TOP STORIES
The Aborted Voyage
No Gilligan's Island and no warm welcome back for real deckhands
by John Merriam
Appreciating the Bitter
part 1: Should the poor orphan child really be saved by a miracle?
by Doug Collins
Inside Syria
For now it's safe, but the Hariri assassination looms
by Joel Hanson
FREE THOUGHTS
NORTHWEST & BEYOND compiled by Sharlynn Cobaugh
Hatchery fish same as wild?; Dousing wilderness with pesticides; Open-source software movement growing; Department of Peace proposed in Senate; Genetically modified alfalfa deregulated; Biotech industry seeks to reverse local bans on GE crops
READER MAIL
Bush's personal agenda; Don't forget the high gas prices of last year; Migration across the southern border; Victims of divorce court, unite!
In Memoriam
John Glansbeek, 1945-2005
by Doug Collins
MEDIA BEAT by Norman Solomon
Congratulations to the worst media performances of the year
CONTACTS/ACTIVISM
NORTHWEST NEIGHBORS
contact list of subscribers who like to talk with you
DO SOMETHING! CALENDAR
Northwest activist events
POLITICS
Lessons for Political Reformers
Campaign finance reform is a start, but the big obstacle is winner-take-all voting
by Steven Hill
The Coming Year
by Don Monkerud
HEALTH CARE
Seattle Votes for a Right to Health Care
Will other cities do it too?
by Brian King
Illegal Immigrants Not a Burden on Health Care
by Domenico Maceri
WORKPLACE
Temp World
part 2 (conclusion)
by Margie M. Mitchell
Worker's Rights are Human Rights
photo and caption by David Bacon
RIGHTS
China On the Rise?
Recent media event calls attention to problems the world cannot ignore
by Hannah Lee
'Extraordinary Rendition' of Innocent Man
CIA named in lawsuit along with companies that operated airplanes used in kidnapping
from the ACLU
ENVIRONMENT
Trash Talk Contest Winner!
...plus wacky and wonderful conservation tips
various contributors
NASA Plutonium Launch; Seattle, Portland Safer for Pedestrians
various contributors
WAR
White House Refuses to Comply with Request for Pre-war Intelligence
by David Swanson
RIGHT BRAIN
The Wanderings and Thoughts of Kip Kellogg
by Vincent Spada
PUMPKIN EDDIE'S LIGHTNING POEMSby Vincent Spada
Dry bones sittin' by the road
BOOKS
MY FAVORITE BOOK
The Continuum Concept by Jean Liedloff
review by Doug Collins
BOOK NOTICE
Towards Understanding by Lillian Brummet
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