READING LIST / WEEK ENDING 4-9-05

Marjorie Cohn Stories of a Charmed Life
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/040805WA.shtml

Senate Passes Boxer-Snowe Provision to Overturn the Global Gag Rule
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/040805WB.shtml

India: Corporates Must Help Check Trafficking of Women
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/040805WC.shtml

Confirmation of EPA, FDA Heads Stalled
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/040805EA.shtml

US Oil Drillers' Strategy: Today ANWR, Tomorrow the Coastlines?http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/040805EB.shtml

Power Company Chief Wants Warming Tax
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/040805EC.shtml

Cancer 'Vaccine' Is Set Back as Treatment Fails in Trial
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/040805HA.shtml

States Told Not to Steer Beneficiaries to Drug Plans
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/040805HB.shtml

Chinese Currency Law Could Save US Jobs
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/040805LA.shtml

Police, Firefighter Unions Trump Schwarzenegger
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/040805LB.shtml

New Report: CAFTA Weakens Workers' Rights
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/040805LC.shtml

GOP Leaders May Abandon Bush's Social Security Plan
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/040805SA.shtml

US Troops Shoot, Detain CBS Cameraman
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/040905A.shtml

Baghdad Protestors Demand US Out
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/040905B.shtml

Army of God Bombed Gays, Abortion Clinics, Olympics
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/040905D.shtml

Wal-Mart's Top US Exec: 'I Funded Union-Busting'
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/040905E.shtml

For-Profit Schools Vie for Federal Funds
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/040905G.shtml

Scientists Fudged Nuke Waste Data, Won't Testify
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/040905Y.shtml

Testing Pesticides on Babies, EPA Forced to Stop
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/040905Z.shtml

Iraq's Oilworkers Organize to Protect Their Oil
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/040705LA.shtml

A Side Order of Human Rights
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/040705LB.shtml

Sweeney Hits Bush on Social Security Remarks
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/040705LC.shtml

California Justices Debate on Coastal Panel
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/040705EA.shtml

Amanda Griscom Little Friedman Fighter
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/040705EB.shtml

The Ugly Side of Pretty
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/040705EC.shtml

World Health Day Report Focuses on 'Invisible Crisis' in Maternal, InfantMortality
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/040705HA.shtml

Anorexia Linked to Brain Defect, Rather Than Social Pressures
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/040705HB.shtml

Hill Takes a Back Seat on Social Security
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/040705SA.shtml

Colorado Governor Vetoes Rape Bill
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/040705WB.shtml

Sweden: Traditional Parties' Feminist Nightmare
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/040705WC.shtml

WHO FORGED THE NIGER DOCUMENTS?
Ian Masters, AlterNet
A former counterterrorism chief claims that the now-discredited documents that showed Iraq trying to purchase uranium were fabricated right here in the United States.
http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/21704/

THE 'FOURTH BRANCH' OF GOVERNMENT
Alex Knott, The Center for Public Integrity
Shadowy lobbyists ignore rules and exploit connections --and their industry of influence nets almost $13 billion.
http://www.alternet.org/story/21702/

MUSLIM REFUSENIK
Terrence McNally, AlterNet
Irshad Manji, author of 'The Trouble with Islam Today,'discusses the close mindedness and literalism of present-dayIslam and her path to freethinking.
http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/21705/

UN-EMBED THE MEDIA
Amy Goodman, David Goodman, AlterNet
Government-supplied propaganda has become pervasive in mainstream media, from hiring journalists to write puff pieces to credentialing fake reporters to fawning reports from embedded reporters in Iraq. Where is independent media?http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/21703/

TRAILER OF TEARS
Nikki Finke, LA Weekly
Judging from the latest movie trailers, it's gonna be along, not-so-hot summer movie season.
http://www.alternet.org/movies/21706/
More Movie Mix: http://www.alternet.org/movies/

THE WAR ON BIRTH CONTROL
Caryl Rivers, Women's eNews
The pope's mixed legacy included a consistent assault on birth control.
http://www.alternet.org/rights/21696/
More Rights & Liberties: http://www.alternet.org/rights/

NEWSBREAKERS
Rory O'Connor, MediaChannel.org
Whether a new chapter in media criticism or just classless, low-rent, no-talent clowns, the NewsBreakers are serious about the need to reform our broken media system.
http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/21695/
More MediaCulture: http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/

We wanted to offer a plug for our friends at the Working Families Party. For those who aren't familiar with the WFP, it's a grassroots, community and labor-based political party with chapters throughout New York State.
Its goal is to forcefully inject the issues of working-class, middle-class, and poor people—like jobs, health care, education, and housing—into the public debate, and hold elected officials accountable on those issues. Their organizing strategy is to start local, think long-term and combine campaign work with organizing and education.
To date, the party has achieved an impressive series of accomplishments. Click below to read an Editor's Cut post by Katrina vanden Heuvel detailing one of their more recent successes.
http://www.thenation.com/edcut/index.mhtml?bid=7&pid=2059
And click below for more on the party itself:
http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/about.html

Battling The Op-Edisphere
by Danny Schechter, TomPaine.com
A media critic says the op-ed page is no longer the marketplace of ideas it was established to be. http://www.tompaine.com/articles/fighting_for_the_opedisphere.php?dateid=20050408

DLC Misleadership
by Patrick C. Doherty, TomPaine.com
Major announcements last week show the danger of the centrist obsession with Islamic extremism.
http://www.tompaine.com/articles/dlc_misleadership.php?dateid=20050408

Questioning The Legacy: Your Letters
by TomPaine.com Readers
Readers react in this week's installment of letters. http://www.tompaine.com/articles/questioning_the_legacy_your_letters.php?dateid=20050408

Cindy Sheehan Casey's Story
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/040805C.shtml

Lou Dubose Broken Hammer?
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/040805D.shtml

Bob Herbert Black, Dead and Invisible
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/040805E.shtml

Students' Clout Helping Workers and Unions
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/040805F.shtml

Public Disapproves of Congress and Bush
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/040805G.shtml

A New Eldorado or Nightmare for South African Mercenaries
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/040805I.shtml

GOP Leaders May Abandon Bush's Social Security Plan
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/040805J.shtml

White House Wants Detainee Ruling Reversed
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/040805L.shtml

New York Times The Worst of the Bad Nominees
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/040805M.shtml

Mark Danner Iraq: The Real Election
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/040805N.shtml

Mexico's Presidential Frontrunner Could Be Jailed
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/040805O.shtml

Unchecked Lobbyists Thrive in the Shadows
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/040805X.shtml

Waxman Probes Legality of Bush Social Security Trips
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/040805Y.shtml

John Nichols The Anti-War Pope
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/040805Z.shtml

Jonathan Tasini Wal-Mart's Culture of Crime and Greed
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/040605LA.shtml

Student Worker Alliance Statement on Sit-In
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/040605LB.shtml

Dick Meister Extortion in California?
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/040605LC.shtml

Sen. Boxer Threatens to Block Johnson Confirmation
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/040605EA.shtml

Importance of False Data Is in Dispute
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/040605EB.shtml

Canadian Automakers Volunteer to Dramatically Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/040605EC.shtml

Maryland Drive against Wal-Mart Advances
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/040605HB.shtml

Sen. Baucus Says Social Security Accounts Idea Is 'Dead'
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/040605SA.shtml

Sex-Trafficking Pleas Detail Abuse of Mexican Women
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/040605WA.shtml

Bonnie Erbe Moral Judgments on Birth Control Endangering Women's Lives
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/040605WB.shtml

Paul Rogat Loeb Abortion and Schiavo - The Stories We Tell
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/040605WC.shtml

WHY DON'T THEY LISTEN TO US?
Lillian B. Rubin, Dissent Magazine
If our ideas and our politics have been in the service of those less advantaged, as we believe so passionately, why have we had such a hard time making ourselves heard in ways that count?http://www.alternet.org/story/21698/

ALTERNATIVE PULITZER
G. Pascal Zachary, AlterNet
The Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting is a reminder of the importance of alternative weekly newspapers and the continuing tendency for monopoly newspapers to pursue profit or behind-the-scenes influence.
http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/21694/

GOOD MORNING BAGHDAD
Riverbend, Baghdad Burning
A young Iraqi blogger reveals the latest weapon in the U.S.occupation's arsenal: bad television.
http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/21691/

HAMMER NAILED
The Progress Report
Tom DeLay's ethical challenges keep piling up. The latest?All-expense-paid trips to Russia and an untidy bit of nepotism
http://www.alternet.org/story/21688/

HELLO MINIMUM WAGE
Amy DePaul, AlterNet
Congress is expected to pass reforms to make it tougher for single mothers receiving welfare to gain access to job skills or higher education. It's all part of the work-first philosophy that puts jobs ahead of economic sustainability.
http://www.alternet.org/rights/21699/

BUSHES IN THE HOOD
Arianna Huffington, AlterNet
Bush's definition of homeland security doesn't include things like the safety of our streets, especially the streets of our inner cities, which have become war zones.
http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/21693/

THE SMOKE THAT DROVE OLD DIXIE DOWN
Pauline Vu, Stateline.org
This year smoking bans are being considered in the unlikeliest of places -- even on Tobacco Road.
http://www.alternet.org/envirohealth/21692/
More EnviroHealth: http://www.alternet.org/envirohealth/

A Man for This Season
by Gary Gardner, TomPaine.com
Gardner of the Worldwatch Institute says the greatest challenges facing the next pope will come from the environment -- and our gluttony. http://www.tompaine.com/articles/a_man_for_this_season.php?dateid=20050407

Drafted For The Inflation Battle
by Robert Reich, TomPaine.com
The Fed's pre-emptive war against inflation means poorer Americans will be the first to be drafted.
http://www.tompaine.com/articles/drafted_for_the_inflation_battle.php?dateid=20050407

Norman Solomon Beyond the Narrow Limits of News Coverage
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/040705D.shtml

Jonathan Schell Faking Civil Society
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/040705E.shtml

In Tsunami Area, Relief Is Very Slow in Coming
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/040705F.shtml

Democrats Block Nomination over Morning-After Pill
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/040705G.shtml

GOP Is Fracturing over Power of Judiciary
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/040705H.shtml

Cocaine Policy: American Impasse
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/040705I.shtml

Memo Politicizing Schiavo Came From GOP Senate Office
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/040705J.shtml

Iraq: Ethnic Tensions in Kirkuk Raising Fears of Civil War
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/040705K.shtml

Max J. Castro The Bush Syndrome: Dead Wrong and Proud of It
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/040705L.shtml

Sidney Blumenthal Politics in Red Robes
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/040705M.shtml

NOW Economic Insecurity
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/040705N.shtml

Homeland Insecurity: Nuclear Plants Open to Attack http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/040705Y.shtml

CIA Leak Case Hits Dead End
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/040705Z.shtml

Students Begin Sit-In at Washington University
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/040505LA.shtml

Richard Lamm The High Cost of Cheap Labor
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/040505LB.shtml

UC Service Workers Threaten to Strike
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/040505LC.shtml

Green Activists to Challenge ExxonMobil on Kyoto Stance
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/040505EA.shtml

Colorado Landowners Lose Crucial Battle to Oil and Gas Industry
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/040505EB.shtml

Oil Cost Stokes Push for Policy
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/040505EC.shtml

Should We All Be Stocking Tamiflu?
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/040505HA.shtml

Zinc Hones Teens' Thinking Skills
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/040505HB.shtml

Richard Silverman Keep Social Security
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/040505SA.shtml

NH Senate Approves Emergency Contraception Bill, Rejects Age Limit
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/040505WA.shtml

A Woman's Place Is in the Struggle: Women's Rights Eroding in Latin America
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/040505WB.shtml

Rita Henley Jensen Taking the Gender Apartheid Tour in Saudi Arabia
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/040505WC.shtml

WE TOLD YOU SO
Rahul Mahajan, AlterNet
The latest WMD report merely confirms what antiwar activists were claiming all along -- way before the invasion of Iraq.
http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/21687/

CIA 'REFORM' RINGS HOLLOW
Robert Parry, Consortium News
The problem with the CIA -- and the Washington establishment-- is cultural, systemic, even ethical, not structural.
http://www.alternet.org/story/21685/

THE UGLY SIDE OF PRETTY
Rebecca Ephraim, Common Ground
Emerging science suggests that untold numbers of cosmetics and personal care ingredients may be silently and insidiously promoting cancer, ravaging women's reproductive functions and causing birth defects.
http://www.alternet.org/envirohealth/21686/

WHICH COMES FIRST: GROWTH OR CLOUT?
David Moberg, In These Times
Embroiled in a conflict rooted in personalities,institutional power and different experiences in different industries, unions debate strategy at the spring AFL-CIOExecutive Council meeting.
http://www.alternet.org/story/21682/

A PACT WITH THE COMMUNITY
An open letter to the CEO of Wal-Mart: "We believe that it's time for Wal-Mart to focus less on image and more on substance."
http://www.alternet.org/story/21677/

WHAT MAKES A MOTHER
Mubarak Dahir, AlterNet
A Pennsylvania court ruling that reunites a lesbian motherand her non-biological daughter helps pave the way for the recognition of same-sex relationships.
http://www.alternet.org/rights/21652/
More Rights & Liberties: http://www.alternet.org/rights/

GOING FOR BLACK
Andrew Seifter, Media Matters for America.
In wooing African-American voters the GOP is resorting to deception and cynical claims of racism -- in other words, business as usual.
http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/21638/

PLAYSTATIONS FOR PEACE
Katrina vanden Heuvel, The Nation.
Progressives tend the think of video games as warped bloodfests, but some are reimagining them as tools for teaching empathy and cultural literacy.
http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/21676/

RIGHT-WING RADIO
Sarah Posner, AlterNet. Religious broadcasters are squeezing community radio right off the FM dial
http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/21639/

AIR AMERICA'S FIRST BIRTHDAY
--->TUNE IN
Don Hazen, AlterNet.
Marking Air America's one-year anniversary, 'Left of the Dial' chronicles the fits and starts of the feisty talk radio channel, serving as a progressive success story, warts and all.
http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/21642/

--->GOLDBERG FLIES AIR AMERICA
Nikki Finke, LA Weekly.
Incoming CEO Danny Goldberg recognizes that the surging Air America network is every bit as much business as movement.
http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/21649/

JUDITH MILLER'S WMD PROBLEM
Greg Mitchell, Editor & Publisher.
Returning home to Las Vegas, the star New York Times reporter who saw WMD in Iraq romanticizes nuclear childhood and omits conflict of interest.
http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/21664/

APRIL MEDIA FOOLS
Rory O'Connor, MediaChannel.org.
You may not know media prankster Joey Skaggs but chances are you know his heirs: the Yes Men, the Newsbreakers and even Michael Moore.
http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/21654/

Democracy Starts At Home
by Joseph Stiglitz, TomPaine.com
How can Bush spread democracy abroad when he undermines it at home? http://www.tompaine.com/articles/democracy_starts_at_home.php?dateid=20050406

Budgets: Bad And Badder
Sharon Parrott and John Springer, TomPaine.com
The Senate budget ain't no picnic, but its cousin in the House is still worse. http://www.tompaine.com/articles/budgets_bad_and_badder.php?dateid=20050406

What's Good For GM? by Frank O'Donnell, TomPaine.com
General Motors is the industry leader in opposing government efforts to limit the heat-trapping gases wafting from its tailpipes.
http://www.tompaine.com/articles/whats_good_for_gm.php?dateid=20050406

Lessons For Assad
by Rami Khouri, TomPaine.com
The Lebanese newspaper editor knows Bush is not serious about democracy -- and advises his occupier accordingly.
http://www.tompaine.com/articles/lessons_for_assad.php?dateid=20050406

Steve Weissman America's Religious Right - Saints or Subversives?http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/040605B.shtml

Key GOP Senator Expresses Patriot Act Doubts
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/040605E.shtml

Bolton's UN Nomination Could Be Blocked
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/040605F.shtml

Dr. James J. Zogby Hypocrisy and Human Rights
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/040605H.shtml

New York Times The Judges Made Them Do It
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/040605K.shtml

MoveOn Comes Up Big for Byrd
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/040605L.shtml

Connecticut Prepares to Sue US Over Bush Education Law
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/040605M.shtml

Michael Kinsley Democrats Show They're Better at Hitting GOP Economic Goals
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/040605N.shtml

George Monbiot I'm with Wolfowitz
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/040605O.shtml

9/11 Aftershocks Hit Canada, Mexico Travel Rules
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/040605Z.shtml

GREEN RUSH FEVER
Ann Harrison, AlterNet
San Francisco's plan to regulate the explosion of medical marijuana dispensaries could become a model for other cities throughout the nation.
http://www.alternet.org/drugreporter/21650/

REEFER REFUGEES
Martin A. Lee, Razor Magazine
No American has ever been granted Canadian refugee status because of the war on drugs, but the times they may be changing.
http://www.alternet.org/drugreporter/21674/

PRISONER POLITICS
Andrew M. Cuomo, AlterNet
For New York's governor to pursue real reform of theRockefeller drug laws, he will have to challenge Republican political interests that benefit from counting prisoners as
constituents.
http://www.alternet.org/drugreporter/21675/

THE PAIN OF BEING HURWITZ
Jacob Sullum, Reason
Misconceptions about pain treatment could put a doctor in prison for life.
http://www.alternet.org/drugreporter/21672/

FOCUS - FBI Wants Greater Search Powers http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/040505X.shtml

Gonzales Pushes to Renew Patriot Act, Critics Balk
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/040505B.shtml

Antiwar Protesters Keep CIA at Bay
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/040505E.shtml

Senate Wary of Changing Filibuster Rules
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/040505F.shtml

Illegal Immigrants Bolster Social Security with Billions
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/040505G.shtml

Paul Krugman An Academic Question
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/040505H.shtml

Robert Scheer Bush Threw Us a 'Curveball'
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/040505J.shtml

Tom Engelhardt Afghanistan: Drugs, Bases, and Jails
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/040505K.shtml

Sister Helen Prejean Above All Else, Life
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/040505L.shtml

J. Sri Raman Mahatma's Forgotten March
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/040505M.shtml

FBI Wants Greater Search Powers
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/040505X.shtml

Military Recruiters Targeting Minority Teens
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/040505Y.shtml

Republican Senator Fans Flames of Courthouse Violence
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/040505Z.shtml

US in Race to Unlock New Energy Source
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/040405EA.shtml

Bill McKibben Small Change
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/040405EB.shtml

Wintry Canada to Use Solar Power to Heat Homes
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/040405EC.shtml

Daniel Costello At What Cost?
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/040405HA.shtml

Textile Industry Seeking Job Protection
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/040405LA.shtml

Progressive Coalition Sweeps LA Teachers' Union Election
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/040405LB.shtml

Bidding Salaries Down on the Net
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/040405LC.shtml

Bankruptcy Reform Hits Women Hard
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/040405WA.shtml

Women to Testify in Sex Trafficking Trial
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/040405WB.shtml

Woman Challenges North Carolina Anti-Cohabitation Law
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/040405WC.shtml

THE LEGACY OF POPE JOHN PAUL II
Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!
Three progressive religious scholars discuss the beliefs and actions that shaped John Paul II's papacy, and where theCatholic Church is headed.
http://www.alternet.org/story/21670/

RIGHT-WING RADIO
Sarah Posner, AlterNet
Religious broadcasters are squeezing community radio right off the FM dial.
http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/21639/

TERRI'S FINAL IRONY
Jane Fleming, AlterNet
Republicans who disingenuously stood up for Terri Schiavo's life are the very ones who have blocked legislation that would have granted access to treatment of her eating disorder and that could help millions of women and men who suffer from mental illness.
http://www.alternet.org/story/21668/

ABU GHRAIB: A GLOBAL FAMILY PORTRAIT
Jana Prikryl, The Believer
Why did the soldiers at Abu Ghraib feel the compulsion to not only abuse the prisoners but to turn it into a series of macabre photo ops?
http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/21671/

NEUTERING SOCIAL SECURITY
Jim Hightower, Hightower Lowdown
Naming the names behind the grab for Social Security.
http://www.alternet.org/story/21667/

COCHRAN WAS BIGGER THAN O.J.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson, Pacific News Service
Cochran was more than a flamboyant, race-conscious,courtroom showman--he was a consummate legal professional that sought to use his prodigious legal talent to defend the rights of the poor and the dispossessed.
http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/21666/

PULP DICTION
Ella Taylor, LA Weekly
Exquisitely stylish noir, 'Sin City' is just the thing for the aging misogynist or alienated teen boy in your life.
http://www.alternet.org/movies/21669/
More Movie Mix: http://www.alternet.org/movies/

The Spawn Of Cheney
by Don Kraus, TomPaine.com
Citizens for Global Solutions' Kraus explains why senators should vote against John Bolton's nomination on Thursday.
http://www.tompaine.com/articles/the_spawn_of_cheney.php?dateid=20050405

Obstructing Kofi's Vision
by Traci Hukill, TomPaine.com
Kofi Annan has a powerful vision for global peace and security that's anathema to John Bolton and the neocons.
http://www.tompaine.com/articles/obstructing_kofis_vision.php?dateid=20050405

Stirling Newberry American Thermidor
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/040305A.shtml

A Fierce Debate on Atom Bombs from Cold War
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/040305D.shtml

Ward Reilly All We Want Is the TRUTH
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/040305G.shtml

Panel: US Ignored Work of UN Arms Inspectors
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/040305Y.shtml

GOODBYE TO ALL THAT OIL
Stan Cox, AlterNet
The peak oil idea -- which says that world oil production will go into irreversible decline sometime in the next decade or two -- is quickly morphing into conventional wisdom.
http://www.alternet.org/envirohealth/21588/

THE CULTURE OF LIFE TOP TEN
Michael Blanding, AlterNet
At minimum, a true "culture of life" would support these tenpositions.
http://www.alternet.org/story/21660/

WAL-MART'S CULTURE OF CRIME AND GREED
Jonathan Tasini, TomPaine.com
Manipulation, greed and wrong doing in the name ofprofit are as much a part of the Wal-Mart business model as are those low, low prices.
http://www.alternet.org/story/21658/

BETWEEN FACT AND FICTION
Mitra Ebadolahi, AlterNet
The hit show 'Alias' may make for rollicking good television, but how realistic is its portrayal of the CIA?
http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/21661/

DANCING WITH THE WOLF
Charlie Cray, Jim Vallette, AlterNet
What did Wolfowitz know with regard to Halliburton's inside advantage in gaining Iraq contracts, and when did he know it?
http://www.alternet.org/story/21659/


FORGETTING AFGHANISTAN AGAINSonali Kolhatkar, AlterNetLaura Bush's visit to Afghanistan focused media attention onthe still-struggling country. But not a single news articledared to question her empty talk of solidarity with Afghanwomen.http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/21657/
OIL-FOR-FOOD IS SMALL POTATOESMolly Ivins, AlterNetSome days, it's hard to pick the outrage du jour, buthypocrisy is always an inviting target, and the UnitedNations oil-for-food scandal provides a two-fer.http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/21655/

Papal Legacy: Questioning Capitalism by Marcin Król, TomPaine.com John Paul II was against the death penalty, the war in Iraq and unfettered capitalism. http://www.tompaine.com/articles/papal_legacy_questioning_capitalism.php?dateid=20050404
Intelligent Manipulation John Prados, TomPaine.com How the president manipulated America. Twice. http://www.tompaine.com/articles/intelligent_manipulation.php?dateid=20050404
Nuclear Opposition by Ralph Neas, TomPaine.com It's not just Dems who are against the "nuclear option." Some dyed-in-the wool GOPers are saying no, too. http://www.tompaine.com/articles/nuclear_opposition.php?dateid=20050404

Marjorie Cohn Bolton Nominated to Destroy UNhttp://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/040405B.shtml
Overcommitted, Bush May Soon Look to Military Drafthttp://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/040405E.shtml
Gen Ricardo Sanchez Orders Torture in Iraq: His Memohttp://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/040405F.shtml
Carlyle Drains Billions from Disappointed Stock Market Investorshttp://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/040405I.shtml
US-EU Conflict over China Armshttp://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/040405J.shtml
Bush's Agenda Faces Opposition from Election-Wary Republicanshttp://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/040405L.shtml
Oil Prices Race to All-Time Peakhttp://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/040405Y.shtml
Your Social Security Number on Sale for $35http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/040405Z.shtml

Army Defies Supreme Court, Illegally Holds US Citizenhttp://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/040205A.shtml
Curveball Stirs New CIA Fighthttp://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/040205B.shtml
Profits Rise as Jobs Fallhttp://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/040205E.shtml
Chalmers Johnson Wake Up!http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/040205F.shtml
Government Wiretaps, Secret Searches Up 75 Percent http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/040205X.shtml