Tag: writing
group name: katepalmer
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June 16, 2006 12:43 AM EDT --
New Times writer Michiko Kakutani has synthesized the wealth of books written about President Bush to come up with a remarkable portrait of who the man is, and how he makes decisions.
According to Kakutani, . . .
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June 25, 2006 09:32 AM EDT --
There's a new biography out on Timothy Leary by Robert Greenfield. It's reviewed by Luc Sante on the cover of today's New York Times book section. There's a great image of a grinning Leary, . . .
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April 11, 2007 11:42 PM EDT --
Yet again, the true face of the United States is being shown in Iraq. These acts are so disturbing that even the media has refused to report them. Words fail me when I hear stories like . . .
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December 29, 2006 11:16 AM EST --
Over three years since his capture on December 13, 2003, Saddam Hussein will be sentenced to death by the fledgling Democratic Iraqi government. Despite his request for a firing squad, Saddam will . . .
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February 13, 2007 08:01 PM EST --
The other night, I watched in disgust as Arizona Republican Senator John "Flip-Flop" McCain stood on the floor of the U.S. Senate and told Democrats Harry Reid and Dick Durbin that it was not . . .
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November 28, 2006 05:58 PM EST --
Here's a pleasant little article I found for all the "traditional values warriors" out there.
Or for anyone who might be interested in reading about some of Anne's lesser known hobbies. . . .
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October 21, 2007 09:30 PM EDT --
Vice President Dick Cheney said on Sunday that the United States and the world would not let Iran get nuclear weapons. In a speech he gave to the Institute for Near East Studies, Cheney said "Our . . .
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December 05, 2006 12:37 AM EST --
Lately, I have been heard that the United States should divide up Iraq into three different countries. A separate country for the Kurds in the north, Sunnis in the middle, and Shiites in the south. The . . .
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December 07, 2006 10:58 PM EST --
On this day 65 years ago, the Japanese Empire launched a sneak attack on the US naval station at Pearl Harbor. It was the single most destructive attack against American territory since the War of 1812. . . .
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November 06, 2008 08:58 AM EST --
Using the same astute judgment that he utilized for the past 8 years, president bush figured the time was right to start pitching his memoir of his time in the White House to publishers. The fact that . . .
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May 22, 2007 10:06 PM EDT --
Today, I read a seemingly heart warming story from Iraq. I was at first surprised since it was on, of all news networks, CNN. The story was about a graduation ceremony at an Iraqi kindergarten. Sounds . . .
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December 12, 2006 02:01 AM EST --
A couple of things have managed to really get under my skin today...okay - more than a couple, but I'm short on time and patience right now, so I'm just gonna bust a couple of myths and then call . . .
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December 30, 2006 08:39 PM EST --
Last night, the Iraqi government -- which is unable to provide the most basic services to even the residents of Iraq's largest city -- executed their former president, Saddam Hussein. The Bush Administration . . .
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March 20, 2007 10:17 AM EDT --
As the situation in Iraq continues to develop, many Americans have decided that Bush is solely responsible for what is happening there. Many also blame him for the tension between the United States and . . .
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January 13, 2007 12:36 PM EST --
My husband and I have been married for 15 years. We recently had an anniversary and decided to go out. We were excited to have the chance to go to a new sports bar dinner establishment that opened up a . . .
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December 27, 2007 06:29 PM EST --
It was only a few months ago tha Benazir Bhutto, the ousted Prime Minister of Pakistan, returned to her home country from Dubai after a decade of exile. Only a few hours after she arrived, an attempt . . .
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June 08, 2006 08:51 AM EDT --
Reading Carol Voigts recent post on Al Gore's new documentary, AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH, I came across a comment that I just couldn't help responding to as it was so typical of those on the opposing . . .
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July 23, 2006 08:20 AM EDT --
It is pounding on the skylight again. It sounds like thousands of tiny fists beating relentlessly on every surface of our house trying to get in. It comes in monstrous waves. This has been going on for . . .
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May 06, 2007 10:34 PM EDT --
Since coming to this community last November, I've had the pleasure of discovering some very gifted, and very insightful writers, as well as some very interesting (to say the least) personalities. . . .
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July 16, 2006 06:39 AM EDT --
HizbuAllah, or the party of God, is a small Lebanese faction that is fighting the Middle East's strongest army. It's by virtue of its trust in God and steely determination that they are able to . . .
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