Re: [PEN-L] Jules Archer

2005-03-04 Thread Devine, James
Who was he? Jim Devine, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: http://myweb.lmu.edu/jdevine/ > -Original Message- > From: PEN-L list [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Michael Perelman > Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 6:35 PM > To: PEN-L@SUS.CSUCHICO.EDU > Subject: Re: [PEN-L] Jules Archer

Re: [PEN-L] Jules Archer

2005-03-04 Thread Devine, James
I was just testing to see if pen-l was working today. There's info on Archer at http://coat.ncf.ca/our_magazine/links/53/archer.html (a Canadian magazine). Jim Devine, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: http://myweb.lmu.edu/jdevine/ > -Original Message- > From: Michael Perelman [mailto:[EMA

[PEN-L] The Coast of Bohemia

2005-03-04 Thread Michael Hoover
The Coast of Bohemia By Jay Walljasper, Ode Posted on March 3, 2005, Printed on March 4, 2005 http://www.alternet.org/story/21395/ John Reed, the definitive American bohemian of the 20th century, was described as a "Romantic Revolutionary" in the title of a definitive biography about his life. H

[PEN-L] Mild Thing

2005-03-04 Thread Michael Hoover
Mild thing Ex-Sex Pistol Glen Matlock says something should be done about all the swearing on TV. But is this a sign of rebellious rockers becoming dull, asks Paul Morley, or that dull people are ripping off rebellion? Paul Morley Wednesday March 02 2005 The Guardian This Sunday, Glen Matlock wi

[PEN-L] Excellent piece on Chechnya

2005-03-04 Thread Chris Doss
This is only a snippet of the whole 28K thing, which went out on JRL. It's not in the JRL archives yet, and you can't see it on ceip's website, so if anybody wants to see the whole excellent piece, let me know! Thank God for people like Lieven. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace www.ceip.o

[PEN-L] 42 Senators Address Bush on Social Security

2005-03-04 Thread Charles Brown
42 Senators Address Bush on Social Security t r u t h o u t | Report Friday 04 March 2005 Washington, D.C. - U. S. Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid released the following letter sent to President Bush and signed by 42 Democratic Senators. Marc

[PEN-L] Police stops, race, crime rates, arrest rates

2005-03-04 Thread Bill Lear
Suppose we have 100 people, 90 white, 10 black, and the following stats: 5 blacks commit crime 4 are arrested black arrest rate is 80% of black crimes, 40% of black population "true" black crime rate is 50% of black population, 5% of total population police search 50% of black motorists without ca

Re: [PEN-L] 42 Senators Address Bush on Social Security

2005-03-04 Thread tom walker
> and it > appears that most Americans agree with us. Idiots. Or maybe I should say IT APPEARS THAT 42 Democratic senators are idiots. And most Americans agree with me. __ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca

[PEN-L] American Workers: Smarter but Poorer

2005-03-04 Thread Yoshie Furuhashi
"American Workers: Smarter but Poorer": (Despite the neoliberal boomlet (the so-called "New Economy") of the 1990s, real hourly earnings are still lower than the peak of the mid-1970s. Whose fault is that? If you ask technocrats, the culprits are the working class themselves -- especially students

Re: [PEN-L] college dropout condemns US education

2005-03-04 Thread Eubulides
[Some of the local feedback BG has gotten.] http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/PrintStory.pl?document_id=200219642 2&zsection_id=2002111777&slug=gates04m&date=20050304 Friday, March 04, 2005, 12:00 a.m. Pacific Legislators smarting over Gates' education

[PEN-L] Homeland Pork

2005-03-04 Thread Eubulides
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8454-2005Mar4.html Probe of Security Contracts Sought Some Post-9/11 Awards Given Without Bids to Native Alaskans By Scott Higham and Robert O'Harrow Jr. Washington Post Staff Writers Saturday, March 5, 2005; Page A04 Federal lawmakers yesterday call