The WaPo reports U.S. charities have raised more than $337 million so far for the Indian Ocean tsunami but notes that is far less than the $2 billion raised for the families of the roughly 3,000 people killed in the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. At the same time, in an op-ed piece for the […]
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Here’s the NY Times version of a story making the rounds nationally: Armstrong Williams, a prominent conservative commentator . . . acknowledged yesterday that he was paid $240,000 by the Department of Education to promote its initiatives on his syndicated television program and to other African-Americans in the news media. *** The disclosure about the […] As part of their reaction to the “stingy” comments, the Bushies now promote helping victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami as a way to win Muslim hearts and minds. Will this now embark us on a Muslim/non-Muslim donation war? The following comes from Juan Cole’s Informed Comment: Saudi Arabia Television held a fundraising drive for […] Via Arts & Letters Daily comes a New York Review of Books article looking at the “Leviathan,” Wal-Mart. It makes for interesting reading. For example, with 1.4 million employees worldwide, Wal-Mart’s workforce is now than GM, Ford, GE, and IBM combined. And Wal-Mart’s 2003 annual revenues are 2 percent of the country’s gross domestic product […] From a broad perspective, it was much easier to think “Happy New Year” a year ago than tonight. Then, there was the hope and optimism of ousting Bush and his cabal. Sure, it would not have undone the war into which this country was misled but it would have been an opportunity to turn the […] |
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