The U. S. Constitution guarantees the right to express dissenting opinions, right? Not without consequences. As several activists have discovered, people in our federal government consider dissenters and terrorists an equal threat to national security.

No-Fly Blacklist

Check out the interesting article contrasting science fiction with science fact.

Attack of the Mutant Myth-Killers

The New Feminine Cool

Finally, journalists are beginning to question the "cost" of a war with Iraq. Why haven't we been discussing this issue from the beginning?

Economic Cost
Potential Casualties

Did I read that correctly? 2,000-50,000 civilian casualties?! And people wonder why I'm so opposed to war. However, as the following journalist points out, I'm not supposed to worry about the reasons behind a war with Iraq. I need to leave foreign policy decisions to those in the White House.

Ours is Not to Reason

The only people who aren't capable of reason are those sitting in the White House.

Required reading:

Free Speech 101

The Rise of the American Empire

A "regime change" in Iraq was discussed before President Bush, Jr came to power? Now does that really surprise anyone?

Required reading:

Regime Change
Rebuilding America's Defenses
Bush's Bold Gambit
Costs of Imperial Adventurism

Through the careful analysis of a rhetor's lifework, it is sometimes possible to discover a "rhetorical imprint"--a constant, underlying pattern of distinctive verbal characteristics that supports the content of numerous speeches and articles in different contexts. A rhetorical imprint is archetypal in the sense that it is the basic model for the whole rhetorical production of an individual. It is an indelible stamp that manifests itself, to some degree, in each piece of work a person creates.

Carl Burgchardt