#80 March/April 2006
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TOP STORIES

Viaduct Solution
Let's just get rid of the Seattle Viaduct, build a nice park, and become less car-dependent
by Nate Cole-Daum and Cary Moon

The Propagandist
Montana's Paul Vallely on the Shape of Wars to Come
by Paul Peters

Time to Turn Off Sesame Street?
Most parents are still unaware of the dangers of TV for small kids
from TV Turnoff Network

WARTIME POLITICS

How You--Yes You--Can End the War
by David Swanson

Becoming "Good Americans"
Are we getting strangely similar to the "Good Germans" of the Nazi era?
by Fred Branfman, cartoon by David Logan

Time to Ask Tough Questions
Why isn't the mainstream media screaming about Bush administration transgressions?
opinion and cartoon by Andrew Wahl

A Nation Above the Law
The inability of Congress to hold Bush accountable is the nation's key weakness
opinion by Tom Krebsbach, cartoon by David Logan

FREE THOUGHTS

Hey Metro Bus!
Do bus companies want to get more riders? Here's how they could
by Doug Collins

Truth for the Youth
The military is not the only way to get a college education
by Jesse Lancaster, cartoon by George Jartos

READER MAIL
Unnecessary dental work; Support Bush inquiry; Let's go Gandhi; God's Will be With You

Appreciating the Bitter, part 2
Please don't ease my pain
by Doug Collins, cartoon by John Ambrosavage

MEDIA

I Saw the News Today, Oh Boy!
I'll stick with reading my newspaper, thank you
by Todd Huffman, MD

MEDIA BEAT by Norman Solomon
The unreal death of journalism
cartoon by George Jartos

CONTACTS/ACTIVISM

NORTHWEST NEIGHBORS
contact list of subscribers who like to talk with you

DO SOMETHING! CALENDAR
Northwest activist events

PROGRESSIVE NEWS

NORTHWEST & BEYOND compiled by Sharlynn Cobaugh
Labor healthcare campaign; The BC Olympics and the Spotted Owl; MLK and Trident Submarines; Revitalizing railroads

TRASH TALK by Dave & Lillian Brummet
Garden cardboard; Second-life shower curtains; Book donations; Happy Earth Day!
cartoon by John Jonik

WHAT THEY SAID

A Brief Review of Quotes Related to Hurricane Katrina
compiled by Karl Hennum

NOTABLE QUOTES forwarded by Some of the Above News
Propaganda from the propagandist viewpoint

RIGHT BRAIN

Buy The Sonics
Crazy world needs crazy solutions for Seattle's basketball arena
by Jeremy King

A Musical Friend
personal account by Emily Esposito

THE WANDERINGS AND THOUGHTS OF KIP KELLOGG, #5 by Vincent Spada

PUMPKIN EDDIE'S LIGHTNING POEMS by Vincent Spada
What is day without night?

A Slow Day
poem by Jesse Lancaster

The Year of the Coelacanth
A new animal for the zodiac
from shadowy figures at Ascent to Dissent

BOOKS

BOOK REVIEW: Poets on the Peaks
Kerouac and fellow literati in the North Cascades
review by Bob Pavlik

BOOK NOTICE: Boiling Frogs
Computer company terrorizes New Mexico village
from the publisher

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