Taking Stock, January 24, 2006

Editorial Archives

Uri Avnery - Israel - Updated January 22nd

Sam Bahour - Palestine - Updated January 22nd

Doris Colmes - Unique Perspective - Updated December 1st

Jack Dalton - Current Issues - Updated January 22nd

Chris Floyd - Sharp, detailed criticism - Updated January 22nd

Genevieve Cora Fraser - Updated January 22nd

John S. Hatch - Updated December 1st

Dahr Jamail - Iraq - Updated January 22nd

Jason Miller - Unique Perspective - Updated January 22nd

William Rivers Pitt - Current Issues - Updated January 22nd

Bill Quigley - Updated January 22nd

RAWA - The Revolutionary Association of Women of Afghanistan - Updated January 13th

Sheila Samples - Current Issues - Updated January 13th

Defusing Iran with Democracy
by Shirin Ebadi and Muhammad Sahimi, L.A. Times, January 19, 2006

The Shame of the Nation: The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America
by Jonathan Kozol, Truthout.org, January 18, 2006

Taking On the Hotels
by Harold Meyerson, The Washington Post, January 18, 2006

Is It Warm in Here?
by David Ignatius, The Washington Post, January 18, 2006t

Ted Koppel: 'Natural Fit' at NPR News and Longtime Booster of Henry Kissinger
by Norman Solomon, Truthout.org, January 17, 2006

Mining for Kids: Children Can't "Opt Out" of Pentagon Recruitment Database
by Kathryn Casa, The Vermont Guardian, January 17, 2006

Prisoners in Their Own Land
by Amira Hass, Counterpunch.com, January 13, 2006

Colin Powell, Liar Extraordinaire
by David Swanson, www.Blackcommentator.com, January 12, 2006

The Bush Who Cried Wolf
by Robert Dreyfuss, TomPaine.com, January 12, 2006

Comments Regarding Selected Articles in this Issue ________________________________________

Be sure to read the article by Leuran Moret- “Depleted Uranium: Dirty Bombs, Dirty Missiles, Dirty Bullets- in Jack Dalton’s section of Participating Authors. I was shocked to read that the number of Gulf War era veterans now on disability since 1991 is 518,739. The source of this number was Terry Jemison of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

We still use depleted uranium weapons.

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In this issue, Genevieve Cora Fraser comments on an article by Uri Avnery, also in this issue. It is well worth reading both articles, perhaps more than once, and living with them for a while. They help one appreciate a complicated area. These two articles along with Jason Miller’s take on the same subject –Israel/Palestine-plus Sam Bahour’s continued comments and selected articles from Palestine should provide much food for thought. And feeding your thinking is our main task.

This is perhaps a good place to remind readers that the opinions expressed by our writer’s are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of the editor.