Page Two: Righting Wrongs

A position checklist of pragmatic politics

"...proved to be one of nostalgic, utopian fiction. The Iraqis did not welcome us as heroes, greeting us with..."

April 11, 2008 Column by Louis Black

The Hightower Report

Bush Pushes Military Commitment to Iraq; and The Howl of the Wolf

"...BUSH PUSHES MILITARY COMMITMENT TO IRAQ..."

Feb. 15, 2008 News Column by Jim Hightower

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"...Lastly, Iraq is the primary strategic front in the global war..."

July 14, 2006 Column

The Siege Continues

No matter who wins the election, Iraqis awaken to occupation, devastation, and slaughter

"...the most important news items to come out of Iraq this year: the first serious attempt to estimate accurately..."

Nov. 5, 2004 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: Meanwhile ...

Approaching Memorial Day, something else to consider

"...than 130,000 U.S. troops still on the ground in Iraq, is it impossible for the occupying armies – not..."

May 23, 2008 News Column by Michael King

Page Two

The manufactured debate over Kerry's war record, in light of Bush's privileged nonparticipation, is testament to Republican strategists' sound-bite brilliance

"...DeLay are just a few of those championing the Iraqi invasion and so passionately "supporting" our troops that they..."

May 21, 2004 Column by Louis Black

Page Two

Republicans' special-session maneuvering shows contempt for Texans and mischaracterizes Texas' political history; the same party asks for the same kind of blind allegiance on foreign policy.

"...By now, even if you supported the invasion of Iraq, are convinced weapons of mass destruction will..."

July 18, 2003 Column by Louis Black

Naked City

Kay fiddles, Baghdad burns, and Dean gets what Bush deserves

"...mass destruction" were at the root of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, despite the fact that chief U.S. weapons..."

Jan. 30, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

Strange Equation: 'Privileged College Kids and Professors' and 'Iraqi People'

"...consider that many people are shot almost daily in Iraq (191 yesterday), thanks to the horribly ignorant and irresponsible..."

April 19, 2007 Postmarks

Page Two: A Higher Court

Rash judgment and vitriol don't validate simplistic morality

"...Witness the discussion of the invasion of Iraq. How many single theories have been proposed..."

June 5, 2009 Column by Louis Black

The Iraqi Toll

Truth Is the First Casualty

"...of the initial incursion and the ongoing violence against Iraqis." That was President George W. Bush, speaking to the..."

Dec. 30, 2005 News Feature by Michael King

Get on the Bus D.C. Report

If 100,000 march on the White House and nobody reports it, did it really happen?

"...to call for an end to the occupation of Iraq. Bearing signs ranging from the usual, "Bush Lied, Thousands..."

Sept. 30, 2005 News Feature by Diana Welch

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"...Meredith, then in its first weekend on the market ["Invasion of the McMansions," News, Aug. 28]. We would have..."

Sept. 2, 2005 Column

Letters at 3AM

Americans and Iraqis are dying for Bush's pride and his hopes of re-election

"...day, 12 Marines were killed in widespread fighting throughout Iraq. Conflict was especially fierce in the Baghdad area of..."

April 16, 2004 Column by Michael Ventura

Letters @ 3AM

Europe, Russia, and China can help install a new administration in the White House in 2008 by refusing to bail out Bush on his Iraq misadventure now.

"...had no evidence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq; if Bush had such information he would have discreetly..."

Sept. 19, 2003 Column by Michael Ventura

Navasky & Barsamian

Former editor of The Nation discusses the role of the alternative press

"...version of events. Nevertheless, in the run-up to the Iraq war, the voices of dissent were mainly from the..."

April 7, 2006 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Letters at 3AM

Winning the war in Iraq is not a measure of our country's morality.

"...largely unspoken on television and unwritten in most printed Iraq War coverage: "depleted uranium." U.S. and British tank, artillery,..."

April 18, 2003 Column by Michael Ventura

Beyond Limits Otherwise Prescribed

George W. Bush refuses to put our money where his mouth is in matters of domestic defense, even though all the experts testify that America is as vulnerable to major terrorist attacks today as it was on 9 / 11.

"...More than 50% of the population of Iraq is under 15 years old. That is the fact..."

March 21, 2003 Column by Michael Ventura

Point Austin: A Thanksgiving Miscellany

Picking the bones of Thanksgiving blessings

"...military forces found no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, and that he had a "sickening feeling every time..."

Nov. 26, 2010 News Column by Michael King

Klein in Town to Talk 'Shock'

Author/activist Naomi Klein will be in Austin this week to discuss the bailout and other upbeat topics

"...a crisis, domestically, abroad, and in our Pax Americana invasion of Iraq. It explains why Republican Rep. Richard Baker..."

Oct. 10, 2008 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

The Hightower Report

Corporate Creeps Bilk the Elderly; and Al Qaeda Banks on Bush

"...his cohort, "Buckshot" Cheney, no one really likes his Iraq policy – not the generals, not the troops dying..."

June 8, 2007 News Column by Jim Hightower

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"...more thing: Out of the thousands and thousands of Iraqis that we have killed and maimed since 2003, how..."

June 25, 2004 Column

Page Two

SXSW looms, Seton's dubious deal, the war moves closer, the city silences the music, and the new GOP loves deficits.

"...Osama bin Laden is now declaring solidarity with the Iraqi people. It doesn't matter that he makes it clear..."

Feb. 14, 2003 Column by Louis Black

Capitol Chronicle

As the year turns, the auguries of war predict the worst

"...Bush administration -- the only judgment that matters -- Iraq is in "material breach" of its current obligations to..."

Dec. 27, 2002 News Column by Michael King

Letters at 3AM

America has engaged in a long-term strategy, through three presidential administrations, to take over the Iraqi people whom we've made helpless from a ruthless form of bio-warfare.

"...The same ammunition will be used in our imminent invasion of Iraq. As with the Gulf War, American casualty..."

Nov. 15, 2002 Column by Michael Ventura

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"...regime will be satisfied only with total war against Iraq."..."

Sept. 13, 2002 Column

Naked City

Terrorism kills more than 50 in London, war in Iraq kills thousands

"...but what were the civilian deaths of the Anglo-American invasion of Iraq in 2003, the children torn apart by..."

July 15, 2005 News Feature by Michael King

Winter Soldiers Bear Austin Witness

Iraq veterans to testify about ongoing war

"...Austin Chapter president, explained, "We haven't drawn down in Iraq, but we have built up our forces in Afghani­stan,..."

Feb. 27, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Hightower Report

The Iraq Oil Rush; and Corporatizing the Political Conventions

"...THE IRAQ OIL RUSH..."

July 25, 2008 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Report

Bush; and FEMA Strikes Again

"...suggested that their real reason for invading and occupying Iraq was a crude item spelled o-i-l. But now that..."

July 4, 2008 News Column by Jim Hightower

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