Why Do France and Germany support Saddam?

According to French President Jacques Chirac, the United States is little more than a bully on the world stage, determined to intimidate all who fail to see the need to disarm Saddam Hussein. But we have nothing on Chirac, who can bully with the best of them when...

Why I Hope the UN Votes NO On War

The best thing that could happen would be for the U.N. to reject the American/British resolution for declaring war on Iraq — provided that the U.S. follows through with war and successfully destroys Saddam Hussein and everyone associated with his regime. The...

Terrorist Professors in the United States

“It was quiet in [Cooper Hall] 464 Thursday night,” noted the student newspaper, “where [Sameeh] Hammoudeh’s 6 p.m. Arabic IV class was scheduled to meet. Two students who hadn’t heard of his arrest came to class, and a substitute was...

Researching Stocks: The Shaw Group (Updated)

A friend whose judgment you trust tells you about an interesting stock. Or you read a newspaper article about an intriguing business, or run across one at work or at the mall. Or your dentist tells you that there’s this company that makes a terrific new drill....

The Voice of the People in Philadelphia

The Penn’s Landing redevelopment issue in Philadelphia raises an interesting and concrete example of the relationship between government and public property development and improvement. We would all like to see something beautiful and valuable happen on the...

Justice for Mumia Abu-Jamal–Execute Him

Writing from death row, ex-Black Panther minister of information Mumia Abu-Jamal, convicted murderer of 25-year-old Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner, states that America’s impending war in Iraq is simply a case of white capitalists killing for oil:...