently, in showing that E=MC2,...
