Q. Every time there is a terror alert communities spend millions of dollars for additional security. Who pays these costs? Is the money taken from...
Q. The major broadcast networks were criticized for their very limited coverage of the Democratic National Convention. Could they respond by giving much more airtime...
Q. Wasn’t the National Guard originally the state militia under state control? Today there are over 100,000 National Guard currently deployed in military conflicts around...
Q. Why are we stuck at 435 members of the US House? Are we less represented than the Founders intended? Answer: Let’s be clear. The...
Q. The Supreme Court has allowed the words “under God” to continue to be included in the Pledge of Allegiance. Could you give me some...
Q. My friend says he’s going to wait to vote until late in the day on November 2nd. By then the media will have started...
Q. Whatever happened to welfare reform? In 1996, after an extensive and heated debate, Congress voted to dramatically change our welfare system. Since then the...
Q. We hear a lot about Medicare but relatively little about Medicaid, the federal health insurance program for low-income families. Yet Medicaid actually covers more...
Q. In the first presidential debate, President Bush declared that we are about to deploy an anti-ballistic missile system. I thought that idea had proved...
Q. The Nation recently declared the Justice Department is batting “0 for 5000” in convicting those arrested for terrorist activities. But the U.S. Department of...
Q. Who is to blame for the flu vaccine crisis? Or should we view it as one of those unanticipated and unforeseen events that disrupt...
Q. George W. Bush’s web site insists that the economy is “strong and getting stronger,” that during his term unemployment has fallen, labor productivity has...
Q. I’m worried. I’m seeing more and more stories about ballot box snafus and voter registration lawsuits. Is this election going to be fair? Could...
Reaping What We Have Sown by David Morris Originally published in Alternet, May 4, 2004 Who is behind global Islamic terrorism? A new book by...
O Canada; Oy Vey United States by David Morris Originally published in Alternet, April 12, 2004 Four years ago Steven Pearlstein of the Washington Post...