Guest guest Posted July 29, 2005 Report Share Posted July 29, 2005 " AlterNet Headlines " <alternetheadlines A CAFTA: Democracy Sold Out | The Media's Roving Eye Fri, 29 Jul 2005 03:00:00 -0700 Top Stories from AlterNet for July 29, 2005 http://www.alternet.org/ ___________ CAFTA: DEMOCRACY SOLD OUT Deborah James, AlterNet The trade bill was approved by a razor-thin margin, and it's sparking dramatic protests -- and progressives' ire. Did it pass on merit, or pork barrel politics? http://www.alternet.org/story/23788/ THE MEDIA'S ROVING EYE Tom Engelhardt, Tomdispatch.com Connect some recent media 'dots' to a few forgotten ones and you have framework for understanding the Plame case. http://www.alternet.org/story/23790/ MANNERS AND MORONS Molly Ivins, AlterNet The White House is shielding Roberts' public record, and now he's conveniently 'forgotten' his involvement with the ultra-right-wing Federalist Society. http://www.alternet.org/story/23784/ UZBEKISTAN'S WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY Anora Mahmudova, openDemocracy.net Islam Karimov's regime is using every weapon to maintain dictatorial power, but Uzbekistan's secular opposition leader Muhammad Solih claims that change is coming. http://www.alternet.org/story/23745/ A SUPER STRAIGHT GUY Amy Schiller and Elana Berkowitz, Campus Progress The Daily Show's Stephen Colbert talks about mocking our nation's foibles, meeting Bill Clinton, and making everything stupider. http://www.alternet.org/story/23524/ CAUSE AND DEFECT Jamal Dajani, Pacific News Service An exploration of the faulty rationale that because 9/11 happened before the invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan, there is no cause-and-effect relationship between the London bombings, the war in Iraq and foreign troops in Afghanistan. http://www.alternet.org/story/23794/ YOUTH, LOVE AND VIOLENCE Tiare Rath, Women's eNews A recent study found that 57 percent of teenagers had a friend in an abusive relationship. Now, Congress considers spending $15 million annually on a problem that goes far beyond immaturity. http://www.alternet.org/wiretap/23783/ ___________ *** Check out what's new in PEEK, the best of the blogs! -->> The truth about Rove and Miller: http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/23776/ *** And in THE MIX, AlterNet's staff blog! -->> Where have all the student loans gone? http://www.alternet.org/blogs/themix/23768/ ___________ ========================== Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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