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Parrish: Consider Yourself Influenced

Znet Article, March, 05 2002 Geov Parrish
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It was tempting, while Donald Rumsfeld burst a few blood vessels last week railing against those who questioned the Pentagon's "Office of Strategic Influence," to agree with Rumsfeld that such criticism was indeed unfair -- the Pentagon has been e...

Solomon: Pentagon's Silver Lining May Be Bigger Than Cloud

Commentary, March, 04 2002 Norman Solomon
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Pentagon's Silver Lining May Be Bigger Than Cloud

Levy: The view from Beit El

Znet Article, March, 04 2002 Gideon Levy
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Most Israelis, it is safe to assume, have never and probably will never visit the settlement of Beit El. They therefore have no idea what an inhabitant of that large settlement sees when he opens his window. To the east, the settler sees nothing b...

Correll: JOHN Q. -

Commentary, March, 03 2002 Thelma Correll
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The critics and the news media panned it. Variety went so far as to say, "A rare case of blatant political propaganda in a major Hollywood picture, John Q. is a shamelessly manipulative commercial on behalf of national health insurance." True, the...

Author: JOHN Q. - "Shamelessly Manipulative"???

Commentary, March, 03 2002 Guest Author
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The critics and the news media panned it. Variety went so far as to say, "A rare case of blatant political propaganda in a major Hollywood picture, John Q. is a shamelessly manipulative commercial on behalf of national health insurance." True, the...

Ahuja: Ayodhya, Godhra, and the BJP

Znet Article, March, 03 2002 Vishal Ahuja
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As I ponder over the horrendous events that have been happening over the last few days in Gujarat, an eerie feeling creeps in as I cannot stop thinking of the events of 1947 and the various horrors and tragedies attached to it. The killing of 58 k...

Williams: Racial Profiling, North Dakota-Style

Znet Article, March, 03 2002 Lee Williams
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SISSETON - Adelia Godfrey spends her days alone in a dimly lit basement cell. She is wondering whether to kill herself. Godfrey, 17, was first arrested for misdemeanor charges nearly a month ago, but a fight with officers at the Roberts County Jai...

Peters: Guys Have All the Fun

Commentary, March, 02 2002 Cynthia Peters
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There's something cutting edge about the 9 warriors that make up the fellowship in Lord of the Rings. They're not one-dimensional macho fighters who employ only brute strength in the war against evil. They're a dream team of qualities, abilities, ...

Various: Appeal for Peace and Democracy in Sri Lanka

Znet Article, March, 02 2002 Various
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We write to support the historic opportunity for peace in Sri Lanka. We welcome the courage of the political actors who have embarked on this road, and applaud the political will of the larger public in all parts of Sri Lanka, who have in their di...

Administrator: Secular Organizations Condemn the Killings in Gujarat

Znet Article, March, 02 2002 Site Administrator
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We are grieved by and unequivocally condemn the dastardly and barbaric act of murdering of 55 train passengers by burning the two bogies near Godhra railway station in Gujarat, on February 27. Most of them were Hindu kar-sevaks returning from Ayod...

Russell: Using Them Up And Throwing Them Away

Znet Article, March, 02 2002 Marta Russell
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Former Toyota engine fabrication assembly line worker Ella Williams just got the shaft from the Supreme Court and as a consequence so have tens of thousands of workers who will need but will no longer have the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)...

Said: THOUGHTS ABOUT AMERICA

Znet Article, March, 02 2002 Edward Said
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I don't know a single Arab or Muslim American who does not now feel that he or she belongs to the enemy camp, and that being in the United States at this moment provides us with an especially unpleasant experience of alienation and widespread, qui...