Monthly Archives: September 2008

To Save Main Street Bush and Cheney Must Resign

George Bush and Dick Cheney must resign. They have said that the economy is in grave danger and that we could be headed for another 1930′s-like depression if the U.S. Congress does not pass a $700 billion bailout bill, but … Continue reading

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Letter to Bill Keller of New York Times

To: Mr. Bill Keller Executive Editor New York Times Dear Editor, I write to you out of a deep sense of alarm about the declining state of our political dialogue and to remind you of the pivotal role that you, … Continue reading

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To Be or Not to Be: Ralph Nader Confides in Cardozo the Parrot

Cardozo, here you are from the free flying Amazon jungle to a cage in Utah–albeit an open door cage with a fine master. Do not feel sad, Cardozo. Millions of voters have also been put into an invisible cage. It … Continue reading

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گفتگو با یکی از اولین دخترانی که در اصفهان دیپلم گرفت

 فکر می کردم ۵۰ سال زود به دنیا آمده ام!!   به شناسنامه، «طلعت شاه ناصری» متولد سال ۱۲۹۸ است اما خودش حدس می زند سنش بیش از چیزی است که در شناسنامه نوشته اند. در سال ۱۳۱۵ هم دیپلم … Continue reading

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Iran: journalist’s death sentence overturned

Reporters Without Borders welcomed with great relief the ruling by the Tehran Supreme Court overturning a death sentence against Kurdish journalist Adnan Hassanpour in Iran, because of a procedural error. The court decided that the journalist, convicted of ‘subversive activities … Continue reading

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Rep. Bob Ney: “The System had it in for me”

Former Rep. Bob Ney (R-Ohio) who is now out of jail after serving close to three years for Jack Abramoff related public corruption conviction, in a radio interview on Thom Hartmann Show has said that the main reason he went … Continue reading

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Go Tell Sarah: Celebrate the Freedom to Read

 Banned Books Week Celebrating the Freedom to Read September 27–October 4, 2008 Banned Books Week: Celebrating the Freedom to Read is observed during the last week of September each year. Observed since 1982, this annual ALA event reminds Americans not … Continue reading

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If I was God! – من اگه خدا بودم

من اگه خدا بودم وقتی شیطان در برابر انسان سجده نکرد خشتکش رو در میاوردم و از بارگاه بیرونش میکردم ! چه معنی داره شیطان به حرف خدا گوش نکنه ! وقتی میخواستم پیغمبر برای خلق تعیین کنم از ۱۲۴۰۰۰ … Continue reading

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Moving Poetry Highlights RANT/RAVE/RIFF – including poems of Jalaluddin Rumi

WORDS collide with IMAGE and MUSIC – the result is pure POETRY! Highlights from 4 Season Productions newly released Moving Poetry Series. Poems by Pablo Neruda, Rumi, Langston Hughes, Carl Sandberg, Antonio Machado and others. Visit our website to learn … Continue reading

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