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UPDATED:  MAY 8, 2008 

“IS THE REVEREND WRIGHT WRONG?” 

So the Republican Right managed to go through over 30,000 recorded minutes of the sermons of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright.  They came up with a few minutes of supposedly outrageous statements by him that they draped around a few disembodied remarks by Sen. Barack Obama.  They then proceeded to string together one of the most watched non-pornographic cinema loops of all time.  (My, some Republican operatives do have a lot of time on their hands, don't they?) How so "most-watched?"  Because first, the Fox "News" Channel, as one might expect, has been playing and will play it endlessly, at all hours of the day and night.  More recently, and less expectedly, MSNBC, with even Keith Olbermann falling into the carefully set total-distraction trap, has piled on in the piling on.  During the week of April 28, for example, although I must confess I certainly didn’t watch every minute, Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski seemed hardly to be able to find time for anything else other than the weather in their daily three hour “Morning Joe” romp.

Sen. Obama, for once a Democrat who does not spend all, or even most, of his time on defense, originally used the occasion to make a speech on race-relations and their history in this country. It was so magnificent, right up there with the FDR "nothing to fear but fear itself" (how relevant is that one now?) and "Four Freedoms" speeches, and JFK's religious freedom speech, that even such personages as Reagan hagiographer and Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan and education hard-rightist Abigail Thernstrom acknowledged its greatness.  

But of course F"N"C, O'RHannibaugh, etc. would have none of that. After all, the Republicans have nothing substantive to run on in November. Into the void, they would sooner or later have thrust the Nixonian "Southern Strategy" (read the political use of racism) that has been at the center of their electoral successes since 1968. The Wright excerpts have just given them an excuse to thrust it sooner.  Unfortunately, to a certain extent the Clinton campaign picked up that ball and ran with it too: “How could Sen. Obama have possibly, possibly mind you, stayed in that congregation for all of those years?”  Never mind, mind you, that that congregation is one of a mainstream US, predominately white, branch of Protestantism, The United Church of Christ, and Sen. Obama apparently did not hear the offending sermons, they being one tiny part of the Reverend’s total package of delivery.

But going beyond the guilt-by-association heaped upon Sen. Obama, the question does arise for persons other than F"N"C and MSNBC fans and fellow-travelers, just how outrageous were those statements, in the context of American politics and history? Well, let's start with the "9/11 was God's punishment" for all types of claimed U.S. outrages (a list which Rev. Wright expanded upon at great length in his appearance on “Bill Moyers Journal” [
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/04252008/transcript1.html]), from the institution of slavery to the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Since I don't accept that there is such a God, I reject such a claim out-of-hand. But gee, I recall the Revs. Falwell and Robertson making similar claims, right at the time too, except that their foci were the supposed national sins of homosexuality, abortion, and the like.

As long as one assumes that there is a God that would (and could) wreak such havoc as "punishment" for something or other (forgetting the question of his/her responsibility, as an omnipotent being, for the original insult), the disagreement with Rev. Wright there must be simply what the "punishment" is for, not whether God did it, or not, as the case may be.  However, I don't recall anyone, then or now, laying at the feet of the Georgites responsibility for the statements of Falwell/Robertson, and asking the President to explain his acceptance of support from those two (un)worthies. As for Rev. Wright's claim that he communicates directly with God, well Bush has done that too, on more than one occasion (http://www.buzzflash.com/articles/jonas/044).

OK, OK, so that's the God's vengeance thing, done by advocates on both sides of the political aisle. But what about the drug thing, the claim that the U.S. government has been at least partially responsible for the epidemic of drug use amongst African-Americans? How outrageous is that? Consider the following, from the PBS "Frontline" series program of some years ago: (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/drugs/special/cia.html):  "A series of expose articles in the San Jose Mercury News by reporter Gary Webb told tales of a drug triangle during the 1980s that linked CIA officials in Central America, a San Francisco drug ring, and a Los Angeles drug dealer. According to the stories, the CIA and its operatives used crack cocaine -- sold via the Los Angeles African-American community -- to raise millions to support the agency's clandestine operations in Central America." Webb, who later a published a book on the subject, eventually lost his job at the paper and then died under mysterious circumstances.

The "Frontline" feature made no claims of proof for Webb's conclusions, but it made no claims of dis-proof either. Certainly, however, such beliefs are held by certain segments of the African-American community. And why not? The so-called "Drug War" itself is considered by many to be a racist enterprise (Jonas, S., "Why the Drug War Will Never End," chap. 7 in Inciardi, J.A., The Drug Legalization Debate, 2nd ed., Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 1999). According to the annual Federal government National Surveys on Drug Use, approximately 75% of illicit drug users are white. It happens that approximately 75% of those imprisoned for illicit-drug-related crimes are not (which contributes greatly to our dubious number one world ranking for persons imprisoned).

Finally, consider the Rev.'s claims (or was it simply a reflection of the belief held in certain segments of the African-American community?) that the Human Immunodeficiency Virus was hatched in a government lab and then purposely spread in the African-American community to produce the AIDS epidemic that exists there, primarily among intravenous drug users.
There is absolutely no scientific evidence to support that claim (and as one of the early developers of the modern understanding of how AIDS spreads I can speak to this one with some personal authority [Jonas, S., "Commentary: Dealing With the Drug Problem." Preventive Medicine, 23, 539-544, 1994]).

It is well-known that the epidemic first appeared in this country among promiscuous gay men. In fact, the same Revs. Falwell and Robertson who trumpeted 9/11 as a "punishment of God" were claiming in the 1980s that the epidemic was God's punishment for the gay lifestyle.  (That claim was implicitly echoed by President Reagan and his Attorney General Ed Meese, the still very active far-rightist, former chair of the Council on National Policy, the far-Right's highly secretive national policy coordinating body.  I don’t recall anyone coming down with the vengeance of God on them for saying what they said.)  However, the spread occurred because such gay men were subject to a wide variety of chronic infectious diseases that compromised their immune systems and made them susceptible to developing AIDS if infected with HIV.

Well, since the 1990s, AIDS has gradually spread among poor intravenous drugs users, white and non-white, who do not have access to sterile routes of injection and thus also contracted chronic infectious diseases. Republican drug policies, too often followed by Democrats too, have made access to sterile injection routes very difficult for such persons. There is no evidence that this was a purposely hatched plot.  However, the "Drug War," does treat the use of the "illicit" addictive drugs (but not the use of the two major addictive drug killers, alcohol and nicotine, which together kill over 50 times as many people annually as the "illicits" do) as crimes, not illnesses.  It has played an important role in the spread of AIDS in the African-American community because by keeping “illicit” drug use illegal, it promotes the use of infected-blood-contaminated needles, which spread AIDS. And then, older African-Americans may remember the "Tuskegee Project," in which older black men known to have syphilis (but they did not) were left purposely untreated by the U.S. Public Health Service (sic) "to see what untreated syphilis looked like."

So, not that Sen. Obama could directly use any of these arguments in dealing with the "Rev. Wright" phenomenon, nor should he, how wrong was Rev. Wright in mentioning such thoughts so obviously in passing? You be the judge. 

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This column is based in part on “Dr. J.'s Commentary: So Was the Reverend Wright Wrong?” published on http://www.buzzflash.com/articles/jonas/107.

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Steven Jonas, MD, MPH is a TPJ contributing author.  He is a Professor of Preventive Medicine at Stony Brook University (NY) and author/co-author of over twenty-five books. Dr. Jonas is one of America's most perceptive Democratic political analysts.  

Dr. Jonas is a Contributing Author for the webmagazine The Political Junkies.net (www.thepoliticaljunkies.net); a Columnist for the webmagazine BuzzFlash (http://www.buzzflash.com); a Special Contributing Editor for Cyrano’s Journal Online (http://www.bestcyrano.org/); a Contributing Columnist for the Project for the Old American Century, POAC (http://www.oldamericancentury.org/); an invited contributor to the weblog The Daily Scare (http://www.dailyscare.com/); and Contributing Editor for the weblog (http://www.planetarymovement.org/, currently inactive). He also has his own weblog, “Dr. J.’s Short Shots, II” (http://drjsshortshots.wordpress.com/).

In his book The New Americanism, Dr. Jonas presents his proposal for that “new vision and mission” for the Democratic Party that so many, for so many years, have been urging it to find.  A new vision and mission are obviously needed with increasing urgency as with increasing speed and determination the Georgites drive our nation towards frank theocratic fascism, and the Democratic Party flounders around in trying, and so far failing, to find an effective voice for the 2008 election.  Dr. Jonas finds the needed vision and mission in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.  "The New Americanism: How the Democratic Party Can Win the Presidency  is available from Amazon.com (go to "Books;" enter the full title) and BarnesandNoble.com (same). 

He is also the author of The 15% Solution: A Political History of American Fascism, 2001-2022.  Under the pseudonym "Jonathan Westminster" this book was originally published in 1996.  It was republished with a New Introduction in 2004.  Under Georgite rule, the “fictional non-fiction” scenario of this work of “future history” is, most unfortunately, becoming all too real.  Now almost day-by-day too many of Dr. Jonas’ predictions are coming true.  Both versions are available at www.amazon.com and www.barnesandnoble.com (go to "Books;" enter the title).  The 2004 edition is also available at www.xlibris.com (click on “Bookstore,” then “Search” with the title). 

 

2008
Apr 29, 2008 “A Game Plan For Obama” 
Apr 24, 2008 “Campaign Games”
Apr 9, 2008   “Why Does Hillary Keep Running?” 
Apr 3, 2008   “Economics One-Uh-Oh: A Preliminary Course Outline”

Mar 26, 2008 Revisited: “A Comment On The "Democratic Alchemy,’ Appearing In The American Prospect” 
Mar 19, 2008 “Sex, Politics, And Policy”
Mar 12, 2008 “Money, Politics, And Policy” 
Mar 5, 2008  “Gentleman Johnny McCain, Part 3.”

Feb 26, 2008 “Gentleman Johnny McCain, Part 2”
Feb 20, 2008 “Gentleman Johnny McCain, Part 1” 
Feb 14, 2008 “The Super Bowl And Aspects Of American Culture.” 
Feb 7, 2008   “The Christianizing Of The Republican Party Party, Part 3”

Jan 31, 2008  "The Christianizing Of The Republican Party, Part 2”
Jan 23, 2008 
“The Permanent Republican Presidency, Part 3: What The Democrats Can Do To Ensure That It Happens” 
Jan 16, 2008 
“The Christianizing Of The Republican Party, I”
Jan 9, 2008    "Presidential Politics: Substance And Process”
Jan 2, 2008    “Mit Romney: Meet Ann Coulter”

2007
Dec 12, 2007  “The Presidential Election, 2008: Democratic Considerations”    
Dec 5, 2007    “The Presidential Election, 2008: Republican Considerations”

Nov 29, 2007   “The Great Republican Comedy Hours, II”
Nov 14,2007    “The Real Meaning Of The “Faith-Based Presidency, Part 2”
                      A Re-run

Nov 8, 2007   "The Real Meaning Of The “Faith-Based Presidency, Part 1”
                      A Re-run


Oct 17, 2007  “Why Torture?”
Oct 10, 2007  “Letter From Germany”
Oct  3, 2007   “Understanding Ann Coulter”

Sep 27, 2007
“The Great Republican Comedy Hours”

Aug 29, 2007
"The Permanent Republican Presidency, Part 3:
                     What The Democrats Can Do To Ensure That It Happens”

Aug 22, 2007
“The Permanent Republican Presidency, Part 2:
                     How They Will Achieve It” 

Aug 16, 2007
“The Permanent Republican Presidency, Part 1: What It Is”
Aug 9, 2007
  “Deranged Or Delusional, Not”
Aug 1, 2007
  “Iraq Exit Strategy Revisited: A New Idea”

Jul 24, 2007  
“The Most Successful American President:
                     George W. Bush, Part 4:  What Do The Democrats Do Now?” 

Jul 17, 2007 
 “The Most Successful American President: George W. Bush, Part 3”
Jul 11, 2007  
“The Most Successful American President:
                     George W. Bush, Part 2: The Constitution”  
 
     

June 27, 2007
“The Most Successful American President: George W. Bush, Part 1”
June 20, 2007
“Doing The Lieberman Jig”
June 13, 2007
Bush Retrospective, IV: George Bush's America”
June 6, 2007 
 “Fatal Addiction”

May 30, 2007
“The Alberto Gonzales Story, Part 2”
May 23, 2007
“The Alberto Gonzales Story, Part 1”
May 16, 2007
“The Politics Of Fear, Part 2:
                      The Democrats Must Go On The Attack; The Democrats Must Go On The Attack???”

May 9, 2007 
"The Politics Of Fear, Part 1: On Rudy Giuliani”
May 2, 2007 
“On The Imus Controversy, Part 2”

April 25, 2007 "
On The Imus Controversy, Part 1” 
April 19, 2007
“‘The Redirection’ By Seymour Hersh, Revisited”
April 11, 2007
“Global Weirding”

Mar 29, 2007 
“The Ideal Republican Presidential Candidate”
Mar 21, 2007 
“The CheneyBush War Policy: Connecting The Dots”
Mar 14, 2007  
“Bush Retrospective, III: On Fascism ---- And The Georgites”
Mar 7, 2007   
“Lessons For The US Fascists From The Nazi German Experience, Part 2"

Feb 27, 2007   “Lessons For The US Fascists From The Nazi German Experience, Part 1”
Feb 21, 2007   
“Less Partisanship? No.  More.”
Feb 14, 2007  
“The Iran War: The Top Ten Questions And Talking With God” 
Feb 7,2007      “On George Bush And Religion, II, Redux”

Jan 31, 2007     “The Iraq War And The One In Spain:
                                      Similarities That Are Ignored At Our Peril”

Jan 17, 2007    
“On George Bush And Religion I, Redux, Part 2”
Jan 11, 2007    
“On George Bush And Religion I, Redux, Part 1”
Jan 4, 2007      "The 'I' Word"

2006
Dec 14, 2006   
“Exiting IRAQ, The Georgite Way, Revisited”

Nov 30, 2006     
“‘Are The Democrats Going To Blow It?’
                        That All Depends Upon what The 'IT' Is
 

Nov 16, 2006     "On Republican IRAQ Policy And Why No Grand Theft Election
                        (They're Related)

Nov 12, 2006     
"Democratic Ideas: Post-Election 2006”
Nov 2, 2006       
“The US Enabling Act, 2006, Part II: Why Bush Wanted It”

Oct 26, 2006       "The US Enabling Act, 2006, Part I: What It Is And Some Comparative History”
Oct 12,2006        "
Democratic Ideas, XIV: Attack On Defense Revisited”
Oct 5, 2006       
“Iran Nukes, Revisited" (Expanded Edition)

Sept 28, 2006     "Democratic Ideas, XIII: Controlling The Agenda”
Sept 21, 2006      Reran article dated October 14, 2004
“GEORGE BUSH’S AMERICA”
Sept 14, 2006    
"Democratic Ideas, XII: Focusing On The Constitution"
Sept 7, 2006      
"Let's Hear It For Strict Constructionism,” V. 3, Part 3"

Aug 16, 2006      "Let's Hear It For Strict Constructionism, V. 3, Part 2"
Aug 10, 2006      The Dick Durbin Disaster - reran
Aug 3, 2006     
  Democratic Ideas, IX:, "Let's Hear It For Strict Construction (V. 3), Part 1" 

Jul 27, 2006        “What's It All About, Alfie?”
Jul 19, 2006        
"Democratic Ideas, VIII: Let's Play Capture The Flag"
Jul 13, 2006        
"Ann Coulter: The New Face Of The Republican Party"
Jul 6,2006          
"Ideas For Democrats, VII: Bipartisanship On Iraq"

Jun 29, 2006       "Ideas For Democrats, VI: Attack On Defense, II”
Jun 22, 2006       "Ideas For Democrats, V: Attack On Defense"
 
Jun 15, 2006      
"Ideas For Democrats, IV: The Ten Commitments, Re-visited”
Jun 8, 2006        
"Ideas For Democrats, III: Dealing The DLC”
Jun 1, 2006        
"Ideas For Democrats, II: Why Don't The Democrats?” 

May 25, 2006      
"Ideas For Democrats, I: The Vision”
May 18, 2006     
 "On Conspiracy Theories"
May 11, 2006      
"The Significance Of The Tony Snow Job”*
May 3, 2006        
"Bush Is Not Hitler, II"

April 25, 2006      
"Bush Is Not Hitler, I”
April 20, 2006       "
Some Thoughts On The 'Immigration Problem'"
April 13, 2006      
“The Georgite State Of The Union Address Revited"
April 6, 2006         "A Firebell In The Night:  The So-Called 'Gay Marriage' Amendment, II"
April 2, 2006        
"A Fireball In The Night:                        
                            The So-Called ‘Gay Marriage’ Amendment, I


Feb 22, 2006        
“The German Reichstag Fire of 1933 and 9/11: Some Comparisons. A Revisit,
                              Part II” 

Feb 16, 2006        
“The German Reichstag Fire Of 1933 And 9/11: Some
                            Comparisons.  A Revisit, Part1"
 

Feb 9, 2006           "
A Comment On The Democratic Alchemy,’
    
                        Appearing In The American Prospect”         

Feb 2, 2006          
"Vengeance Is Mine, Saith The LORD"

Jan 26, 2006          "George Bush And The Doctrine Of Original Intent"       
Jan 19, 2006         
"Let's Hear It For Original Intent (Version 2)"
Jan 12, 2006         
"A Quick Visit To Mexico"
Jan 5, 2006            
"Why The Patriot Act, Redux: Fascism In The Here And Now, Cont." 

2005
Dec 22, 2005          "Why The Patriot Act, Redux: Fascism In The Here And Now"
Dec 15, 2005         
"An Iraq Exit Proposal"
Dec 10, 2005         
“Exiting Iraq, The Georgite Way"
Dec 1, 2005            "
The Future Of The Democratic Party, VIII:
                              A Politically Viable Progressive Position On The War"
 

Nov 25, 2005            “The Future Of The Democratic Party, VII: ‘The Ten Commitments’”
Nov 17, 2005            "
The Future Of The Democratic Party, VI: An Organizing Proposal For Progressives” 
Nov 10, 2005           
“The Future Of The Democratic Party, V:
                               There Is No Middle Ground"

Nov 3, 2005             
“On The (Possible) Indictments.”

Oct 27, 2005            “The Future of the Democratic Party, IV:
                                Bush, Bennett, Miers, and the DLC.” 

Oct 20, 2005           
“The Future Of The Democratic Party, III:
                                First Thoughts On Dealing With The DLC.”

Oct 13, 2005           
“The Future Of The Democratic Party, II: On The Republicans” 
Oct 6,  2005            
“The Future Of The Democratic Party, I”

Sept 29, 2005          "The Bush Flood, And The Georgites: New Orleans, III"
Sept 22, 2005         
"On The Great New Orleans Flood Of 2005, II"
Sept 15, 2005
          "On The Great New Orleans Bush Flood Of 2005, I"

Sept 8, 2005           
"Let's Hear It For Original Intent"
Sept 1, 2005           
"An Iraq Solution"

Aug 25,2005             "Some Thoughts On The Atomic Bombing Of Japan"
Aug 18, 2005           
"Why God Sent Us George W. Bush" 
Aug 12, 2005           
"John Bolton And The Nuclear Option II"
Aug 5, 2005             
"The Significance Of The Karl Rove Speech"

July 28, 2005             “Iran Nukes, Revisited"
                                 (Expanded Edition)

July 21, 2005            
“Iran Nukes, Revisited"
July 14, 2005            
"The Dick Durbin Disaster" A Follow Up
July 7, 2005               "
The Dick Durban Disaster"

June 23, 2005            "Why All Of This Repression Abroad?"
June 16, 2005          
 Not Very Intelligent Design"
June 8,2005              "Pat Buchanan's "What If, "III?"
June 2, 2005             "
Pat Buchanan's 'What If,' II?"

May 26, 2005            "Pat Buchanan's 'What If?'"
May 18, 2005            "
The Schiavo Case, V: The Attack On Science" 
May 12, 2005           
“Possible Explanations For Bush-Behavior On And Around 9/11"
May 5, 2005              "Bill Frist's Declaration Of War"

April 28, 2005            "The Schiavo Case, IV: The Definitions Of Life And Death"
April 24, 2005            "The Schiavo Case, III: Further Legal Considerations And Their Political Implications"
April 14, 2005           
“The Schiavo Case, II: William Bennett And The Beginning Of The End Of The Separation Of Powers"
April 7, 2005
              "The Schiavo Case And The Locus Of The 'Police Power'"

March 31, 2005           “John Bolton And The Nuclear Option"
March 22, 2005            Of "Moolahs," Putin and Bush
March 17, 2005           
Georgite "Freedom And Democracy"
March 10, 2005            "We Won't Have To Worry Any More"
March  3, 2005             "Iranian Nukes"

February 24, 2005        "Going Nuclear In Iran"
February 16, 2005       
“The Georgite Social Security Scam: Bases For Suspicion”
February 10, 2005        “The Georgite Version of ‘Freedom and Democracy’ ”

                                   “The Coming 2nd Civil War (Unless),” No. 6

Feb 3, 2005                  “WMD Discovered --- In Washington”

Jan 27, 2005                 “Comparing George W. Bush And Adolf Hitler”
Jan 18, 2005
                 “The Bush Second Inaugural: A Preview” “The Coming 2nd Civil War
                                    (Unless),” No. 5 

Jan 13, 2005
                 “The Georgite Concept of Constitutionalism and the Rule of Law”
Jan 6, 2005
                   “The ‘Unless’ Of The ‘Coming Second Civil War’ Series; Part II”  

2004
Dec 30, 2004
                 “The ‘Unless’ of the ‘Coming Second Civil War’ Series, Part I” 
Dec 23, 2004
                 “The Real Meaning Of The ‘Faith-Based Presidency;’ Part II”
Dec 15, 2004
                 “The Coming Second Civil War (Unless)” 
Dec 9, 2004
                   “The Real Meaning Of The ‘Faith-Based Presidency’ ”      

Oct 28, 2004                 Why The Patriot Act?”
Oct. 21, 2004
                “The Cheneys’ Daughter Flap”
Oct 14, 2004
                 “George Bush’s America” 
Oct 7, 2004
                   “The Debate” 

Sept 30, 2004                “Four 800 Lb. Gorillas In The Campaign Room” 
Sept 23, 2004               "Fixing The Kerry Campaign, 9/15/2004"
Sept 16, 2004               "Lessons From Japan.  Part II: Successful Occupations"
Sept 9, 2004                 "Thoughts On the Third Anniversary of the Tragedy of 9/11/2001"
Sept 2, 2004                 "Lessons From Japan, Part 1"

August 26,2004             “Dealing with the Republican National Convention and Related
                                     Issues”

August 18, 2004            "The Best Of Dr. Jonas"
August 12, 2004             “Some Thoughts For and About The Kerry Campaign, VI”
August 5,2004                “Some Thoughts For and About The Kerry Campaign, V”

July 29, 2004                “Some Thoughts For and About The Kerry Campaign, IV”
July 22, 2004                “Some Thoughts For and About The Kerry Campaign III”              
July 15, 2004                “Some Thoughts For And About The Kerry Campaign II”
July 7, 2004                  “Some Thoughts For And About The Kerry Campaign,I”
July 1, 2004                  “Counsel To The President”
June 24, 2004               “ ’You Know me Al:’ On the German Reichstag Fire of Feb. 27, 1933
                                     and the 9/11/01 Bombing of the World Trade Center, Part II”

June 17, 2004               “ ‘The Ralph Nader Problem’ --- A Re-run plus”
June 10, 2004               “Ronald Reagan’s Legacy”
June 3, 2004                 “’You Know Me Al:’ On The Reichstag Fire Of Feb. 27, 1933 And The
                                      9/11/01 Bombing Of The World Trade Center, Part I”

May 27, 2004                “On Fascism -- And The Georgites”
May 20, 2004                “On John Ashcroft -- And Jefferson Davis”
May 13, 2004                “Karl Rove’s Personal Political Notebook”
May 6, 2004                  “Possible Explanations For Bush Behavior And 9/11” 

April 29, 2004               “On George Bush and Religion, Part 2
April 22, 2004               “What Condi Rice Might Have Said”
April 8, 2004                 “On George Bush And Religion”
April 1, 2004                 “Some Political Thoughts For Senator Kerry”  

March 25, 2004              “Brief Essays”
March 16, 2004             “You Know Me Al: The Iraq War --- So What Was It About, Anyway?
March 11, 2004             “A Word (Or Two) On Ralph Nader”
March 4, 2004               “A Firebell In The Night” 

February 27, 2004        “On Doctor Dean”


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