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by Amy Goodman Friday, May 16, 2008 More than five years have passed since the invasion of Iraq, since President Bush stood under the “Mission Accomplished” banner on that aircraft carrier. While these fifth anniversaries got some notice, another did not: The shelling of the Palestine Hotel in Baghdad, by a U.S. Army tank, on April 8, 2003. The tank attack killed two unembedded journalists, Reuters cameraman Taras Protsyuk and Jose Couso, a cameraman for the Spanish television network Telecinco. Couso recorded his own death. He was filming from the balcony and caught on tape the distant tank as it rotated its turret and fired on the hotel. A Spanish court has charged three U.S. servicemen with murder, but the U.S. government refuses to hand over the accused soldiers. The story might have ended there, just another day of violence and death in Iraq, were it not for a young U.S. military intelligence veteran who has just decided to blow the whistle.
Adrienne Kinne is a former Army sergeant who worked in military intelligence for 10 years, from 1994 to 2004. Trained in Arabic, she worked in the Army translating intercepted communications. She told me in an interview this week that she saw a target list that included the Palestine Hotel. She knew that it housed journalists, since she had intercepted calls from the Palestine Hotel between journalists there and their families and friends back home (illegally and unconstitutionally, she thought). Full Story »
by Clarence Page Friday, May 16, 2008 Is it over yet?
Everybody seems to be complaining about the endless Democratic presidential primaries. Sen. Barack Obama’s supporters wonder out loud whether Sen. Hillary Clinton will deliver a concession speech before Inauguration Day. Full Story »
by Nat Hentoff Thursday, May 15, 2008 As the no-holds-barred battle for the Democratic presidential nomination mercifully nears an end, renewed attention is being focused on the several John McCains bearing the Republican armor. Having written that I cannot vote for Barack Obama because he is an extremist on abortion who refused even to save a sudden live baby resulting from a botched abortion, I also have concerns about the consistency of some of McCain’s positions.
The First Amendment’s being the foundation of our constitutional self-government, I recall McCain’s comment about the McCain-Feingold “clean elections” law that directly and significantly silences the opinions of a range of advocacy groups at crucial points during presidential campaigns. Full Story »
by Jeremy Madden, Aspen Daily News Columnist Thursday, May 15, 2008 In the 1990s America fell back in love with the style and culture of the 1970s.
Once again, people hit the streets in platform shoes, bell bottoms and big sunglasses. Roller skates were back. “Porn Star” was plastered across tight T-shirts. There was a celebration of the seventies. Hollywood capitalized on the trend and made hits like “Boogie Nights” and “That ’70s Show.” The ’70s were back, and everyone loved it. Everyone but me, that is. Full Story »
by Ted Rall Wednesday, May 14, 2008
NEW YORK — First came school vouchers,subsidizing private schools with public money. Now, as the economy contracts,the government faces mounting pressure to pour increasing amounts of our taxdollars into private colleges and universities as well.Full Story »
by Lynn Burton, Aspen Daily News Columnist Wednesday, May 14, 2008 First off, thanks toAspen City Councilman Jack Johnson for doing the right thing on Monday night. Full Story »
by Richard Cohen Tuesday, May 13, 2008 Back in the year 2000, I boarded John McCain’s campaignbus, the Straight Talk Express, and in a metaphorical sense, never got off.Here, truly, was something new under the political sun — a politician whobristled integrity and seemed to have nothing to hide Full Story »
by Steve Skinner, Aspen Daily News Columnist Tuesday, May 13, 2008 | heard on the street: “Holy smokes! He’s wearing a flag pin! Maybe now I can vote for him.” | Full Story »
by Alexander Cockburn Monday, May 12, 2008 Listening to Hillary Clinton’s top aides trying to put a good face on
the results of the Indiana primary had the same surreal quality as an
aide to Hitler reporting “encouraging news” from Stalingrad.
Her candidacy died on May 5. She needed at least a 10 percent win in
Indiana, and in the end, she scraped through by not much more than
16,000 votes. Every day she stays in the race now means more zeroes on
her campaign debt, which probably tops $25 million right now, when all
the IOUs are counted. Hillary might have to go back into the cattle
futures business. Full Story »
by Helen Thomas, Aspen Daily News Columnist Monday, May 12, 2008 Some readers resented The Washington Post for publishing an Associated
Press photograph of a critically wounded Iraqi child being lifted from
the rubble of his home in Baghdad’s Sadr City “after a U.S. airstrike.”
Two-year-old Ali Hussein later died in a hospital. Full Story »
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Horoscopes
- Aries
 - Taurus
 - Gemini
 Your creativity emerges, and you find a reason to take off early. After
resolving an issue that could be quite challenging to some, you feel
free and that you can relax. The only question you need to answer is,
Why not? Tonight: Christen the weekend well.
- Cancer
Basics count. You feel as if many possibilities evolve that might not
normally. If you want, take the time to explore an option. Your sense
of commitment could carry you through a rough period or two. Tonight:
Finally, time for you and your loved ones.
- Leo
- Virgo
You might want to defer to someone else. Your clarity and directness
could determine the end results of a key or business discussion. Trust
your judgment, especially if faced with a problem or hassle. Tonight:
Postpone some shopping, if possible. You might regret your decisions.
- Libra
- Scorpio
- Sagittarius
- Capricorn
- Aquarius
You might want to rethink a decision. Tap in to your avant-garde
thinking, and you'll see many possibilities that could work. If you are
moving forward and breaking new ground, don't abandon the conventional
either. Tonight: Balance your checkbook before you take off.
- Pisces
Your unpredictability doesn't help you move in new directions. Others
might offer a partnership or an agreement. Still, if you cannot
stabilize, you won't be able to run with the offer in question.
Tonight: Follow another's suggestion.
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