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  Creation/Evolution


“Intelligent Design” Voted Out
By Frederick Sweet

Evolution? Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!
By Joseph Smigelski

Intelligent Design Evolved From Natural Design Theology
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Evolution vs. Intelligent Design – The Great Debate
By Scott D. O’Reilly

Keep Intelligent Design Out of Science Classes
By Joseph Smigelski

No Alternative to Evolution
By Frederick Sweet

Is There An Alternative?
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Religion Instead Of Science
By Frederick Sweet

Creationist Terror in American Classrooms
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Genesis by Observership
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Evolution vs. Creationism
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Creation Myths vs. Evolutionary Stories
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Bush's "Invasion" of Budapest
By Frederick Sweet


It was déjà vu all over again.

 
Bombed in Afghanistan
By Stewart Nusbaumer
With reality confusing and fear rising, illusions are being manufactured as fast as the drinks can be consumed.
 
Reasonable Doubt
By William Marvel
Aren't all American citizens subject to the scrupulous attention to due process that let Karl Rove off the hook?
 
You Must Hear Lucinda Williams
By Joseph Smigelski
I haven't witnessed such depth of emotion in a singer's voice since Bob Dylan's in the mid-1960s.
 
Junkland
By William Marvel
The aim of corporate craftsmanship is to assure that nothing works well for very long.
 
Life Without Religion
By Joseph Smigelski
As a teacher of English at the college level, one of the intellectual problems I am facing is reconciling my love for literature with my strengthening atheism.
 

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Recent Intervention Features


  Dispatch: “Every Rocket Was A Painkiller”
 
  War scarred Afghanistan is an enigma wrapped in pain with a future that is anyone’s guess.
By Stewart Nusbaumer
 

  Commentary: We Need Health-Care Fix!
 
  Shame on Canada for embarrassing the US with its successful national health-care plan.
By William Marvel
 

  Commentary: With "Gloves Off," Atrocities Expand
 
  We can make excuses for the atrocities and the horror, or we can accept the reality of the situation, listen to the conscience of our nation, and bring our troops home.
By Jim Bush
 

  Dispatch: The Kabul Rumble
 
  With a brutal history and nasty war, Afghanistan is one dangerous country. But one danger has escaped our attention -- until now!
By Stewart Nusbaumer
 

  Commentary: God Has Got to Go
 
  Religious fanaticism in all its forms leads inevitably to bigotry, hatred, and, too often, violent confrontations.
By Joseph Smigelski
 

  Commentary: Leave Barry Bonds Alone
 
  Maybe Barry took steroids. So what? Steroids can't make a guy a great hitter.
By Joseph Smigelski
 

  Commentary: The Religious Right Is Un-American
 
  The idea of America as a Christian nation was anathema to the Founding Fathers, as it should be to all Americans.
By Joseph Smigelski
 

  Commentary: The Unraveling of Bush's Political Narrative
 
  Ideological fundamentalists in the Bush Administration have spent the past six years exacerbating America's problems rather than addressing them in a constructive fashion.
By Scott D. O'Reilly
 

  Dispatch: Kabul Erupts in Gunfire
 
  Surrounded by gunfire in Kabul, our intrepid correspondent describes what makes a spark become a raging riot.
By Stewart Nusbaumer
 

  Commentary: Making the World Safe for Anti-Semitism
 
  Even though neo-Nazis and fanatical Muslims don't need any help stoking the fires of their hatred, Israel's top American lobby AIPAC seems to have no qualms about fanning the flames.
By Russ Wellen
 

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  Live from Kabul


By Stewart Nusbaumer

On the Road to Kabul
Is Afghanistan progressing and becoming more stable -- or slipping back into civil war?

The Morning the Apple Exploded
An inside view of an Afghanistan beginning to explode, one apple at a time.

The Kabul Rumble
There are many dangers in Afghanistan, but one is seldom mentioned.

"Every Missile Was a Painkiller"
Afghanistan is an enigma wrapped in pain with a future that is anyone’s guess.

Kabul Erupts in Gunfire
A spark becomes a riot and Stewart is surrounded by gunfire.

Bombed in Afghanistan
With reality confusing and fear rising, illusions are manufactured as fast as drinks can be consumed.

A Diffferent Fireworks
On the 4th of July in Kabul there was a different type of fireworks.

Where Did The Dough Go?
Billions have been donated for the reconstruction of Afghanistan, so where did the money go?

 

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  Film Reviews

The End of Suburbia
Reviewed by Frederick Sweet



An Inconvenient Truth
Reviewed by Scott D. O'Reilly



Munich
Reviewed by Lydia Howell



 

  Poems


Watch Yourself!
By Jim Bush
Any Declaration
That excludes someone
Is going to cater
To the interests of the few...

Anzio
By William Taylor

In Some Amazing Way
By Jim Bush

National Sacrifices
By Lydia Howell

Too Hard To Take
By Jim Bush

For the One Thousand
By Charles McCullagh

Home Zone
By Jan Barry

toilet paper
By Joseph E. Fasciani

God Off His Back Porch
By Stephen Oliver

Calling Allen Ginsberg
By Lydia Howell

Coaching Winter Track in Time of War
By W.D. Ehrhart

The Truth Is Not Hidden
By Jim Bush

 

  Cost of War

US Soldiers:
2,287 (22 Feb 06)

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  Dispatches from...

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China

Astounded in China
China’s development is stunning and its power is growing quickly; will America become a lapdog for the Asian dragon?

Bombed in Beijing
Yes China’s development is stunning, but not as stunning as the Goddess of Tiananmen Square.

Enigma or Bomb?
It's a weird world with weird Americans making it hard to tell what is really real.

Tongue-Tied & Stomach Pumped
While their language tells us about Chinese society, their cuisine tells us about a very dirty political secret.

Drinking & Driving
Driving in China teaches you to appreciate airplanes; drinking the booze will probably turn you into a tea drinker.

Sexpots Galore
When sex merges with politics, the Big Dog authorities never win.

 

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  Intervention Classics


Attacked on NJ Turnpike
By Stewart Nusbaumer
What started as a drive to an antiwar protest became a radio war in my car.

Greatest Genertion?
By Regis T. Sabol
Exploring the commercialization and hyping of “America's Greatest Generation.”

Grace Under Pressure
By Valerie Davison
Is Nancy Grace of Court TV a feminist or traditionalist? Probably both, as well as controversial, irreverent and smart.

"Chosen by God to Lead America"
By Rick Friedman
Having received the green light from “above,” Christian George is about to unleash a holiness that just might Armageddon all of us.
 

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