In addition to appearing on LAProgressive.com, this piece was the cover story of LA City Beat for the week of July 17, 2008, linked to in AlterNet. I once asked a journalist friend, who had been chained inside the courtroom…
Year: 2008
The NPT Turns Forty — When Will We Fulfill Its Terms?
A shorter version of this piece appeared on the op-ed pages of the Baltimore Sun, the Miami Herald, and the Tidings – the Catholic newspaper for Southern California. A longer version appeared on HuffingtonPost.com, CommonDreams.org, and AlterNet.org. Try an…
Posted in Abolishing Nuclear Weapons
Radioactive Hypocrisy: American Hubris Threatens Perpetual Nuclear Proliferation
This article appeared May 15, 2009, on AlterNet and The Huffington Post. “Why can’t we have them when they can?” That, for the “nuclear have nots,” has long been the essence of what some call the nuclear double standard, what…
Posted in Abolishing Nuclear Weapons
Backyard Democracy
This appeared in the April 24, 2008 edition of CommonDreams.org and on Huffington Post. Sometimes the fiercest political competition can serve as a catalyst for political reconciliation. “The death of democracy is not likely to be an assassination from ambush,”…
Posted in 2008 Presidential Campaign
My World-Class Marathon Day
This appeared in the March 8, 2008 edition of LAObserved.com. On Marathon Sunday morning, I emerged as crabby as I usually do when something wakes me up at 4:30 AM. Even if it was my own alarm clock, reminding…
Posted in Other
Where’s the Candidate That Represents Me?
This editorial appeared in the February 2, 2004 edition of AlterNet.org. Disenfranchised voters in more than 40 states lose the chance to not only influence the 2008 presidential election but also the course of history. “I’d rather vote for…
Posted in 2008 Presidential Campaign
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