Positive Universe Abstracts

Dear Colleagues (m):

On Sunday, April 9th, the incoming editors of the Bilingual Research Journal (BRJ) (Co-Editors Dr. Terrence G. Wiley and Dr. Alfredo J. Artiles of Arizona State University, and Dr. Wayne E. Wright, Book Review Editor, of the University of Texas, San Antonio) received notice from NABE Board President, Pedro Ruiz, that “The NABE [...]

Times Online, UK Robert Skidelsky (h)

As our leaders soften us up for a new war, the arguments we can’t afford to ignore

As part of the softening-up come the justifications, as false as the ones that preceded the Iraq war, but more disgraceful second time round. Here are the counter-arguments.

First, it needs to be trumpeted that a [...]

Reuters Sun Apr 23, 2006 11:31pm ET INTERNATIONAL NEWS (l) By Benjamin Kang Lim

BEIJING (Reuters) - A Tibetan youth considered by rights groups to be the world’s youngest political prisoner turns 17 on Tuesday, 11 years after disappearing from public view when he was named the Himalayan region’s second-ranking religious figure.

The whereabouts of Gendun Choekyi Nyima — who [...]

Media Monitors Network, CA by Sheila Samples

“It is about Rumsfeld “disappearing” the nearly 2,400 dead servicemembers who continue to return in the dead of night without honor. It is about 35 families who will drop to their knees tonight and pray for the safety of their children, not knowing they are already dead. It is about [...]

Wilmington Morning Star, NC

When Donald Rumsfeld was 10, his operating principle, as described by his dad, was: “If it doesn’t go easy, force it.” Not much has changed in the last 63 years. Goodness, gracious! Will that dadburn Rummy ever follow any of his own rules?

Rumsfeld’s Rules offer many wise axioms that Washington’s most famous [...]

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Please forward widely! In just eight days people from across the U.S. will converge on New York City for the April 29 March [...]

via truthout.org By Matthew Barakat The Associated Press (h) Friday 21 April 2006

Alexandria, Va. - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice leaked national defense information to a pro-Israel lobbyist in the same manner that landed a lower-level Pentagon official a 12-year prison sentence, the lobbyist’s lawyer said Friday.

Prosecutors Disputed the Claim

The allegations against Rice came as a federal judge [...]