Positive Universe Abstracts

Allentown Morning Call, PA
The press was barred from the 1787 Constitutional Convention so that the contentious delegates could speak freely. However, James Madison’s notes on the debates are a valuable source for our founding origins as a nation. And, in the Federalist Papers, Madison — urging the new Americans to vote to ratify the proposed [...]

Scoop.co.nz (press release), New Zealand
Wednesday, 1 February 2006, 3:14 pm
Press Release: School of the Americas Watch
Seventeen Sentenced to Prison as Trials Continue for Human Rights Advocates
81-year-old WWII Veteran among 32 Charged in Columbus, Georgia
COLUMBUS, GA – The week after a military jury in Colorado decided not to jail an Army interrogator even after they found [...]

Mother Jones, CA
COMMENTARY: We’re endlessly told it is, but something essential is missing.
By James Carroll
This article first appeared in The Boston Globe.
State of the Union, state of war: They have a nice ring. When George W. Bush goes before the Congress and the nation tomorrow night, he will present himself (again) as a war president. Personally [...]

OfficialWire
Editorial/Op-Ed
by William McGinnis
ALEXANDRIA, VA — (OfficialWire) — 01/29/06 — The Bush Machine will obviously not want to do this, because the more the Public finds out about Samuel Alito’s enthusiastic support of the dangerous “Unitary Executive Theory,” the more they will oppose him. The Public would never accept the Unitary Executive Theory as Law if [...]

Bush overreaches presidential prerogative
Seattle Post Intelligencer
By HELEN THOMAS
HEARST NEWSPAPERS
WASHINGTON — We are now learning what President Bush considers to be the limits of his power — nothing.
In recent public appearances, Bush defended his program of domestic spying without court approval, citing the inherent war powers of the presidency under the U.S. Constitution. He points to [...]

CounterPunch
By NOAM CHOMSKY
“Terror” is a term that rightly arouses strong emotions and deep concerns. The primary concern should, naturally, be to take measures to alleviate the threat, which has been severe in the past, and will be even more so in the future. To proceed in a serious way, we have to establish some guidelines. [...]

Amnesty International USA
January 25, 2006
The Honorable George W. Bush
President of the United States
The White House
Washington, DC 20500
Dear Mr. President:
I write in advance of your State of the Union Address to urge you to speak to the issue of US involvement in torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment. As the evidence of US complicity [...]