ABIT OF NEWS TO GET THINGS ROLLING

DICONSTRUCTING ALBERTO
Geri L. Dreiling, AlterNet
Attorney General nominee Alberto Gonzales is taking some heat from progressives. But his mixed record shows why so few are trying to block the nomination.
http://www.alternet.org/rights/20789/

A TRUE SAFETY NET
Joan Entmacher, Nancy Duff Campbell, TomPaine.com
Social Security is the foundation of women's economic security in retirement -- without it, half of older women would be poor.
http://www.alternet.org/story/20791/

THINKING INSIDE THE BOX
Stephen M. Deusner, AlterNet
During the decade of Reagan and Thatcher, musicians found a way to rise above by going underground. A new box set gathers them together.
http://www.alternet.org/story/20797/

A JUST DESERTER
Matt Mernagh, NOW
Now appealing for asylum in Toronto, war resister and former soldier Jeremy Hinzman puts alleged U.S. war crimes on trial.
http://www.alternet.org/rights/20801/

THE WAR ON FOG
Rory O'Connor, MediaChannel.org
Why was a company with no media experience handed a no-bid contract to run the new Iraqi news networks?
http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/20799/