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The Agenda #22
Summer 2008


Politics

Langevin Responds on Iran

28 July 08 (Blog)

Rod Driver supplies this reply to his open letter to Rep. Langevin: Nearly four weeks after I sent 10 questions about HCR 362 to Rep. James Langevin, I still have no answer. However Eileen Sadasiv has sent me a copy of a letter she got from Langevin on Iran and…

Langevin and Kennedy can't explain why they supported bill

26 July 08 (Blog)

Rod Driver, inveterate thorn in the buttocks of the corpus politicus status quo, sent some questions to U.S. Representative Jim Langevin by email, by fax and by certified snail mail on July 3. As of this writing, he hasn’t “yet received even the ‘I-appreciate-hearing-from-you’ form letter.” The letter below was published in…

Close Guantanamo in 120 Days

23 May 07 (Blog)

Senator Tom Harkin of Iowa has just introduced a bill which the ACLU describes as “an excellent, comprehensive solution to close the Guantanamo prison and end indefinite detention by requiring the government to get its act together and finally charge anyone alleged to have committed a crime.” If you like being…

Politics

The Body Politic

10 January 07 (Issue #21)

Post-Election AutopsyArmed with plenty of correction fluid (available in tall shiny red cans for $2 and up at fine dives everywhere), Agenda editors reveled as Democratic asses kicked GOP butt, sending the pachyderms packing. Team Blue gained six Governorships, 29 House seats, and six Senate seats across the nation. While…

A Spirited Left

16 December 06 (Issue #21)

by Riana Good As an admitted unsure seeker, I belong to a minority.In a country where more people believe in angels than in evolution, embracing religion is difficult for me. On the one hand, the politically progressive, activist community in which I participate tends to shun most things religious.…