"Sharon's determination to act unilaterally means that, as a matter of design, there is to be no Palestinian counterpart with whom to implement the initiative."

"Oct. 17, 2004 was an historic day for Labor. The Million Worker March (MWM) brought a progressive blueprint for change to Washington, D.C. In front of the Lincoln Memorial, the organizers’ central message rang out loud and clear: “The Labor Movement will follow its own independent agenda to restore America!” They also blasted the AFC-CIO’s boss, John Sweeney, and his cronies, for boycotting the event."

"The world-view of Sharon, which at first appears so realistic, is the very opposite of realism. It is a view that will lead us to disaster."

"It now appears that The United Nations had cut a deal that allowed the Serbs to obliterate the entire male population of a major Southern European town."

"...both presidential candidates speak of continuing this discretionary war as a long-term proposition."

"Apart from the assaults on family through the disrespect of marriage and the mockery of family values, we witness the manufacture and wide spread consumption of alcoholic beverages, drugs, (illicit or "legal") pornography, violent games, decadent cinematic and media productions; while at the same time a systematic attack against values and principles that are the life blood of any progressive and truly civilized society."

"While 50 days is too early to make a judgment, at this stage Shaukat is certainly trying to make his rhetoric match his deeds, we will keep watching over his shoulder to see whether he will keep to it."

"The notion that the United States has some special expertise in nation building, some unique gift and exceptional ability to bestow the “blessings of democracy” on others, stems in no small part from the mythology of the U.S. war in the Philippines."