Demand for Peace in 2006

At this time of year, we look at the past and hope for a better new year. A happy new year. Nevertheless, if we gaze into the crystal ball and have a look, we may shudder in horror. Chances are the future will be filled with danger. The danger may be confined to the Middle East in the short term, but further on, we are all in grave danger. 

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NSA Spied on UN Diplomats During Push for Invasion of Iraq

Despite all the news accounts and punditry since the New York Times published its Dec. 16 bombshell about the National Security Agency's domestic spying, the media coverage has made virtually no mention of the fact that the Bush administration used the NSA to spy on U.N. diplomats in New York before the invasion of Iraq.

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Talkin' About the "I"-Word

Richard Cohen, the finely-calibrated syndicated columnist for the Washington Post, wrote a column on October 28, 2004 which commenced with this straight talk: "I do not write the headlines for my columns. Someone else does. But if I were to write the headline for one, it would be 'Impeach George Bush'."

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Proxmire of Wisconsin

Will this country ever again see the likes of a Senator from Wisconsin-William Proxmire-who passed away this month at age 90? He came to the Senate, replacing Senator Joseph McCarthy, in 1957 and left in 1989. He was the legislators' legislator. No one worked harder, studied more, listened to more Congressional witnesses or cast more consecutive votes in the Senate without being absent

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