Reading List / Week Ending 1-29-05

Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) What If (It Was All a Big Mistake)?http://www.truthout.org/docs_05/012905B.shtml

The Independent Is the World Safer Now?http://www.truthout.org/docs_05/012905D.shtml

Paul Krugman Little Black Lies
http://www.truthout.org/docs_05/012905E.shtml

Maureen Dowd Love for Sale
http://www.truthout.org/docs_05/012905F.shtml

Jean-Michel Thenard Impossible Silence
http://www.truthout.org/docs_05/012905H.shtml

Coalition Pull-Out from Iraq Gathers Pace
http://www.truthout.org/docs_05/012905I.shtml

Derrick Z. Jackson Neglecting Mother Earth
http://www.truthout.org/docs_05/012905X.shtml

Retire The Carter Doctine by Patrick Doherty, TomPaine.com Exclusive
It's time for Democrats to abandon the 25-year-old policy that got us into Iraq. http://www.tompaine.com/articles/retire_the_carter_doctine.php

Debt For Everyone by Robert Reich, TomPaine.com
No matter how abstract the deficit seems, it's going to make you poorer. http://www.tompaine.com/articles/debt_for_everyone.php

Kennedy Calls for Troop Withdrawal in Iraq
http://www.truthout.org/docs_05/012805C.shtml

World Leaders Mark Auschwitz Liberation
http://www.truthout.org/docs_05/012805D.shtml

Norman Solomon Of Death Be Not Proud
http://www.truthout.org/docs_05/012805G.shtml

Sidney Blumenthal "A Military in Extremis"
http://www.truthout.org/docs_05/012805J.shtml

Global Warming Is 'Twice As Bad As Previously Thought'
http://www.truthout.org/docs_05/012805V.shtml

Kennedy Lays Out Plan for Withdrawal from Iraq
http://www.truthout.org/docs_05/012805X.shtml

THE FRENCH NEW VAGUE
Jon Frosch, AlterNet
The identity crisis of French cinema is reflected in the box office draw of American movies, and in the American-styleblockbusters like 'The Chorus.' Is Americanization the new French New Wave?
http://www.alternet.org/movies/21110/

WHAT KIND OF FREEDOM?
Tucker Foehl, MotherJones.com
After three trips there, journalist Christian Parentireflects on the "meltdown" and "total destruction" that is Iraq.
http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/21103/

NURTURING IRAQ'S NON-ELECTIONRobert Jensen, Pat Youngblood, AlterNetTo pretend that the U.S. might want true democracy in Iraq -- one that actually would be free to follow the will of the people -- is to ignore evidence, logic and history.
http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/21113/

WHAT COMES NEXT?
Bill McKibben, Grist Magazine
Dispatch No. 3 from a climate-change conference: No oneknows what's going to work next, but it's clear that 'moreof the same' is not a very wise strategy.
http://www.alternet.org/envirohealth/21118/

FLIP-FLOPPING ON SOCIAL SECURITY LINGUISTICS
Molly Ivins, AlterNet
The Republicans in Congress, the president, the administration and all its media supporters now insist on referring to the partial privatization plan as "setting up personal accounts." This is the new political correctness.
http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/21111/

REVISITING THE PORN DEBATE
Chyng Sun, AlterNet
Most liberal-minded people rush to defend pornographers' right to free speech. Maybe we should stop and ponder what we are defending.
http://www.alternet.org/story/21095/

BEYOND MICHAEL JACKSON: THE JURY
Earl Ofari Hutchinson, AlterNet
The jury that will convict or acquit the world's highest profile black celebrity defendant of multiple child molestation charges is likely to be all or predominantly white.
http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/21107/

WHAT ARE WE FIGHTING FOR?
Lakshmi Chaudhry, AlterNet
In a provocative interview, Naomi Klein talks about Bush,the Iraq war and the need for progressives to "answer the language of faith with the language of morality."
http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/21099/-->>Antonia Juhasz says that if all goes according to the Bush plan, American investors and companies will soon begin to own chunks of Iraq’s national oil company.
http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/21100/

THE BOXER REBELLION
John Nichols, The Nation
Barbara Boxer's impassioned critique of Condoleezza Rice marks the senator as a hero of the left.
http://www.alternet.org/story/21098/

BLACK EVANGELICALS: BUSH'S NEW TRUMP CARD
Earl Ofari Hutchinson, Pacific News Service
George Bush and Karl Rove hope to bypass black civil rightsleadership to make deals with black evangelicals and assure future electoral victory in battleground states. http://www.alternet.org/story/21096/

BAD BOYS, BAD BOYS, WHATCHA GONNA DO?
Bill McKibben, Grist Magazine
Dispatches from a climate-change conference: The battle of values has been won, at least for the moment, and not by us.
http://www.alternet.org/envirohealth/21101/
More EnviroHealth:
http://www.alternet.org/envirohealth/

THE REAL THING
Scott Renshaw, Salt Lake City Weekly
The market is bullish on documentaries, as the roster atSundance shows. If 2004 was the year of the documentary,what comes next?
http://www.alternet.org/movies/21093/

FROM THE GROUND UP
Howard Dean, AlterNet
The true mark of a modern campaign will be to listen toAmericans and let them shape campaigns instead of simplyallowing them to respond.
http://www.alternet.org/story/21097/

RICE CONFIRMED
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy
Edward Kennedy explains why he voted against CondoleezzaRice's confirmation as Secretary of State on Wednesday.
http://www.alternet.org/story/21094/

POLITICAL OSCARS 2005
Arianna Huffington, AlterNet
In a world where politics and entertainment are almost inseparable, why not offer some awards to the politicos, too?
http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/21092/

VET REPORTER: LEAVE IRAQ
Greg Mitchell, Editor & Publisher
Despite kneejerk accusations of his lack of patriotism,decorated war reporter Joe Galloway says 'declare victoryand pull out.'
http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/21089/
More MediaCulture:
http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/

Today's Working Assets (www.workingforchange.com) column is on the growingnumber of soldiers opposing -- and refusing to report for -- the war in Iraq.It's at:
http://www.workingforchange.com/article.cfm?itemid=18451

Boxer's Rebellion and Democrats' New Tone
http://www.truthout.org/docs_05/012705B.shtml

Seymour Hersh: "We've Been Taken Over by a Cult"
http://www.truthout.org/docs_05/012705C.shtml

Ray McGovern Reining-In Cheney
http://www.truthout.org/docs_05/012705F.shtml

Bankruptcy Threat with an Edge
http://www.truthout.org/environment.shtml

Patrick Sabatier Opposites
http://www.truthout.org/docs_05/012705H.shtml

U.S. Senator Robert C. Byrd Standing for the Founding Principles of theRepublic
http://www.truthout.org/docs_05/012705I.shtml

THE 10 WORST CORPORATIONS OF 2004
Russell Mokhiber, Robert Weissman, AlterNetThe year's most egregious price gougers, polluters,union-busters, dictator-coddlers, fraudsters, poisoners,deceivers and general miscreants.
http://www.alternet.org/story/21088/

WING AND A PRAYER
Zelie Pollon, AlterNet
For U.S. soldiers in Iraq, religion becomes the response to unanswerable questions and helps them make it through the day.
http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/21087/

CHOICE SHTICK
Matthew Yglesias, The American Prospect
Destroying Social Security does nothing to advance individual freedom.
http://www.alternet.org/story/21085/

CARTOON MADNESS
Bruce Kluger, AlterNet
Christian conservatives classically over-reached when theylaunched their amphibious assault on SpongeBob SquarePants -- and harpooned themselves squarely in the foot.
http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/21084/

'FROM THE DAY OF OUR FOUNDING'
Molly Ivins, AlterNet
A substantial nit to pick with President Bush's secondInaugural Address and some questions about his theme.
http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/21082/

EVERYBODY'S DOING IT
Rebecca Vesely, Women's eNews
News Flash: Medical study shows teenagers chose unsafe sex over talking to their parents.
http://www.alternet.org/rights/21086/
More Rights & Liberties:
http://www.alternet.org/rights/

UNCONNECTED DOTS
Tom Engelhardt, Tomdispatch.comThe global reach of Bush's inauguration speech was lost on amedia with a fragmented view the world; for a holistic analysis you'll have to click off that TV, use your localpaper to wrap the fish, and head for the internet.
http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/21080/
More MediaCulture:
http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/

Paul Krugman The Greenspan Succession
http://www.truthout.org/docs_05/012605C.shtml

Tom Engelhardt A Demobilized Press in a Global Free-Fire Zone
http://www.truthout.org/docs_05/012605F.shtml

Robert Scheer 1600 Pennsylvania Meets Madison Ave.
http://www.truthout.org/docs_05/012605I.shtml

Jerry Cressa: Longshoreman Stands Up for Environment
http://www.truthout.org/docs_05/012605J.shtml

Marc Ash Democratic Offerings
http://www.truthout.org/docs_05/012605Y.shtml

BIOPIC OF A DRUG LORD
Timothy Pratt, Christian Science Monitor
With the film 'El Rey,' Colombia finally gets a chance totell its own version of the drug war's beginnings.
http://www.alternet.org/drugreporter/21078/

PROSECUTING MOM AND DAD
Marsha Rosenbaum, AlterNetIn communities all over the country, 'social host' lawspassed in an effort to stop teenage drinking are making criminals out of otherwise responsible, law-abiding parents.
http://www.alternet.org/drugreporter/21028/

MEASURE R LOSES RECOUNT
J. Douglas Allen-Taylor, Berkeley Daily Planet
Berkeley's medical marijuana initiative lost by the slimmestof margins in November; supporters say the recount uncoveredhundreds of uncounted votes.
http://www.alternet.org/drugreporter/21070/

BRING FREEDOM HOME FIRST
Stephen Young, DrugSense Weekly
Bush's inaugural address was inspiring, in theory. Unfortunately, in reality, freedom, justice and human liberty are under assault by the drug war. http://www.alternet.org/drugreporter/21063/

COLD MEDICINE CRACKDOWN
Malia Zimmerman, Hawaii Reporter
Making law-abiding citizens register their Sudafed like it's a weapon of mass destruction isn't going to help reduceuse of illegal drugs.
http://www.alternet.org/drugreporter/21069/

The New Bush Doctrine
by George Soros, TomPaine.com Exclusive
Bush ignores an essential element of democracy: the recognition that nobody possesses the ultimate truth.
http://www.tompaine.com/articles/the_new_bush_doctrine.php

Reining In Cheney
by Ray McGovern, TomPaine.com Exclusive
A former CIA analyst on Cheney's habit of playing fast and loose with the facts about Iraq -- and now Iran.
http://www.tompaine.com/articles/reining_in_cheney.php

Censor In Chief
by Richard Bradley, TomPaine.com Exclusive
In his quest to remove "indecency" from television and radio, Michael Powell may actually have removed intelligence.
http://www.tompaine.com/articles/censor_in_chief.php

THE FIGHT FOR OUR FUTURE
Christopher Hayes, In These Times
The debate taking place over the future of the labormovement could determine its very survival.
http://www.alternet.org/story/21073/

SOCIAL SECURITY: THE FEMALE PROBLEM
Melinda Tuhus, Women's eNews
As the public debate intensifies over the Bush administration's drive to privatize Social Security, women have a special stake in the outcome.
http://www.alternet.org/story/21074/

MY NEW KENTUCKY HOME
Peter Laufer, Washington Monthly
The cutting edge of illegal immigration used to be L.A. Now, it's Owensboro.
http://www.alternet.org/rights/21071/

THE O.C. EFFECT
Emily Zemler, PopMatters
Indie bands like Death Cab for Cutie and the Shins aregaining visibility by appearing on TV shows like 'The O.C.'Are they selling out? Or widening their fan base?http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/21076/

WMDUH!
Matt Taibbi, New York Press
Was the end of the WMD hunt last week actually 'littlenoted' or was it simply 'little covered'?http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/21065/
More MediaCulture:
http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/

Bush's Widening Credibility Gap
by Rami G. Khouri, TomPaine.com Exclusive
The editor of The Beirut Daily Star says Bush's inauguration speech raised the level of American double standards in the world to a new level. http://www.tompaine.com/articles/bushs_widening_credibility_gap.php

Roe v. Wade: A Sensible Balance
by Gloria Feldt, TomPaine.com Exclusive
The president of Planned Parenthood looks at how the landmark legislation helped liberate women.
http://www.tompaine.com/articles/roe_v_wade_a_sensible_balance.php

DESIGN OF THE TIMES
Electronics manufacturers hop on the cradle-to-cradle bandwagon
Mindful of the growing impact of consumer electronics on the waste stream -- and of the likelihood that government regulations could one day require them to recycle their own wares -- electronics manufacturers like Dell, Hewlett-Packard, and Panasonic are beginning to design products with their full lifecycle in mind. Some are eliminating lead, mercury, and brominated flame retardants, toxic substances that pollute landfills and make gadgets difficult to recycle, from their products entirely. Some are trying to reduce the use of plastics in favor of metal, which is easier and more profitable to recycle, and reduce the use of screws and glues in favor of easier-to-disassemble snap-together parts. Some are trying to reduce the total number of parts. All of this brings designers to the fore, part of a movement described by author and sustainable-design guru William McDonough in the book "Cradle to Cradle" as a shift away from disposable living and toward a genuinely reusable and recyclable material life.
straight to the source: Los Angeles Times, Alex Pham, 21 Jan 2005
<http://grist.org/cgi-bin/forward.pl?forward_id=4091>
see also, in Grist: Better, By Design -- Hal Clifford reviews "Cradle to Cradle" -- in Books Unbound
<http://grist.org/cgi-bin/forward.pl?forward_id=4092>

LATHER, RINSE, RETHINK
Umbra dispenses tips on making your own cleaning products
The kitchen's a mess and the bathroom needs scrubbing, but with all those scary chemicals in cleaning products, what's an eco-conscious reader to do? Advice guru Umbra Fisk says four simple ingredients and some elbow grease are all that's needed to keep an eco-friendly house from getting grimy. Get the essentials on clean, green living -- in Ask Umbra, today on the Grist Magazine website.
today in Grist: On non-scary cleaning products -- in Ask Umbra
<http://grist.org/cgi-bin/forward.pl?forward_id=4099>

FOCUS: Howard Dean From the Ground Up
http://www.truthout.org/docs_05/012505W.shtml

Dahr Jamail Election Divides a Nation
http://www.truthout.org/docs_05/012505C.shtml

Democrats Show New Fire on Rice Nomination
http://www.truthout.org/docs_05/012505E.shtml

Noam Chomsky 'U.S. at War to Control Oil'
http://www.truthout.org/docs_05/012505F.shtml

Global Warming Approaching Point of No Return
http://www.truthout.org/environment.shtml

The American Conservative Walking Wounded
http://www.truthout.org/docs_05/012505J.shtml

Outcry over Creation of GM Smallpox Virus
http://www.truthout.org/docs_05/012505X.shtml


THE GOOD SHIP REBECCA
Kelly Hearn, AlterNet
The confrontational founder of Women on Waves is determined to bring safe abortion services to women living in anti-choice countries -- any way she can.
http://www.alternet.org/envirohealth/21050/

LIVING IN OBLIVION
Anthony Kaufman, Village Voice
Reagan-era callousness sparked an indie film renaissance;will Bush II inspire another?http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/21019/

TAKING IT TO THE STREETS
Michael Blanding, AlterNet
While the official inaugural provided the fantasy of acoronation, thousands of protesters provided a realitycheck.
http://www.alternet.org/story/21051/

PR FOR SOLDIERS
Joe Strupp, Editor & PublisherStop any U.S. soldier in Iraq these days and he's likely torecite: 'We are a values-based, people-focused team thatstrives to uphold the dignity and respect of all.'
http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/21052/
More MediaCulture:
http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/

A POST-ROE POSTCARD
Sharon Lerner, The Nation
The government of Mississippi is marking the 32ndanniversary of Roe v. Wade by holding a week of prayer onthe "sanctity of human life."
http://www.alternet.org/rights/21056/

Dahr Jamail Dying for Democracy
http://www.truthout.org/docs_05/012405A.shtml

Vincent Jauvert Secret History of a Reelection
http://www.truthout.org/docs_05/012405H.shtml

Uri Avnery King George
http://www.truthout.org/docs_05/012405I.shtml

Lawrence Summers, Provocateur
http://www.truthout.org/docs_05/012405J.shtml

Who Will Be the Next Alpha Democrat?
http://www.truthout.org/docs_05/012405L.shtml

Glenn Scherer Courting Disaster
http://www.truthout.org/docs_05/012405W.shtml

Iraq Veterans Turn War Critics
http://www.truthout.org/docs_05/012405Y.shtml

ECO FOCUS: Glenn Scherer Courting Disaster
http://www.truthout.org/docs_05/012405W.shtml

FOCUS: Howard Zinn Support Our Troops; Bring Them Home
http://www.truthout.org/docs_05/012305V.shtml

Bush Speech Jolts World Media
http://www.truthout.org/docs_05/012305A.shtml

No Foreign Observers to Monitor Iraq Vote
http://www.truthout.org/docs_05/012305C.shtml

Bush Pulls 'Neo-Cons' Out of the Shadows
http://www.truthout.org/docs_05/012305E.shtml

Molly Ivins Alternate Reality
http://www.truthout.org/docs_05/012305F.shtml

Four Months on Planet bin Laden
http://www.truthout.org/docs_05/012305I.shtml

William Norman Grigg Should Anti-Bush Journalists Be Tried as "Spies?"
http://www.truthout.org/docs_05/012305J.shtml

Susan Jacoby Hear 'Reform,' Think 'Destroy'
http://www.truthout.org/docs_05/012305K.shtml

Laura Miller Python Swallows Bush!
http://www.truthout.org/docs_05/012305X.shtml

George Solomou Why I'll Refuse to Fight in This Immoral War
http://www.truthout.org/docs_05/012305Y.shtml