FIRST THING LETS DO…

April 09, 2002 - Attorney General John Ashcroft has harvested the first fruits of the crop of weeds he sowed in the frantic days following the September 11th awakening of America. He has secured the indictment of an Attorney for the content of her communications with her client. That the client is a despicable and indefensible international criminal serving life plus 65 years for his role in the 1963 bombing of the World Trade Center gives me little comfort as I speak to a convicted client of lesser notoriety. I was appointed to represent him on a post-judgment petition. I am required to go and sit with him at the jail and interview him in order to determine if there is any basis for his claims. Must I warn my client that our conversation may be monitored?....click here for entire article

IT IS THE OIL, STUPID!

April 1, 2002 -There was a time when it was about coal. That flammable rock sent trains across the continents and ships across the sea. The fleets that defeated Japan and brought American divisions to North Africa and Europe ran on coal but the planes and tanks that ended the war were powered by oil. . By the time of Vietnam our armies abroad and our economy at home were all dependent on oil. Trains and truck, ships and planes are all powered by the energy extracted from oil. Since World War II and Korea American foreign policy has been fueled by that essential commodity. Without oil we see the nation grind to a halt. Without oil our armies grind to a halt. It happened in 1973 when the Arab nations deprived the US of access their oil. There simply was not enough to fuel the war machine in Vietnam and the economic engines at home without free flowing Arabian oil. Our cars had to stop so that combat could proceed when the Arabs turned off the tap.....click here for entire article