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TERRORISTS, THE INDISPENSABLE ENEMY...
...And Other Observations From Our Roving Critic
by Publicus
  "As long as Democrats march in lockstep on the war, they will not be able
to gain any traction on any of the issues that they are praying will
damage the GOP's chances this November."
http://www.tompaine.com/feature.cfm/ID/5829


WHY THE 'FRIENDLY SKIES'?
The Auto-Air Age Pollutes Skyways And Clogs Roadways
by Jane Holtz Kay
  The four freedoms of flight: freedom to fill the skies with noisy
aircraft. Freedom to seize our nail clippers. Freedom to pollute the
airways. And freedom to support sprawl-breeding, habitat-wrecking
airports.
http://www.tompaine.com/feature.cfm/ID/5802


Dispatch: New Jersey
'A' IS FOR ADVERTISING
Pushing Products To Schoolkids
by Rebecca Rojer
  "We're not only handed free logo book covers and textbooks with ads, but
we even watch drug company-sponsored health films."
http://www.tompaine.com/feature.cfm/ID/5825


Dispatch:
Hoover Dam
WATER WARS IN THE AMERICAN WEST
While Warriors Celebrate, Others Voice Worries
by Shepherd Bliss
  The dam drowned out thousands of miles of rivers, degrading healthy
watersheds and ecosystems, pressing them into the service of humans.
Development and agribusiness prevailed over wildlife and native peoples.
http://www.tompaine.com/feature.cfm/ID/5831


Trigger Issue:
THE WORLD'S GUN DUMP
China, Japan And Brazil Export To Us The Guns Prohibited At Home
by Tom Diaz
  The eruption of Chinese imports in the U.S. of paramilitary rifles caused
one of the greatest single escalations of civilian firearms lethality in
the history of the United States.
http://www.tompaine.com/feature.cfm/ID/5786


THE FASTEST WAY TO A BISHOP'S EAR IS THROUGH HIS PURSE STRINGS
A Lesson Equally Applicable To Politicians And CEOs
by Michael Ryan
  "People are simply refusing to be dictated to by self-appointed autocrats
who demand their obedience -- and their money -- without accountability
and without responsibility."
http://www.tompaine.com/feature.cfm/ID/5823



And from our CHECK IT OUT! department:


MASSACRE IN MAZAR?

A documentary film, "Massacre in Mazar", by Irish director Jamie Doran, is
currently being shown in capitals around Europe. The film alleges that
American troops collaborated in the torture and killing of thousands of
captured Taliban troops near the town of Mazar-i-Shariff, following the
fall of the city of Kunduz in November of 2001.

The film has been shown around Europe, first in Berlin, where it was
viewed by members of the German parliament on June 12. Andrew McEntee, a
leading human rights lawyer and former chairman of Amnesty International,
who was present at the Berlin screening of the film, has stated that there
is "clear prima facie evidence of serious war crimes committed not just
under international law, but also under the laws of the United States
itself."

The Pentagon issued a statement on June 13 denying the allegations of U.S.
complicity, and the State Department followed suit with a similar
statement on June 14. None of the major U.S. dailies -- The New York
Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune -- have made
any mention of the allegations or the existence of the film. Meanwhile,
major newspapers in Europe -- The Guardian in England, Le Monde in France,
Suddeustsche and Die Welt in Germany -- have all carried numerous stories
reporting on the massacre.

CHECK IT OUT!
http://www.tompaine.com/check_it_out/


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