Imagine a court deciding that Army Lt. Ehren Watada correctly refused to obey orders to deploy for Iraq in 2006! This legal Immaculate Conception would lead to an immediate withdrawal of US forces from Iraq – if Bush would obey the law.
Archive for March, 2007
Sensationalist media aside, there’s political enlightenment on the internet
Henry Heller, Thursday, March 15th, 2007, 1 Comment »
We live in a world in which the rise and fall of the stock of China Petroleum, Britney Spears and Anna Nicole Smith attract the spotlight. Until its on to the next thing. Cash is king in this whirl and lives are for sale for other people’s amusement. The Internet apparently only magnifies the effect of CNN and the rest of the sensationalist media.
Status of Women vs. the status quo: Conservative cuts seek to silence those seeking ‘equality’
Joyce Green, Thursday, March 8th, 2007, 2 Comments »
Status of Women Canada is still reeling from the cuts handed down by the Conservative Government last fall. A small-budget agency dedicated to furthering women’s equality, Status of Women was responsible for conducting research for government and ultimately for Cabinet; analyzing policy; liaising with “stakeholder” (citizen) groups, and sprinkling some bread on the waters in the form of modest research and program grants. Its role was hardly controversial: the organization got good value for its money, and in the process educated and involved women all over the country in policy formulation, while obtaining research cheaply for the civil service and the government of the day.
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