HALFWAY THROUGH THE WORK WEEK – NEWS THAT’LL MAKE YOU THINK

WHY NUMBERS MATTER
Marla Ruzicka, AlterNet
Just before her death, Marla Ruzicka wrote about the importance of recording and publicly releasing Iraqi civilian casualty numbers.
http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/21799/

SMOKE GETS IN OUR NEWS
Maureen Dowd, NY Times
http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0420-23.htm

DELAY'S DODGE
The Progress Report
DeLay ducks and covers in a misleading mass-mailing to his constituents.
http://www.alternet.org/story/21815/
[Duchess Note ... Not to mention a whole slew of lies he mentioned on Fox News yesterday. And most intelligent, sensible (non-brainwash) Americans know, Fox News is the propaganda mouth piece for the Republican Repressive Regime.]

THE NEW POPE IS A DISASTER FOR THE WORLD AND FOR THE JEWS
Rabbi Michael Lerner, Tikkun.org
http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0420-28.htm

THE REVOLUTION WILL BE DOWNLOADED
Jan Frel, AlterNet
Does peer-to-peer file sharing spell feast or famine for the recording industry?
http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/21817/

THE SILENCER
Mary Jo McConahay, Pacific News Service
In the 1980s, Pope Benedict XVI led Catholic Church efforts to quell liberation theology, which many Latin American priests embraced after watching their parishioners' struggles for survival. Now, many in the region hope the pope will hear with new ears "the cry of the people."
http://www.alternet.org/story/21814/

THE PARTY OF NEW IDEAS
Tom Cosgrove, AlterNet
Americans may know what group we stand against [Republicans] but they do not know what ideas we have for change or what principles and moral values we share as a party. An open letter to Howard Dean.http://www.alternet.org/story/21797/